Rails-HttpStatus.md

Pattern: Malformed HTTP status code

Issue: -

Description

Enforces use of symbolic or numeric value to define HTTP status.

Examples

EnforcedStyle: symbolic (default)

# bad
render :foo, status: 200
render json: { foo: 'bar' }, status: 200
render plain: 'foo/bar', status: 304
redirect_to root_url, status: 301

# good
render :foo, status: :ok
render json: { foo: 'bar' }, status: :ok
render plain: 'foo/bar', status: :not_modified
redirect_to root_url, status: :moved_permanently

EnforcedStyle: numeric

# bad
render :foo, status: :ok
render json: { foo: 'bar' }, status: :not_found
render plain: 'foo/bar', status: :not_modified
redirect_to root_url, status: :moved_permanently

# good
render :foo, status: 200
render json: { foo: 'bar' }, status: 404
render plain: 'foo/bar', status: 304
redirect_to root_url, status: 301

Default configuration

Attribute	Value
EnforcedStyle	symbolic

Further Reading

• RuboCop - Rails/HttpStatus