Common error codes and troubleshooting

DevRev’s APIs use standard HTTP status codes when responding to requests. On success, a 20X status code is returned along with any response data, as indicated in the OpenAPI specification.

Status Code	Status	Description
200	OK	The request succeeded and the result is contained in the response.
201	Created	The request successfully created an object and the result is contained in the response.
204	No Content	The request succeeded and contains no response data. This is common for object deletions.

A request may encounter a set of errors that are common across all the APIs. In the response, a JSON object with a message field is provided that contains supplemental information to the encountered error.

HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found
Content-Type: application/json
Content-Length: 29
{"message":"route not found"}

Status Code	Status	Description
400	Bad Request	The request was malformed or contained invalid argument(s).
401	Unauthorized	The user attempted to access an endpoint that requires authentication and no credentials were provided or their validation failed.
403	Forbidden	The user is not authorized to perform the requested action.
404	Not Found	The requested endpoint doesn’t exist.
429	Too Many Requests	The user is currently throttled due to exceeding their permitted rate limit. The Retry-After response header contains the number of seconds before the user should retry.
500	Internal Server Error	An internal error was encountered in the handling of the request which couldn’t be processed to completion. DevRev is automatically alerted to any occurrence of this error. The user should retry after a short delay and contact DevRev support if the problem persists.
503	Service Unavailable	A transient error was encountered and the user should retry after a short delay.

An endpoint may be annotated with additional status codes in the OpenAPI specification to denote special behavior.

Status Code	Status	Description
301	Moved Permanently	The target resource’s ID has changed, where the Location response header contains the updated ID.
404	Not Found	The target object or requested resource doesn’t exist.
409	Conflict	The attempted object creation conflicted with an existing object, e.g. a group with the same name already exists.