Error Response Codes

The Representational State Transfer Configuration Protocol (RESTCONF) API returns standard HTTP status codes in addition to JSON-based error codes and messages in the response body.

Table 1. HTTP status codes
Code Description

200 OK

The request was successful.

201 Created

The resource was created successfully.

204 No Content

Success with no response body.

400 Bad Request

The operation failed because the request is syntactically incorrect or violated schema.

401 Unauthorized

The authentication credentials are invalid or the user is not authorized to use the API.

404 Not Found

The server did not find the specified resource that matches the request URL.

405 Method Not Allowed

The API does not support the requested HTTP method.

409 Data Resource Already Exists

The data resource already exists.