Response

Updated on 2022-09-15 GMT+08:00

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After sending a request, you will receive a response, including a status code, response header, and response body.

Status Code

A status code is a group of digits, ranging from 1xx to 5xx. It indicates the status of a request. For more information, see Status Code.

For example, if status code 201 is returned for calling the API used to obtain a user token, the request is successful.

Response Header

Similar to a request, a response also has a header, for example, Content-type.

**Table 1** Common response headers
Parameter	Description	Mandatory
Content-Type	Media type of the message body sent to a receiver Type: string Default value: application/json; charset=UTF-8	Yes
X-request-id	This field carries the request ID for task tracing. Type: string request_id-timestamp-hostname (The request_id is the UUID generated on the server. timestamp indicates the current timestamp, and hostname is the name of the server that processes the current API.) Default value: none	No
X-ratelimit	This field carries the total number of flow control requests. Type: integer Default value: none	No
X-ratelimit-used	This field carries the number of remaining requests. Type: integer Default value: none	No
X-ratelimit-window	This field carries the flow control unit. Type: string The unit is minute, hour, or day. Default value: hour	No

Figure 1 shows the response header fields for the API used to obtain a user token.

The x-subject-token header field is the desired user token. This token can then be used to authenticate the calling of other APIs.

Figure 1 Header fields of the response to the request for obtaining a user token

Response Body

The body of a response is often returned in structured format as specified in the Content-Type header field. The response body transfers content except the response header.

The following is part of the response body for the API used to obtain a user token.

{
    "token": {
        "expires_at": "2019-02-13T06:52:13.855000Z",
        "methods": [
            "password"
        ],
        "catalog": [
            {
                "endpoints": [
                    {
                        "region_id": "eu-west-101",
......

If an error occurs during API calling, an error code and a message will be displayed. The following shows an error response body.

{
    "error_msg": "The format of message is error",
    "error_code": "AS.0001"
}

In the response body, error_code is an error code, and error_msg provides information about the error. For details, see Error Code.

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