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Aip 193 Errors

ErrorsREST

Aip 193 Errors is an example object payload from API Style Guides, with 13 top-level fields. It illustrates the shape of data this provider's APIs accept or return.

Top-level fields

$schemaidguideleveltitlesummarycategoryrationaleappliesTosourceUrlexamplesrelatedRulestags

Example Payload

{
  "$schema": "../json-schema/style-guide-rule-schema.json",
  "id": "aip-193",
  "guide": "style-guides:google-aip",
  "level": "MUST",
  "title": "Use Standardized Error Model and Codes",
  "summary": "Errors are returned with an HTTP status code and a structured body containing a numeric/code, message, and optional details. Service error codes map to a stable enumeration shared across Google APIs.",
  "category": "Errors",
  "rationale": "A consistent error shape across all APIs lets clients (and SDKs) handle failures uniformly regardless of which API surfaced them.",
  "appliesTo": ["REST", "gRPC"],
  "sourceUrl": "https://google.aip.dev/193",
  "examples": [
    {
      "kind": "good",
      "language": "json",
      "snippet": "{\n  \"error\": {\n    \"code\": 404,\n    \"message\": \"Book 'publishers/123/books/999' was not found.\",\n    \"status\": \"NOT_FOUND\"\n  }\n}"
    }
  ],
  "relatedRules": ["rfc-9457", "ms-azure-error-response", "paypal-errors"],
  "tags": ["Errors", "REST"]
}

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