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+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021 The HedgeDoc developers (see AUTHORS file)
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
+ */
+
+export const unauthorizedDescription =
+  'Authorization information is missing or invalid';
+export const forbiddenDescription =
+  'Access to the requested resource is not permitted';
+export const notFoundDescription = 'The requested resource was not found';
+export const successfullyDeletedDescription =
+  'The requested resource was sucessfully deleted';