Responses

Content-type

The API responds with Content-Type set to application/json, and with JSON content in the body. In case of a 204 response (see Request minimal response), the Content-Type header is not set and the response body is empty.

Response codes

In case of success, the HTTP status code is normally 200 and the content contains the result according to the nature of the request. The client may opt-in to instead receive HTTP status code 204 in certain circumstances, see Request minimal response. In case of error, there are multiple HTTP status codes for different types of errors.

• 200 OK

  • Success response. The content contains the result according to the nature of the request.

• 204 No Content

  • Success response, the content is empty. Clients can opt-in to receive this response code, see Request minimal response.

• 400 Bad Request

  • Error caused by the client app, e.g. in case of malformed request or invalid identifier of a resource. In most cases, such an error signifies a bug in the client app (consumer of the API).

• 401 Unauthorized

  • Error caused by usage of invalid ClientToken, AccessToken, or you may not have the necessary permission to use the endpoint.

• 403 Forbidden

  • Server error that should be reported to the end user of the client app. Happens for example when the server-side validation fails or when a business-logic check is violated.

• 408 Request Timeout

  • Error caused by heavy request that takes too long to process (typically tens of seconds). To get around this, request data in smaller batches. For more information, see Request timeouts.

• 409 Conflict

  • The request cannot be completed because the data has changed. To get around this error, try refreshing the data on the client and resubmitting the request.

• 429 Too Many Requests

  • Error caused by too many requests sent in a given amount of time. Response contains Retry-After header indicating how long the user agent should wait before making a follow-up request. For more information, see Request limits.

• 500 Internal Server Error

  • Unexpected error on the Mews side. This may be due to a software fault. If such a situation occurs, the error will be logged and the development team notified.

Error response details

In case of any error, the returned JSON object describes the error and has the following properties:

Property	Type	Contract	Description
Message	string	required	Description of the error.
Details	string	optional	Additional details about the error (request, headers, server stack trace, inner exceptions etc.). Only available on development environment.

Some errors may also contain additional information relevant to the error on top of these two properties. This depends on the operation.