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HTTP Status and Error Codes

Overview

Understanding status and error codes is crucial for diagnosing issues with HTTP requests. This article provides a guide to common codes and their meanings.

Information

Status and Error Codes

status code Meaning

200

OK - the request was successful.

201

Created - the system has fulfilled the request.

400

Bad_request - you probably didn't use the correct syntax; check it again.

401

Unauthorized -

  1. Check to see if you provided Basic Authorization.
  2. If you have provided Basic Auth credentials, then it is likely you don't have the correct permission granted; see specific orange notes in the endpoints about specific permissions the admin needs to grant for different endpoints.

404

Not Found - resource was not found.

500

Internal server error.

Sometimes you won't get a JSON Error Response, instead, you will receive an HTML response.
Error Response Example if you forget to provide and/or select Basic Authorization credentials:

  • HTML
<html> <head> <title>Apache Tomcat/7.0.81 - Error report</title> <style> <!--H1 {font-family:Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;color:white;background-color:#525D76;font-size:22px;} H2 {font-family:Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;color:white;background-color:#525D76;font-size:16px;} H3 {font-family:Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;color:white;background-color:#525D76;font-size:14px;} BODY {font-family:Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;color:black;background-color:white;} B {font-family:Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;color:white;background-color:#525D76;} P {font-family:Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;background:white;color:black;font-size:12px;}A {color : black;}A.name {color : black;}HR {color : #525D76;}--> </style> </head> <body> <h3>HTTP Status 401 - Bad credentials</h3> <HR size="1" noshade="noshade"> <p> <b>type</b> Status report </p> <p> <b>message</b> <u>Bad credentials</u> </p> <p> <b>description</b> <u>This request requires HTTP authentication.</u> </p> <HR size="1" noshade="noshade"> <h3>Apache Tomcat/7.0.81</h3> </body> </html> 
<html>
    <head>
        <title>Apache Tomcat/7.0.81 - Error report</title>
        <style>
            <!--H1 {font-family:Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;color:white;background-color:#525D76;font-size:22px;} H2 {font-family:Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;color:white;background-color:#525D76;font-size:16px;} H3 {font-family:Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;color:white;background-color:#525D76;font-size:14px;} BODY {font-family:Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;color:black;background-color:white;} B {font-family:Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;color:white;background-color:#525D76;} P {font-family:Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;background:white;color:black;font-size:12px;}A {color : black;}A.name {color : black;}HR {color : #525D76;}-->
        </style>
    </head>
    <body>
        <h3>HTTP Status 401 - Bad credentials</h3>
        <HR size="1" noshade="noshade">
        <p>
            <b>type</b> Status report
        </p>
        <p>
            <b>message</b>
            <u>Bad credentials</u>
        </p>
        <p>
            <b>description</b>
            <u>This request requires HTTP authentication.</u>
        </p>
        <HR size="1" noshade="noshade">
        <h3>Apache Tomcat/7.0.81</h3>
    </body>
</html>
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