Handling Errors
All API calls use the status codes as described in the Django REST Framework’s Status Code Guide, but generally you only need to check for success status codes (200 or 204), handle the special case of Token Expiration (403) and report an error otherwise.
Error Status Codes
Section titled “Error Status Codes”This is not an exhaustive list, but common error codes are listed below.
| Status Code | Description |
|---|---|
| 401 | Unauthenticated |
| 403 | Forbidden (token expired?) |
| 400 | Malformed request |
| 404 | Not found |
For security reasons, sometimes an operation which should return 403 returns 404 to avoid disclosing IDs and other information to attackers.