How the ComplyAdvantage Mesh API handles error responses
Our APIs utilise HTTP status codes for error management. In the event of a failed API call, we will return a 4xx or 5xx status code.
Error codes
These are the status codes returned from all endpoints. Some endpoints may have additional errors which are detailed within the respective endpoint documentation.
| Status | Description |
|---|---|
| 401 | Unauthorized - Please ensure your authentication token is correct |
| 403 | Permissions error - You do not have the correct permissions to access the resource |
| 404 | Not found - The requested resource could not be found |
| 409 | Conflict - The request conflicts with another request |
| 429 | Too many requests - Too many requests in a given amount of time (rate limiting). |
| 500 | Internal server error - The server has encountered an error. If this persists, please contact support. |
Error structures
These are the typical error structures you will receive for each error code.
{
"title": "Unauthorized",
"status": 401,
"detail": "Invalid authentication for resource."
}{
"type": "about:blank",
"title": "Forbidden",
"status": 403,
"detail": "You do not have the permissions needed to access the resource.",
"instance": "<attempted_path>",
"properties": {},
"identifier": "018d3157-0ec8-73ba-a684-865e5e2ff1ed",
"timestamp": "2024-01-22T13:23:25.512206Z"
}{
"title": "Not Found",
"status": 404,
"detail": "This resource could not be found",
"instance": "<attempted_path>",
}{
"type": "about:blank",
"title": "Not Found",
"status": 404,
"detail": "This resource could not be found",
"instance": "<attempted_path>",
"properties": {
"identifier": "NOT_FOUND"
},
"identifier": "018d3157-0ec8-73ba-a684-865e5e2ff1ed",
"timestamp": "2024-01-22T13:23:25.512206Z"
}{
"type": "about:blank",
"title": "Conflict",
"status": 409,
"detail": "<formatted SQL detailMessage>",
"instance": "<attempted_path>",
"properties": {
"field_name" : "duplicated"
},
"identifier": "018d3157-0ec8-73ba-a684-865e5e2ff1ed",
"timestamp": "2024-01-22T13:23:25.512206Z"
}{
"type": "about:blank",
"title": "Generic Error",
"status": 500,
"identifier": "018d3157-0ec8-73ba-a684-865e5e2ff1ed",
"timestamp": "2024-01-22T13:23:25.512206Z"
}