Error Codes

Cloud Elements error messages take a few forms depending on whether the error occurs with platform API requests or API provider responses to element API requests.

Platform Errors

Platform errors include:

• HTTP response code — The response codes follow the general standard where 100s are informational, 200s indicate success, 300s indicate redirection, and 400s are errors.
• requestId — A unique identifier for the request. You can provide this to support when troubleshooting.
• message — Provides a narrative description of the result of the request.

If the error is coming directly from Cloud Elements, you will only see a requestId and message. Cloud Elements sends the HTTP Response code in this scenario. If you need additional help determining the issue, open a support ticket and provide the specific requestId.

Platform Error Example

Status: 404 Not Found
{
    "requestId": "5b0437c6e4b07731ae39b533",
    "message": "No account found with ID 123456"
}

API Provider Errors

To save you time we took a list of error codes from the API providers. If a response returns a message that includes a specific detail about the method call, we send our error code along with any additional data included in the body of the message. 

In addition to the response code,  requestId, and message,  error responses from API providers include a ProviderMessage. The ProviderMessageis the exact error message that we receive from that API provider. 

API Provider Error Example

{
   "message": "Failed to upload file. File with the same name already exists. Change the name of the file you're uploading or set the overwrite query parameter to true.",
   "requestId": "53dbca9430045c016b46566c",
   "providerMessage": "Item with the same name already exists"
}

HTTP Status Codes

We provide the following HTTP status codes: