Delete response 204

[thinhpc]

I try to create delete function and expected that it maybe return something like: status = OK or http header code may be 200 with a body message
But It always return 204 and response body is null on success case

So what purpose is it?

[awartoft]

204 means the request was successful but no content was returned. And why would you return a deleted entity on a successfull delete request ?