REST status code 204 on paginated result

Question

I am designing a REST like API for paginated data retrieval of a YUI-based client. The REST URL looks like this for a GET request:

/app/catalog/data?startInd         


        

Answer 1

I would say 204 is most appropriate. The request was successful, just with no results.

10.2.5 204 No Content

The server has fulfilled the request but does not need to return an entity-body, and might want to return updated metainformation.

Sounds exactly like the case.