[arin-tech-discuss] ARIN Error Code 401 meaning?

Aaron Hughes aaronh at bind.com
Wed Jan 18 15:43:04 EST 2012


David,

Thank you, as always. You, sir, are a gentleman and a scholar.

Cheers,
Aaron

On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 08:40:35PM +0000, David Huberman wrote:
> Hello Aaron,
> 
> Improved documentation of the RESTful API is actively being worked on by
> ARIN staff.  We will work to ensure an explanation of common error codes
> is included in that documentation.
> 
> Regards,
> David
> 
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> David R Huberman
> Principal Technical Analyst, ARIN
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> On 1/18/12 3:34 PM, "Aaron Hughes" <aaronh at bind.com> wrote:
> 
> Yup, thanks.
> 
> Is there a place where ALL API codes are documented? It would be really
> nice if I could return something human readable to my user base. :)
> 
> Cheers,
> Aaron
> 
> On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 08:31:59PM +0000, David Huberman wrote:
> > Hello Aaron,
> > 
> > 401 means the API key specified isn't authoritative to take the requested
> > action. I think we would see this most often if either:
> > 
> > - the API is typo'd; or
> > - the API key was generated by an ARIN Online account that is not linked
> > to authoritative POC.
> > 
> > I hope that helps :)
> > 
> > Regards,
> > David
> > 
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> > David R Huberman
> > Principal Technical Analyst, ARIN
> > 703-227-9866
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> > On 1/18/12 2:41 PM, "Aaron Hughes" <aaronh at bind.com> wrote:
> > 
> > I have a client who received a 401 from ARIN over API, however, it's not
> > docmented here: https://www.arin.net/resources/restful-methods.pdf
> > 
> > What does this mean?
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > Aaron
> > 
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