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Error

Represents an error message.

Example

{
  "error": "invalid_grant",
  "error_description": "The provided authorization grant is invalid, expired, revoked, does not match the redirection URI used in the authorization request, or was issued to another client."
}
The most important part of an error response is the HTTP status code. Standard semantics are followed. The body of an error is a JSON object containing more information, if available.

Required attributes

error

Description: The error message.
Type: String
Version history: Added in 0.6.0

Optional attributes

error_description

Description: A longer description of the error, mainly provided with the OAuth API.
Type: String
Version history: Added in 0.6.0

Possible reasons

401 - Unauthorized

require_authenticated_user!

Error: This API requires an authenticated user. Appears when the instance is in secure mode, which disables all public use of API methods.

403 - Forbidden

current_user.disabled?

Error: Your login is currently disabled. Appears when the OAuth token's authorized user has had their account disabled by a moderator.

!current_user.confirmed?

Error: Your login is missing a confirmed e-mail address. Appears when the email address associated with the OAuth token's authorized user's account has not yet been confirmed.

!current_user.approved?

Error: Your login is currently pending approval. Appears when the OAuth token's authorized user has signed up on an instance with approval-required registrations, and the user has not yet had their account approved by a moderator.

404 - Not Found

RecordNotFound

Error: Record not found. Appears when an entity record does not exist, or the authorized user is not within the audience of a private entity.operates on a user.

422 - Unprocessable Entity

RecordInvalid

Error: {string}. May appear when entity creation failed.

RecordNotUnique

Error: Duplicate record. Appears when you are trying to pin an account or status that is already pinned.

!current_user

Error: This method requires an authenticated user. Appears when using an OAuth token without an authorized user (or no token at all), while trying to call an API method that requires a user to be processed.

See also

app/controllers/api/base_controller.rb

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