Record
The thing asked for is not there, as far as the caller may know. 404.
Intents
Raising one
Name what went wrong. The intent sets the status, the message the caller sees, and any log it writes.
// The thing does not exist, or the caller may not know it does
return fail('record.missing', 'Profile not found.');HTTP 404
{
"ok": false,
"error": "Profile not found.",
"code": "record.missing"
}Is it a record error?
Find the row that describes your case, and use the domain on the right.
If the problem is
Use
The caller’s request was wrong: unreadable, incomplete, or a value that breaks a rule. 400 or 422.
request.*No valid credentials: nobody signed in, an expired session, a bad token or secret. 401.
auth.*Valid credentials, but not allowed to do this. 403.
permission.*The thing asked for is not there, as far as the caller may know. 404.
record.*this pageThe request clashes with the current state: it already exists, or it is not possible yet. 409.
conflict.*Too many requests, or an allowance used up. 429.
limit.*Our fault or a dependency’s. The caller sees a generic message; the details are logged. 5xx.
failure.*