The Docsumo API uses HTTP status codes to indicate successful or failed requests. 2XX status codes represent successful requests, while 4XX and 5XX status codes indicate that an error has occurred. If you receive an error HTTP status code, check the response body for an error code and message.

Valid Server Response

{
    "data": []
    "status": "success",
    "status_code": 200
}

Error response

{
    "status_code": 401,
    "message": "Validation Failed.",
    "error_code": "UNAUTHORIZED" 
}

Status Code	Description	Most Likely Cause
2XX	Successful Request	Request processed successfully
400	Bad Request	Invalid/missing data
401	Unauthorized	Invalid/missing credentials
404	Not Found	The resource does not exist (e.g., invalid/non-existent user ID)
409	Conflict	Trying to overwrite a resource (e.g., creating a user with an email that already exists)
429	Too Many Requests	Hit an API rate limit
50X	Server Error	We made a mistake. Please contact us