API:REST API/Status codes

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The REST API uses HTTP status codes to indicate the success or failure of a request. A successful request returns a status code in the 200 range; a failed request returns a status code in the 400 or 500 range.

Status codes

See the API reference for status codes specific to each endpoint.

200	Resource found or updated
201	Resource created
400	Invalid or missing parameter
403	Permission denied
404	Route not found
412	Invalid conditional request
415	Unsupported content type
500	Server error

Error responses

4xx and 5xx responses include a JSON response object with information about the error. Here's an example of a 404 error response.

{
  "messageTranslations": {
    "en": "The specified title (...) does not exist"
  },
  "httpCode": 404,
  "httpReason": "Not Found"
}

Error response schema

httpCode required | integer	Status code
httpReason required | string	Status message
messageTranslations optional | object	Object containing error messages as key-value pairs where the key is the language code and the value is the error message. Most endpoints return error messages using this property.
message optional | string	In cases where messageTranslations is not available, this property provides an error message in English
content_type optional | string	In the event of an error due to an unsupported content type, this property indicates the requested content type
actionModuleErrorCode optional | string	Internal error code