Errors

This section shows all Referd common error codes and how to resolve them.

HTTP Status Codes

Referd uses HTTP response status codes to indicate the success or failure of your API requests. If your request fails, Referd returns an error using the appropriate status code.

• 2XX codes indicate success and that the request worked as intended

• 4XX codes indicate errors due to some mistakes in the request.

• 5XX codes indicate an error with Referd's servers.

Error Object

When an error occurs and the response code is 4XX, Referd's servers send an Error Object that has two parameters, codeand message.

Example

{
    "code": 14,
    "message": "Name Already Exists"
}

Error Codes

Referd sends an error code in the body of the response, each code has a corresponding error message that is descriptive of what went wrong, below are the codes along with their description.

Code	Message	Description
4	Missing Arguments	Missing parameter in the argument
5	Null Arguments	The format is invalid or not compatible
7	Invalid Value	Value is in the wrong format.
12	Name Length Invalid	The provided name does not meet the required character limit
13	Something Wrong	An unexpected error occurred while processing your request.
14	Name Already Exists	The name provided is already registered in our system
15	Email Already Exists	The email address provided is already registered in our system.
16	Inactive	Inactive element like a user or program that are inactive
50	Referd Is Disabled	Referd is disabled
101	User External ID Not Found	User does not exist
102	User Already Exists	The user you are trying to create already exists
351	Event Not Found	This event is not configured in the dashboard