Errors

In this guide, we will talk about what happens when something goes wrong while you work with the API. Let's look at some status codes and error types you might encounter.

You can tell if your request was successful by checking the status code when receiving an API response. If a response comes back unsuccessful, you can use the error type and error message to figure out what has gone wrong and do some rudimentary debugging (before contacting support).


Status codes

Here is a list of the different categories of status codes returned by the Protocol API. Use these to understand if a request was successful.

  • Name
    200
    Type
    Description

    A 200 status code indicates a successful response.

  • Name
    401
    Type
    Description

    A 401 status code indicates that the request you sent is incorrect or missing some information.

  • Name
    403
    Type
    Description

    A 403 status code indicates that you don't have permission to access the resource.

  • Name
    404
    Type
    Description

    A 404 status code indicates that the requested resource was not found.

  • Name
    500
    Type
    Description

    A 500 status code indicates that there was an internal server error and was not able to process the request.