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."
}
Attributes
error
Description: The error message.
Type: String
Version history:
0.6.0 - added
error_description optional
Description: A longer description of the error, mainly provided with the OAuth API.
Type: String
Version history:
0.6.0 - added
Possible reasons
400 - Bad request
ParameterMissing
Error: {string}. Appears when a required parameter is missing from the API call.
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
NotPermitted
Error: This action is not allowed. Appears when trying to call a method that you do not have permission for (such as admin or staff methods), or performing actions you are not allowed to do (such as following a user that blocks you).
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.
429 - Too many requests
Error: {translated string}. Appears when you have exceeded the rate limit. See Rate limits for more information.
503 - Remote service unavailable
UnexpectedResponseError
Error: Remote data could not be fetched. Appears when Mastodon calls a remote service (such as WebFinger from another instance) which returns an error.
SSLError
Error: Remote SSL certificate could not be verified. Appears when a remote service is called, but it has an invalid SSL certificate.
NetworkingError
Error: There was a temporary problem serving your request, please try again. Appears when there was a failed call to an S3 storage server.
RaceConditionError
Error: There was a temporary problem serving your request, please try again. Appears when there was an error due to a race condition in server-side code.