diff --git a/backend/src/app/api/v0/authors/search/route.ts b/backend/src/app/api/v0/authors/search/route.ts
index 05e418ff..b665b11b 100644
--- a/backend/src/app/api/v0/authors/search/route.ts
+++ b/backend/src/app/api/v0/authors/search/route.ts
@@ -4,28 +4,13 @@ import { NextRequest, NextResponse } from "next/server";
 import { Query } from "appwrite";
 
 import { client } from "@/app/appwrite";
+import { construct_development_api_response } from "../../dev_api_response";
 
 const databases = new sdk.Databases(client);
 
 const MAIN_DB_ID = process.env.mainDBID;
 const AUTHOR_COLLECTION_ID = process.env.authorCollectionID;
 
-function construct_development_api_response(
-  message: string,
-  response_name: string,
-  response_data: any,
-) {
-  return NextResponse.json(
-    {
-      message,
-      warning:
-        "You are calling a development API! The schema may change without warning.",
-      [response_name]: response_data,
-    },
-    { status: 200 },
-  );
-}
-
 export async function GET(request: NextRequest) {
   const name = request.nextUrl.searchParams.get("name");
 
@@ -42,9 +27,9 @@ export async function GET(request: NextRequest) {
     [Query.equal("name", name as string)],
   );
 
-  return construct_development_api_response(
-    `DB search results for: ${name}`,
-    "results",
-    db_query,
-  );
+  return construct_development_api_response({
+    message: `DB search results for: ${name}`,
+    response_name: "results",
+    response_data: db_query,
+  });
 }
diff --git a/backend/src/app/api/v0/books/fetch-update/route.ts b/backend/src/app/api/v0/books/fetch-update/route.ts
index 5b7e95b8..b22a30b0 100644
--- a/backend/src/app/api/v0/books/fetch-update/route.ts
+++ b/backend/src/app/api/v0/books/fetch-update/route.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { NextRequest, NextResponse } from "next/server";
 import { Query } from "appwrite";
 
 import { client } from "@/app/appwrite";
+import { construct_development_api_response } from "../../dev_api_response";
 
 const databases = new sdk.Databases(client);
 
@@ -17,33 +18,6 @@ async function getBookFromGoogleBooksAPI(id: string) {
   return await gbooks_api_res.json();
 }
 
-function construct_development_api_response(
-  message: string,
-  response_name: string | null,
-  response_data: any | null,
-  status_code: number,
-) {
-  if (response_name) {
-    return NextResponse.json(
-      {
-        message,
-        warning:
-          "You are calling a development API! The schema may change without warning.",
-        [response_name]: response_data,
-      },
-      { status: status_code },
-    );
-  }
-  return NextResponse.json(
-    {
-      message,
-      warning:
-        "You are calling a development API! The schema may change without warning.",
-    },
-    { status: status_code },
-  );
-}
-
 export async function POST(request: NextRequest) {
   const data = await request.json();
   const gbooks_api_id = data.id;
@@ -53,12 +27,12 @@ export async function POST(request: NextRequest) {
   ]);
 
   if (db_query.total == 0) {
-    return construct_development_api_response(
-      `A book with the specified ID ${gbooks_api_id} was not found.`,
-      null,
-      null,
-      404,
-    );
+    return construct_development_api_response({
+      message: `A book with the specified ID ${gbooks_api_id} was not found.`,
+      response_name: null,
+      response_data: null,
+      status_code: 404,
+    });
   }
 
   const target_book_id = db_query.documents[0].$id;
@@ -72,10 +46,9 @@ export async function POST(request: NextRequest) {
     genre: gbooks_book_data.volumeInfo.categories[0],
   });
 
