# HOWTO Fetch Internet Resources Using The urllib Package — Error Codes

> Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically): ```text Because the default handlers handle redirects (codes in the 300 range), and codes in the 100--299 range indicate success, you will usually only see error codes in the 400--599 range.

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Because the default handlers handle redirects (codes in the 300 range), and
codes in the 100--299 range indicate success, you will usually only see error
codes in the 400--599 range.

:attr:`http.server.BaseHTTPRequestHandler.responses` is a useful dictionary of
response codes that shows all the response codes used by :rfc:`2616`.
An excerpt from the dictionary is shown below ::

    responses = {
        ...
        &lt;HTTPStatus.OK: 200&gt;: ('OK', 'Request fulfilled, document follows'),
        ...
        &lt;HTTPStatus.FORBIDDEN: 403&gt;: ('Forbidden',
                                      'Request forbidden -- authorization will '
                                      'not help'),
        &lt;HTTPStatus.NOT_FOUND: 404&gt;: ('Not Found',
                                      'Nothing matches the given URI'),
        ...
        &lt;HTTPStatus.IM_A_TEAPOT: 418&gt;: ("I'm a Teapot",
```

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