Status codes and error responses

Response status codes

Each response you receive from the API will also return a HTTP status code.

The table below will help you identify the reason why you are getting a certain response.

Status Code Reason phrase Description
200 Success Request processed successfully.
400 Bad Request Request failed due to malformed syntax.
You didn't specify the keys field. Try submitting another call and make sure the request body contains the keys field. Check out Search keys for details.
You've specified one or more invalid search keys. Try submitting another request and make sure you specify a valid search key for each dataset you use. Check out Search keys for details.
You didn't specify any search keys. Try submitting another request and make sure you specify a search key for each dataset you use. Check out Search keys for details.
You didn't specify any search key for a dataset. Try submitting another request and make sure you specify a search key for each dataset you use. Check out Search keys for details.
You've specified multiple search keys for a dataset. Try submitting another request and make sure you only specify one search key per dataset. Check out Search keys for details.
You didn't specify the attributes field. Try submitting another cal and make sure the request body contains the attributes field. Check out the attributes listed in the enrichment dataset you are using.
You've specified one or more invalid attributes. Try submitting another request and make sure you specify valid attributes. Check out the attributes listed in the enrichment dataset you are using.
You didn't specify any attributes. Try submitting another request and make sure you specify at least one attribute for each dataset you use. Check out the attributes listed in the enrichment dataset you are using.
You've specified one or more empty attributes (e.g. " "). Try submitting another request and make sure you specify attribute names (e.g. "pin"). Check out the attributes listed in the enrichment dataset you are using.
You've specified an invalid country value. Try submitting another request and make sure you specify a valid country value.
You didn't provide an authentication token. Try submitting another request and make sure you specify your token, which you can find by signing in to the Self Service Portal.
You've submitted a malformed request body. Try sending another call and make sure the request body contains all required fields and that they are formatted correctly.
You've submitted an empty request body. Try sending another call and make sure the request body contains all required fields.
You've submitted an invalid Reference-ID header. Try submitting another request and make sure this header is formatted correctly.
You've submitted an invalid Add-Metadata header. Try submitting another request and make sure this header is formatted correctly.
401 Unauthorized Auth-Token provided is incorrect. Sign in to the Self Service Portal to find the right token.
403 Forbidden Request is not authorized to use this service.
The authentication token you've provided is valid, but it's associated with another product or you have insufficient credits. Sign in to the Self Service Portal to check if you are using the right token and if you have credits.
The authentication token you've provided is disabled. Sign in to the Self Service Portal to activate the token.
The domain you've sent the request from does not have access to your integration. Sign in to the Self Service Portal to whitelist the domain.
The IP address you've sent the request from does not have access to your integration. Sign in to the Self Service Portal to whitelist the IP address.
404 Not Found The resource you've requested could not be found. Try submitting another call and make sure you're using the correct endpoint URL. If the issue persists, contact us.
406 Not Acceptable Request is not in an acceptable format.
You've specified an invalid Accept header. Try submitting another call and make sure you specify a valid Accept value.
408 Request Timeout Your request has timed out (the web server failed to respond in the specified time frame). Try submitting another request. If the issue persists, contact us.
415 Unsupported Media Type You've specified an invalid Content-Type header. Try submitting another call and make sure you specify a valid Content-Type value.
429 Too many requests Too many requests were sent. To protect all customers, your account has been temporarily throttled. Check our rate limiting for more details.
500 Internal Server Error An unexpected server error was encountered. Try submitting another request. If the issue persists, contact us.
503 Service Unavailable Service unavailable. Check service status for up-to-date information.

Metadata status codes

If you send a request to the API with the Add-Metadata header set to True, and the HTTP status code of the response is 200, the API will return a metadata-level status code, a message and a detail field.

Code Message Detail
S200 Success All requested attributes retrieved.
S206 Success Some of the requested attributes retrieved.
S204 No match No records matching the specified keys.
S201 Not authorized Attributes not authorized.

Attribute status code

If you send a request to the API with the Add-Metadata header set to True, and the HTTP status code of the response is 200, the API will return a code and message for each attribute.

Code Message Description
S200 Match Attribute retrieved successfully.
E404 Not found The requested attribute could not be found because there are no records matching the specified keys.
E401 Not authorized You are not authorized to use the requested attribute based on the token you have provided.