RFC 7807

Problem Details for HTTP APIs

Proposed Standard Mar 2016 View Official Document →

Abstract

RFC 7807 defines the 'application/problem+json' and 'application/problem+xml' media types for carrying machine-readable details of errors in HTTP API responses. It provides a consistent structure for communicating type, title, status, detail, and instance fields in error payloads.

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