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General·HTTP 400·API, CLI

Invalid request

invalid_request

The request could not be read as sent: a required value is missing, or a value is not in the form the endpoint accepts.

What this means​

A header, a query parameter or the body is missing or malformed. The answer's detail names what was wrong.

How to fix it​

Read the detail in the answer, correct that value and send the request again. The API reference lists what each endpoint accepts.

Retry behavior​

Sending the same request again gets the same answer.

How it appears in the response​

ComputeSphere returns errors as RFC 7807 Problem Details. The type field is the docs URL for this page — switch on code in your client.

{
  "type":    "https://docs.computesphere.com/errors/invalid_request",
  "title":   "Invalid request",
  "status":  400,
  "code":    "invalid_request",
  "detail":  "The request could not be read as sent: a required value is missing, or a value is not in the form the endpoint accepts.",
  "instance": "/v2/…",
  "request_id": "f47ac10b-58cc-4372-a567-0e02b2c3d479",
  "trace_id":   null
}

The Content-Type header is application/problem+json. On field-level validation errors a non-empty errors[] array also appears, each entry carrying its own docs_url for the offending field.