The Movie Database · Schema

ErrorResponse

Standard TMDB API error envelope returned on 4xx/5xx responses.

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Properties

Name Type Description
status_code integer TMDB-internal status code (not the HTTP code).
status_message string Human-readable error message describing the problem.
success boolean Always false on error responses.
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JSON Schema

tmdb-api-error-response-schema.json Raw ↑
{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/tmdb/refs/heads/main/json-schema/tmdb-api-error-response-schema.json",
  "title": "ErrorResponse",
  "description": "Standard TMDB API error envelope returned on 4xx/5xx responses.",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "status_code": {
      "type": "integer",
      "description": "TMDB-internal status code (not the HTTP code).",
      "examples": [
        34
      ]
    },
    "status_message": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Human-readable error message describing the problem.",
      "examples": [
        "The resource you requested could not be found."
      ]
    },
    "success": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "description": "Always false on error responses.",
      "examples": [
        false
      ]
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "status_code",
    "status_message",
    "success"
  ]
}

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