API

unsupported_media_type

HTTP 415. Unsupported media type

What it means

The request body is not application/json.

What to do

Send Content-Type: application/json. The API accepts no form encodings and no multipart bodies.

Retrying

Do not retry the same request. Change it first.

Example

json

{
  "type": "https://reuseforge.com/docs/api/errors/unsupported_media_type",
  "title": "Unsupported media type",
  "status": 415,
  "detail": "Send the body as application/json.",
  "instance": "/api/v1/items/acme/invoice-extractor",
  "code": "unsupported_media_type",
  "request_id": "req_c4v8n2m6x1z3"
}

Every error is application/problem+json (RFC 9457). Branch on code, show detail to people and quote request_id when you ask for help. See the error catalogue.