API Design · Junior · Question 26 of 75

What is RFC 9457 (Problem Details)?

1A spec for API versioning
✓Correct answer: A standard JSON format for HTTP API errors with fields like type, title, status and detail
3An authentication protocol

Explanation

It replaced RFC 7807. The media type is application/problem+json, and you can add your own fields.

Further reading

RFC 9457: Problem Details for HTTP APIs ↗

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