The request was accepted but has not been carried out yet. The work happens asynchronously, and the response tells you where to look for the result.
The status your client is most likely to mishandle: it is a success, but the thing you asked for has not happened. Poll the status URL until it resolves instead of assuming completion.
3 endpoints in this playground answer with 202. Every one is free, needs no signup, and can be called from the browser or with curl.
POST https://funapi.dev/api/protocol/v1/jobs — Accepted. Poll the Location header until status is "done". (Protocol Lab API)POST https://funapi.dev/api/streams/v1/events — Event accepted (Event Streams API)POST https://funapi.dev/api/data/v1/jobs — Job accepted (Fun Data Bridge API)All HTTP status codes · All 37 mock REST APIs · Getting started guide