# Errors

The API uses the following HTTP status codes:

* `200` - Success.
* `400` - Validation error (invalid query/body values). See Validation Error Shape below.
* `401` - Unauthorized (invalid or missing API key)
* `404` - Resource not found
* `429` - Rate limit exceeded
* `500` - Internal server error

#### Validation Error Shape

For invalid query/body values, the response returns HTTP `400` with this structure:

```json
{
  "errors": [],
  "properties": {
    "fieldName": {
      "errors": ["Validation message"]
    }
  }
}
```

The top-level `errors` array is reserved for request-level errors not attributable to a specific field and is empty for typical field-validation failures; per-field messages live under `properties.<fieldName>.errors`.

#### Unauthorized Error Messages

Unauthorized responses use an `error` string. Depending on auth failure mode, clients may see either `"Unauthorized"` or `"Unauthorized!"`.


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