Using HTTP Status Code 200 on errors responses

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I've seen on some occasions, HTTP responses on errors return in a format like below,

HTTP Status Code : 200

{ "status" : 404,
"message" : "error" }

this makes HTTP status code redundant, so is this acceptable?

Thanks.

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In my opinion this will only confuse the people that are working with your API response. Especially if you don't know who will be using that response, you should be very careful. There is no enforcement to follow the HTTP guidelines, but whenever possible you probably should

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