Receiving errors

Below is an example of an API request with an invalid video ID:

GET https://partner.api.dailymotion.com/rest/video/xnotfound

This call will return the following error response which contains an error code, a message and an error type.

{
   "error": {
         "more_info": "https://developer.dailymotion.com/api#error-codes",
         "code": 404,
         "message": "Can't find object video for `id' parameter",
         "type": "not_found",
         "error_data": {
                "reason": "object_not_found",
                "object_type": "video",
                "object_id": "xnotfound",
                "param": "id"
         }
     }
}

These informations can help you identify the issue with your call and troubleshoot it easily.

In this article, you'll find the list of the most common error codes, error types and video access errors.

Error codes

The Dailymotion Platform API uses conventional HTTP response codes to indicate success or failure of an API request:

• 2xx range indicates success
• 4xx range indicates an error resulting from invalid provided information (e.g. a required parameter is missing, invalid access token, etc.)
• 5xx range indicates an error with the Dailymotion servers

Error types

Here's a list of error types you may encounter in errors returned by the API:

Video access errors

When requesting access to a video, the API may return a message in the access_error field explaining why the access can't be granted. Here are the different access error codes you may encounter: