Errors

ReferralHero uses conventional HTTP response codes to indicate the success or failure of an API request. In general, codes in the 2xx range indicate success, codes in the 4xx range indicate an error that failed given the information provided (e.g., a required parameter was omitted, an update failed, etc.), and codes in the 5xx range indicate an error with ReferralHero's servers (these are rare).

When a request returns an error we always try to provide a clear explanation of what went wrong. Errors are returned as JSON files and follow the same structure:

{
  status: "error",
  message: "Error explanation" // Eg: "Missing API token"
  code: "error_code" // Eg: no_token
}

Status

Our API raises errors for many reasons and when this happens the "status" attribute will always be "error". We recommend writing code that gracefully handles all possible API exceptions.

Message

A human-readable message providing more details about the error.

Code

The type of error returned. See list of possible errors below:

Error codes

Explanation

no_token

"api_token" parameter is missing or blank

invalid_token

"api_token" provided does not exist

inactive_account

Account associated with this API token is inactive

too_many_calls

Rate limit hit. Wait 60 minutes to reset the counter.

no_list_uuid

"uuid" parameter is missing or blank

invalid_list

"uuid" provided belongs is invalid

no_subscriber_id

"subscriber_id" parameter is missing or blank

subscriber_not_found

subscriber provided does not exist

no_email_address

"email" parameter is missing or blank

invalid_email_address

"email" provided is not a valid email.

no_name

"name" parameter is missing or blank

no_points

"points" parameter is missing or blankno_hosting_url

no_hosting_url

"hosting_url" parameter is missing or blank

error_list_creation

Something went wrong when creating a new list.

subscriber_already_promoted

Subscriber's already been promoted

subscriber_not_promoted

Subscriber is not promoted, hence it can't be "unpromoted"

bad_request

Missing required params

reward_not_found

The provided reward does not exist

invalid_status

The provided 'status' does not exist

no_coupons

The "coupons" parameter is missing or blank

error_coupon_group_creation

Errors occured while creating coupon

coupon_group_created

Coupon created successfully

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