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unsupported_media_type

A POST, PUT or PATCH sent a body without Content-Type: application/json.

HTTP 415 · invalid_request_error · not retryable

What happened

Section titled “What happened”

A POST, PUT or PATCH sent a body without Content-Type: application/json. The only parameter accepted is charset=utf-8.

What to do

Section titled “What to do”

Send Content-Type: application/json, or application/json; charset=utf-8.

Example

Section titled “Example”
HTTP 415 · unsupported_media_type
{
  "error": {
    "type": "invalid_request_error",
    "code": "unsupported_media_type",
    "message": "Send the body as JSON, with Content-Type: application/json.",
    "param": null,
    "request_id": "req_01j9zr3m5k8q2w7x4t6v0b1c9d",
    "doc_url": "https://docs.deedglass.com/errors/unsupported_media_type"
  }
}

The message is for a person and can get more exact over time: branch on type and code, never on the message.

In the SDKs

Section titled “In the SDKs”
SDK Raised as
TypeScript (@deedglass/sdk) InvalidRequestError with code === "unsupported_media_type"
Python (deedglass) deedglass.InvalidRequestError with .code == "unsupported_media_type"
Section titled “Related”