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authorFlorian Pritz <bluewind@xinu.at>2016-06-07 18:25:49 +0200
committerFlorian Pritz <bluewind@xinu.at>2016-06-07 18:25:49 +0200
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doc/api.md: Restructure error handling description
Signed-off-by: Florian Pritz <bluewind@xinu.at>
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@@ -7,11 +7,10 @@
- [Compatibility](#compatibility)
- [Unless stated otherwise ...](#unless-stated-otherwise-)
- [Access levels](#access-levels)
-- [General response structure](#general-response-structure)
- - [Error handling](#error-handling)
-- [General errors](#general-errors)
- [Endpoints](#endpoints)
- [Examples](#examples)
+- [Error handling](#error-handling)
+ - [General errors](#general-errors)
The API provides programmatic access to upload, delete files, view the
currently uploaded ones and combine them to multipastes, as well as functions
@@ -67,45 +66,6 @@ the table include those above themselves.
| apikey | Allows to delete uploads and view the history |
| full | Allows everything |
-## General response structure
-
-Replies will always contain a `status` field which can contain the following
-values: `success`, `error`. If the reply does not contain the status field
-it should be regarded as invalid.
-
-If `status=success` the reply will contain a `data` field which contains
-function specific data.
-
-### Error handling
-
-If `status=error` the reply will be of the following format:
-
-```javascript
-// Error response format
-responseError = {
- "status": "error",
- "message": "A message that can be displayed to the user",
- "error_id": "program/useable/error/id",
- "data": object or array, // optional, only used if mentioned
-}
-```
-
-
-## General errors
-
-These are the most common errors that can be returned by any API call.
-
-| error_id | Message | Note |
-| -------- | ------- | ---- |
-| api/invalid-version | Invalid API version requested | Failed syntax check |
-| api/invalid-endpoint | Invalid endpoint requested | Failed syntax check |
-| api/version-not-supported | Requested API version is not supported | |
-| api/unknown-endpoint | Unknown endpoint requested | Likely a typo in your URL |
-| internal-error | An unhandled internal server error occured | |
-| user/api-login-failed | API key login failed | |
-| api/insufficient-permissions | Access denied: Access level too low | |
-| api/not-authenticated | Not authenticated | Likely no apikey was sent |
-
## Endpoints
Documentation for specific endpoints can be found in `./doc/api/`:
@@ -113,6 +73,14 @@ Documentation for specific endpoints can be found in `./doc/api/`:
* [Documentation for the /file/ endpoints](api/file.md)
* [Documentation for the /user/ endpoints](api/user.md)
+Responses will always contain a `status` field which can contain the following
+values: `success`, `error`. If the response does not contain the status field
+it should be regarded as invalid.
+
+If `status=success` the response will contain a `data` field which contains
+function specific data.
+
+
```javascript
// General definitions
@@ -143,3 +111,33 @@ your shell history and in top/ps if used. Be careful on untrusted systems.
apikey="anApiKey"
base="https://paste.xinu.at/api/v2.0.0"
```
+
+## Error handling
+
+If `status=error` the response will be of the following format:
+
+```javascript
+// Error response format
+responseError = {
+ "status": "error",
+ "message": "A message that can be displayed to the user",
+ "error_id": "program/useable/error/id",
+ "data": object or array, // optional, only used if mentioned
+}
+```
+
+
+### General errors
+
+These are the most common errors that can be returned by any API call.
+
+| error_id | Message | Note |
+| -------- | ------- | ---- |
+| api/invalid-version | Invalid API version requested | Failed syntax check |
+| api/invalid-endpoint | Invalid endpoint requested | Failed syntax check |
+| api/version-not-supported | Requested API version is not supported | |
+| api/unknown-endpoint | Unknown endpoint requested | Likely a typo in your URL |
+| internal-error | An unhandled internal server error occured | |
+| user/api-login-failed | API key login failed | |
+| api/insufficient-permissions | Access denied: Access level too low | |
+| api/not-authenticated | Not authenticated | Likely no apikey was sent |