HTTP 406 and 415 error codes

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I am writing a web service that accepts only json, and also outputs only json.

So I need to return the appropriate status code if any other format is requested.

It appears that I have two choices:

  1. 406 - Not Acceptable
  2. 415 - Unsupported Media Type

It would be great if someone could enlighten me as to the semantics of the two codes.

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