如果仅仅因为没有响应数据而返回404，则任何客户端都会感到非常困惑。

对我来说，响应代码200和一个空的主体足以理解一切都是完美的，但没有数据匹配的要求。

根据RFC7231 -第59页(https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7231#page-59) 404状态码响应的定义是:

6.5.4. 404 Not Found The 404 (Not Found) status code indicates that the origin server did not find a current representation for the target resource or is not willing to disclose that one exists. A 404 status code does not indicate whether this lack of representation is temporary or permanent; the 410 (Gone) status code is preferred over 404 if the origin server knows, presumably through some configurable means, that the condition is likely to be permanent. A 404 response is cacheable by default; i.e., unless otherwise indicated by the method definition or explicit cache controls (see Section 4.2.2 of [RFC7234]).

而引起质疑的主要是上述语境中对资源的定义。 根据同一个RFC(7231)， resource的定义是:

Resources: The target of an HTTP request is called a "resource". HTTP does not limit the nature of a resource; it merely defines an interface that might be used to interact with resources. Each resource is identified by a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI), as described in Section 2.7 of [RFC7230]. When a client constructs an HTTP/1.1 request message, it sends the target URI in one of various forms, as defined in (Section 5.3 of [RFC7230]). When a request is received, the server reconstructs an effective request URI for the target resource (Section 5.5 of [RFC7230]). One design goal of HTTP is to separate resource identification from request semantics, which is made possible by vesting the request semantics in the request method (Section 4) and a few request-modifying header fields (Section 5). If there is a conflict between the method semantics and any semantic implied by the URI itself, as described in Section 4.2.1, the method semantics take precedence.

所以在我的理解中，404状态代码不应该用于成功的GET请求，结果为空。(例如:一个没有特定过滤器结果的列表)

为什么不用410呢?它表示所请求的资源不再存在，客户端希望永远不会对该资源发出请求，在您的例子中是users/9。

你可以在这里找到更多关于410的详细信息:https://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec10.html

起初，我认为204是有意义的，但经过讨论，我相信404是唯一真正正确的回答。考虑以下数据:

用户:约翰，彼得

METHOD  URL                      STATUS  RESPONSE
GET     /users                   200     [John, Peter]
GET     /users/john              200     John
GET     /unknown-url-egaer       404     Not Found
GET     /users/kyle              404     User Not found
GET     /users?name=kyle`        200     []
DELETE  /users/john              204     No Content

背景知识:

the search returns an array, it just didn't have any matches but it has content: an empty array. 404 is of course best known for url's that aren't supported by the requested server, but a missing resource is in fact the same. Even though /users/:name is matched with users/kyle, the user Kyle is not available resource so a 404 still applies. It isn't a search query, it is a direct reference by a dynamic url, so 404 it is. After suggestions in the comments, customizing the message of the 404 is another way of helping out the API consumer to even better distinguish between complete unknown routes and missing entities.

不管怎样，我的意见。

根据微软:控制器动作返回类型在ASP。NET Core web API，向下滚动几乎到底部，你会发现下面关于404的简介，与数据库中没有的对象有关。在这里，他们建议404适用于空数据。

看完疑问后，为什么不应该使用404 ?

根据RFC 7231，正确的状态码是204

在上面的回答中，我注意到一个小错误:

1.—资源为:/users

2.- /users/8不是资源，而是:路由参数为8的资源/users，消费者可能注意不到，也不知道区别，但是发布者知道，而且必须知道!所以他必须为消费者返回一个准确的响应。时期。

so:

基于RFC: 404是不正确的，因为找到了资源/用户，但是使用参数8执行的逻辑没有找到任何内容作为响应返回，因此正确的答案是:204

这里的要点是:404甚至没有找到处理内部逻辑的资源

204是a:我找到了资源，逻辑被执行了，但我没有发现任何数据使用你在路由参数中给出的标准，所以我不能返回任何东西给你。对不起，核实你的标准后再打电话给我。

200:好吧，我找到了资源，逻辑被执行(即使当我不被迫返回任何东西)采取这一点，并在你的意愿使用它。

205:(GET响应的最佳选项)我找到了资源，逻辑被执行了，我有一些内容给你，好好使用它，哦，顺便说一下，如果你要在视图中共享这个，请刷新视图以显示它。

希望能有所帮助。