Error codes¶
API Errors¶
Error code represent general highlevel errors that indicate something went wrong with the call. In line with RESTful API’s the HTTP response code is the first indication of what exactly went wrong. Further more the errors will have an API code that describes what went wrong and message with some more detail.
Sometimes errors are accompanied with field errors that can give some more insights into the exact location of what went wrong.
More information can be found under Error Handling.
http |
error code |
description |
|---|---|---|
404 |
advertisement-not-found |
The advertisement with the provided itemId does not exist. |
500 |
asq-not-sent |
something went wrong on our side. |
404 |
bid-not-found |
The bid doesn't exist |
404 |
category-not-found |
The category does not exist. |
409 |
conflicting-state |
When trying to patch an advertisement, this error is returned when the patch is not possible. For example, when trying to replace a field which does not exists. |
400 |
email-change-not-allowed |
Email is not allowed to be changed for this account
|
400 |
extension-not-supported |
It is not possible to extend the advertisement. This can have various reasons. |
400 |
feature-not-allowed |
The given feature cannot be bought by the current user. This is usually because the feature requires special privileges. If you think you really need this feature, contact us for more information. |
404 |
feature-not-found |
the requested feature does not exist. Only returned when one try to GET a single feature. |
400 |
incorrect-content-type |
The used content-type for the request-body is not supported. At the moment we only support application/json |
500 |
internal-server-error |
Oops! Sorry, something went wrong on our side. |
400 |
invalid-expiration |
Renewal is not possible because item is not in expiration period |
400 |
invalid-feature-type |
The provided feature type is invalid |
400 |
invalid-item-id |
Renewal is not possible because item is not renewable |
400 |
invalid-json |
The provided json is invalid (it is not json) |
400 |
invalid-order-state |
The provided order cannot be modified |
400 |
invalid-patch-operation |
The patch operation sent in the patch request is not valid. It should be one of 'add', 'remove', 'replace', 'move', 'copy', 'test' |
400 |
limit-invalid |
The specified limit is invalid |
404 |
location-not-found |
The requested location is not found.
|
400 |
pagination-invalid |
The pagination offset and limit need to match, offset should be a multitude of limit. |
400 |
pagination-too-deep |
limit * offset cannot be > 5000 |
400 |
query-missing |
When not specifying a category id the query cannot be empty or missing |
404 |
savedsearch-not-found |
There is no savedsearch for given id |
404 |
transaction-not-found |
The transaction doesn't exist |
401 |
unauthorized |
The userId is not of the currently logged in user |
400 |
unknown-order |
The provided order id is unknown |
400 |
validation-failure |
Validation of the profile failed.
There should be more information in the field errors
|
Field Errors¶
Field errors specify something that went wrong with a specific field in the API json. It will indicate the field in question and have a code and message with detail.
field |
error code |
error value |
description |
|---|---|---|---|
categoryId |
ad-change-or-placement-not-allowed |
Not allowed to change or place ad in category. |
|
categoryId |
category-change-not-allowed |
Not allowed to change the category of an advertisement. Categories can only be changed when you have a special privilege, it can be changed only once and only within a specific time period since starting the advertisement |
|
email-in-use |
The specified email is already in use |
||
newEmail |
email-in-use |
The specified email is already in use |
|
<field name> |
field-not-editable |
The specified field may not be edited by the current authenticated user. |
|
<field name> |
field-value-out-of-range |
The allowed range for the field. |
The specified field value is out of range. This only happens with numeric values. |
<field name> |
input-invalid |
The allowed values. |
The value for this field is invalid. Most of the time, this is because the field only accept a value of a predefined set of values or there are constraints on the value. For example, in the title field, URLs are not allowed. |
name |
input-invalid |
The supplied name is empty or invalid |
|
newEmail |
input-invalid |
The email is in an invalid format |
|
phoneNumber |
input-invalid |
The phonenumber has an invalid format |
|
postcode |
input-invalid |
The postcode is unknown or has an invalid format |
|
priceModel.modelType |
input-invalid |
A required price model type is missing |
|
priceModel.retailPrice |
input-invalid |
It is only allowed to set or update the retailPrice when the user has retail_price privileges. |
|
<field name> |
input-not-allowed |
It is not allowed to set this field given the other fields. This message is returned when you try to set for example an ``askingPrice`` for a ``priceModel`` which doesn't support that. |
|
priceModel.askingPrice |
input-not-allowed |
The asking price is not allowed for the selected model type |
|
priceModel.minimalBid |
input-not-allowed |
The minimal bid is not allowed for the selected model type |
|
<field name> |
input-not-numeric |
It is not allowed to give a non-numeric value for fields which are numeric. |
|
<field name> |
input-too-long |
The maximum allowed length. |
The length of the supplied value exceeds the maximum allowed length for this field |
name |
input-too-long |
The supplied name is too long |
|
priceModel.shippingCosts |
input-too-low |
The specified shipping costs are too low |
|
<field name> |
input-too-short |
The minimum required length. |
The length of the supplied value is less then the minimum required length for this field |
priceModel.askingPrice |
input-too-short |
The specified asking price is too short |
|
priceModel.minimalBid |
input-too-short |
The specified asking price is too short |
|
priceModel.modelType |
invalid-field-value |
"fixed|bidding|see description" |
Model type doesn't contain any of the allowed values |
priceModel.askingPrice |
invalid-input |
The required asking price field is missing |
|
<field name> |
missing-required-field |
A required field is missing or empty (while that is not allowed). |
|
<field name> |
too-many-field-values |
There are too many values given for the field. |
|
<field name> |
unknown-field |
The specified field does not exist or is not allowed for the given category. |
|
priceModel.minimalBid |
value-too-high |
The minimal bid is too high (it is higher then the asking price) |