# Errors

Requests made to our APIs can result in several different error responses. The following document describes error values.

## Properties

The `Error` has the following properties:

| Property  | Type     | Description                                                      |
| --------- | -------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `code`    | `string` | Error code constant represented as a string                      |
| `message` | `string` | Error message depending on the type of error and an API resource |

## Error Types

| Code               | Name                 | HTTP Status Code | Description                              |
| ------------------ | -------------------- | ---------------- | ---------------------------------------- |
| `invalid_input`    | InvalidParamError    | `400`            | Invalid client input parameters          |
| `unauthorized`     | UnauthorizedError    | `401`            | Client is not authorized                 |
| `access_denied`    | AccessDeniedError    | `403`            | `Entity` or resource access is forbidden |
| `not_found`        | NotFoundError        | `404`            | `Entity` not found                       |
| `duplicate_entity` | DuplicateEntityError | `409`            | `Entity` already exist                   |

## Example

```bash
curl -X 'GET' \
  'https://api.testnet.cspr.cloud/accounts/invalid_identifier' \
  -H 'accept: application/json' \
  -H 'authorization: 55f79117-fc4d-4d60-9956-65423f39a06a'
```

```json
{
  "error": {
    "code": "invalid_input",
    "message": "AccountHash identifier is not a valid account hash or public key"
  }
}
```

## Rate limiting errors

Visit the [Rate limits and quotas](https://docs.cspr.cloud/1.1.x/documentation/overview/rate-limits-and-quotas) for more information regarding Rate limiting errors.