-  return construct_development_api_response(
-    `The book ID ${target_book_id} (Google Books API ID ${gbooks_api_id}) was updated.`,
-    "gbooks_book_data",
-    gbooks_book_data,
-    200,
-  );
+  return construct_development_api_response({
+    message: `The book ID ${target_book_id} (Google Books API ID ${gbooks_api_id}) was updated.`,
+    response_name: "gbooks_book_data",
+    response_data: gbooks_book_data,
+  });
 }
diff --git a/backend/src/app/api/v0/books/search/route.ts b/backend/src/app/api/v0/books/search/route.ts
index a1df8d3d..b90a2e49 100644
--- a/backend/src/app/api/v0/books/search/route.ts
+++ b/backend/src/app/api/v0/books/search/route.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { NextRequest, NextResponse } from "next/server";
 import { ID, Query } from "appwrite";
 
 import { client } from "@/app/appwrite";
+import { construct_development_api_response } from "../../dev_api_response";
 
 const databases = new sdk.Databases(client);
 
@@ -107,31 +108,15 @@ async function get_or_create_author_id(name: string) {
   }
 }
 
-function construct_development_api_response(
-  message: string,
-  response_name: string,
-  response_data: any,
-) {
-  return NextResponse.json(
-    {
-      message,
-      warning:
-        "You are calling a development API! The schema may change without warning.",
-      [response_name]: response_data,
-    },
-    { status: 200 },
-  );
-}
-
 export async function GET(request: NextRequest) {
   const title = request.nextUrl.searchParams.get("title") as string;
 
   if (!title) {
-    return NextResponse.json(
-        { message: `Parameters not supplied.` },
-        { status: 400 }
-    );
-}
+    return construct_development_api_response({
+      message: "Parameter `title` not supplied.",
+      status_code: 400,
+    });
+  }
 
   let db_query = await databases.listDocuments(MAIN_DB_ID, BOOK_COL_ID, [
     Query.search("title", title),
@@ -177,8 +162,8 @@ export async function GET(request: NextRequest) {
           authors: [author_id],
           editions: [edition_id],
           google_books_id: gbooks_target_book.id,
-        })
-        
+        });
+
         // Fetch from DB to refresh
         db_query = await databases.listDocuments(MAIN_DB_ID, BOOK_COL_ID, [
           Query.search("title", title),
@@ -186,9 +171,9 @@ export async function GET(request: NextRequest) {
       }
     }
   }
-  return construct_development_api_response(
-    `DB search results for: ${title}`,
-    "results",
-    db_query,
-  );
+  return construct_development_api_response({
+    message: `DB search results for: ${title}`,
+    response_name: "results",
+    response_data: db_query,
+  });
 }
diff --git a/backend/src/app/api/v0/bookstatus/route.ts b/backend/src/app/api/v0/bookstatus/route.ts
index 379b8a99..24e2e137 100644
--- a/backend/src/app/api/v0/bookstatus/route.ts
+++ b/backend/src/app/api/v0/bookstatus/route.ts
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ export async function GET(request: NextRequest) {
     message: `Book status results for: ${user_id}`,
     response_name: "results",
     response_data: db_query,
-    status_code: 200,
   });
 }
 
@@ -102,14 +101,11 @@ export async function POST(request: NextRequest) {
       {
         status: status,
       },
-      bookStatusPermissions
+      bookStatusPermissions,
     );
   }
 
   return construct_development_api_response({
     message: `The book status item was updated.`,
-    response_name: null,
-    response_data: null,
-    status_code: 200,
   });
 }
diff --git a/backend/src/app/api/v0/dev_api_response.ts b/backend/src/app/api/v0/dev_api_response.ts
index 4259b9e1..8c9b43cc 100644
--- a/backend/src/app/api/v0/dev_api_response.ts
+++ b/backend/src/app/api/v0/dev_api_response.ts
@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@ export function construct_development_api_response({
   message,
   response_name,
   response_data,
-  status_code,
+  status_code = 200,
 }: {
   message: string;
-  response_name: string | null;
-  response_data: any | null;
-  status_code: number;
+  response_name?: string | null;
+  response_data?: any | null;
+  status_code?: number;
 }) {
   if (response_name) {
     return NextResponse.json(