Error and Information Messages

Errors are described by a combination of HTTP status code and a Direct+ error code.

There are two formats in the JSON response if an error occurs:

For Web Visitor (WVI)

{...
        "result": {
            "errorMessage": "Access token expired",
            "errorCode": "00040",
            "actionStatus": "401"
        }
    }

For all other APIs

{...
        "error": {
            "errorCode": "10001",
            "errorMessage": "DUNS not found"
        }
    }

{...
	"error": {
		"errorCode": "10002",
		"errorMessage": "Invalid parameters.",
		"errorDetails": [{
			"parameter": "reportFormat",
			"description": "'reportFormat' element contains Invalid value: 'HTML/PDF' in the request."
		}]
	}
    }