HTTP 200 or 404 for empty list?

Question

I know this is a fairly common question, but I haven\'t found an answer that satisfies me.

I\'ve been using django rest framework for a while now, but this is mostly irr

Answer 1

I would go for 200 because the resource is articles. While querying for ted in users the same applies, users is the resource and as long it is there, a 200 is okay from my point of view. If you would GET users/ted a 404 would be as good as a 410 (GONE) if a user named ted was there in the past (may better applies to articles than users).