Errors

HTTP response codes

Solvimon uses conventional HTTP response codes to indicate the success or failure of an API request.

1. Codes in the 2xx range indicate success. Generally, you will get either a 201 or 200, the former for when a resource is created, the latter when fetching information.
2. Codes in the 4xx range indicate an error that failed given the information provided. Some 4xx errors that could be handled programmatically include an error code briefly explaining the reported error.
3. Codes in the 5xx range indicate an error with Solvimon’s servers (these are rare).

Errors

An error response consists of the following fields:

1. type: possible values are: API_ERROR and INVALID_REQUEST. The latter will indicate a failure on the request submitted being invalid, the former is where processing failed due to internal issues or other non-recoverable problems
2. code: programmatic value to indicate what failed, e.g. RESOURCE_NOT_FOUND or UNABLE_TO_PROCESS_INSTRUCTIONS. Below is a list provided for all the existing codes.
3. field (optional): indicates which field was deemed invalid
4. message: a human-readable explanation of the response

An example of such a response would be:

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{
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    "type": "INVALID_REQUEST",
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    "code": "INVALID_FIELD",
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    "field": "schedules.0.included_volumes.0.number",
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    "message": "value required, but not set"
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}

List of error codes

A list of the existing error codes that can be within the field code.