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Instead of ‘login’ and ‘password’ use your credentials from https://app.dataforapps.com/api-dashboard

<?php
// You can download this file from here https://api.dataforapps.com/v3/_examples/php/_php_RestClient.zip
require('RestClient.php');
$api_url = 'https://api.dataforapps.com/';
try {
	// Instead of 'login' and 'password' use your credentials from https://app.dataforapps.com/api-dashboard
	$client = new RestClient($api_url, null, 'login', 'password');
} catch (RestClientException $e) {
	echo "\n";
	print "HTTP code: {$e->getHttpCode()}\n";
	print "Error code: {$e->getCode()}\n";
	print "Message: {$e->getMessage()}\n";
	print  $e->getTraceAsString();
	echo "\n";
	exit();
}
try {
	// using this method you can get a list of errors
	// GET /v3/appendix/errors
	$result = $client->get('/v3/appendix/errors');
	print_r($result);
	// do something with result
} catch (RestClientException $e) {
	echo "\n";
	print "HTTP code: {$e->getHttpCode()}\n";
	print "Error code: {$e->getCode()}\n";
	print "Message: {$e->getMessage()}\n";
	print  $e->getTraceAsString();
	echo "\n";
}
$client = null;
?>

The above command returns JSON structured like this:

{
  "version": "0.1.20230825",
  "status_code": 20000,
  "status_message": "Ok.",
  "time": "0.0782 sec.",
  "cost": 0,
  "tasks_count": 1,
  "tasks_error": 0,
  "tasks": [
    {
      "id": "11011828-6944-0161-3000-73689637de5e",
      "status_code": 20000,
      "status_message": "Ok.",
      "time": "0.0000 sec.",
      "cost": 0,
      "result_count": 46,
      "path": [
        "v3",
        "appendix",
        "errors"
      ],
      "data": {
        "api": "appendix",
        "function": "errors"
      },
      "result": [
        {
          "code": 20000,
          "message": "Ok."
        },
        {
          "code": 20100,
          "message": "Task Created."
        },
        {
          "code": 40000,
          "message": "You can set only one task at a time."
        },
        {
          "code": 40001,
          "message": "This id is used by another client, check the id."
        },
        {
          "code": 40002,
          "message": "This id is used by another search engine, check the Path."
        },
        {
          "code": 40003,
          "message": "This id is used by another search type, check the Path."
        },
        {
          "code": 40004,
          "message": "This id is used by another function, check the id."
        },
        {
          "code": 40006,
          "message": "You can set no more than 100 tasks at a time."
        },
        {
          "code": 40100,
          "message": "You are not authorized to access this resource. See your login details here: https://app.dataforapps.com/api-dashboard ."
        },
        {
          "code": 40101,
          "message": "Internal SE Server Error."
        },
        {
          "code": 40102,
          "message": "No Search Results."
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

This endpoint returns a list of possible DataForApps API errors and general status codes. Below you will find a list of HTTP response codes and internal messages. We recommend storing the data connected to error codes in your application log and designing a necessary system for handling related exceptional or error conditions.

Note: DataForApps API servers always return the 200 HTTP response code, except for the following cases.

HTTP response codes:

Code Message Description
401 Unauthorized You are not authorized to access this resource. See your login details here: https://app.dataforapps.com/api-dashboard
402 Payment Required We had a problem billing your account. Please, check your account’s balance.
404 Not Found Requested endpoint not found
500 Internal Server Error Sorry, we could not process your request due to the internal server error. Please, try again later.

 

Alongside the 200 HTTP code, our system also generates internal status codes which you may find in status_code and status_message fields of the API response.

Note: status messages can be expanded in the API response and may vary depending on the event that triggered them.

You can also get the list of internal error codes by calling the ‘Errors’ endpoint:

By calling this endpoint you will receive information about the possible error codes.

‌‌As a response of the API server, you will receive JSON-encoded data containing a tasks array with the information specific to the set tasks.

Field name Type Description
version string the current version of the API
status_code integer general status code
you can find the full list of the response codes here
status_message string general informational message
you can find the full list of general informational messages here
time string total execution time, seconds
cost float total tasks cost, USD
tasks_count integer the number of tasks in the tasks array
tasks_error integer the number of tasks in the tasks array returned with an error
tasks array array of tasks
        id string task identifier
unique task identifier in our system in the UUID format
        status_code integer status code of the task
generated by DataForApps, can be within the following range: 10000-60000
you can find the full list of the response codes here
        status_message string informational message of the task
you can find the full list of general informational messages here
        time string execution time, seconds
        cost float cost of the task, USD
        result_count integer number of elements in the result array
        path array URL path
        data array contains the same parameters that you specified in the POST request
        result array array of results
            code integer code
            message string message

 

Alongside the 200 HTTP code, our system also generates internal status codes which you may find in status_code and status_message fields of the API response.

Note: status messages can be expanded in the API response and may vary depending on the event that triggered them.

Internal status codes and messages:

Code Message Description
20000 Ok. the request has been successfully completed
20100 Task Created. as a result of the successful request, the task has been created
40000 You can set only one task at a time. you cannot specify more than one task in the POST array
40001 This id is used by another client, check the id. the task identifier id is unique to the client used to send the request
40002 This id is used by another search engine, check the Path. the task identifier id is unique to the search engine used in the URL path of the request
40003 This id is used by another search type, check the Path. the task identifier id is unique to the search type used in the URL path of the request
40004 This id is used by another function, check the id. the task identifier id is unique to the function used in the URL path of the request
40006 You can set no more than 100 tasks at a time. each POST request can contain up to 100 tasks
40100 You are not authorized to access this resource. See your login details here: https://app.dataforapps.com/api-dashboard . check if the specified credentials match those in your account dashboard
40101 Internal SE server error. the requested search engine was unable to process your request and responded with an error
40102 No Search Results. no results matching the details of your request have been found