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---
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title: Error
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description: Represents an error message.
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menu:
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docs:
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parent: entities
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---
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## Example
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```javascript
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{
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"error": "invalid_grant",
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"error_description": "The provided authorization grant is invalid, expired, revoked, does not match the redirection URI used in the authorization request, or was issued to another client."
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}
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```
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{{< hint style="info" >}}
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**The most important part of an error response is the HTTP status code.** Standard semantics are followed. The body of an error is a JSON object containing more information, if available.
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{{< /hint >}}
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## Required attributes
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### `error` {#error}
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**Description:** The error message.\
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**Type:** String\
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**Version history:** Added in 0.6.0
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## Optional attributes
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### `error_description` {#error_description}
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**Description:** A longer description of the error, mainly provided with the OAuth API.\
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**Type:** String\
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**Version history:** Added in 0.6.0
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## Possible reasons {#reasons}
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### 401 - Unauthorized {#401}
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#### require\_authenticated\_user! {#auth}
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Error: This API requires an authenticated user. Appears when the instance is in secure mode, which disables all public use of API methods.
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### 403 - Forbidden {#403}
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#### current\_user.disabled? {#disabled}
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Error: Your login is currently disabled. Appears when the OAuth token's authorized user has had their account disabled by a moderator.
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#### !current\_user.confirmed? {#unconfirmed}
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Error: Your login is missing a confirmed e-mail address. Appears when the email address associated with the OAuth token's authorized user's account has not yet been confirmed.
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#### !current\_user.approved? {#unapproved}
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Error: Your login is currently pending approval. Appears when the OAuth token's authorized user has signed up on an instance with approval-required registrations, and the user has not yet had their account approved by a moderator.
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### 404 - Not Found {#404}
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#### RecordNotFound {#not-found}
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Error: Record not found. Appears when an entity record does not exist, or the authorized user is not within the audience of a private entity.operates on a user.
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### 422 - Unprocessable Entity {#422}
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#### RecordInvalid {#invalid}
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Error: {string}. May appear when entity creation failed.
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#### RecordNotUnique {#not-unique}
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Error: Duplicate record. Appears when you are trying to pin an account or status that is already pinned.
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#### !current\_user {#user-required}
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Error: This method requires an authenticated user. Appears when using an OAuth token without an authorized user \(or no token at all\), while trying to call an API method that requires a user to be processed.
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## See also
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{{< caption-link url="https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon/blob/master/app/controllers/api/base_controller.rb" caption="app/controllers/api/base\_controller.rb" >}}
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