Traffic API Developer's Guide

HTTP Status Codes

Traffic API supports the standard HTTP status codes.

Table 1. HERE Error Codes
Error code Description
200 OK Indicates success, but may also be returned when an invalid resource name and/or an invalid parameter combination has been used in the request.
204 No Content Indicates that the request was valid but there is no traffic data available.
400 Bad request Invalid parameter value in the request, for example zoom out of range. Examples include:
  • The quadkey parameter is invalid ([length] 22 or any character not in [0,1,2,3]).
  • The required parameters are not provided.
  • The query combines both bbox and quadkey parameters, which is not permitted. You must use either the bbox or quadkey parameter.
  • An invalid bbox parameter format. The bbox parameter must be specified in the form [lat0],[lon0];[lat1],[lon1]
  • Incorrect values for the filtering parameters were used.
403 Forbidden Missing or incorrect API Key in the request. If you are using token authentication, the token that you use in the request is incorrect. For more information on authentication, see the Identity & Access Management Developer Guide.
404 Not found Unsupported parameter in the request. Examples include:
  • The domain-section of the URL does not point at a valid service environment.
  • The path-section of the URL does not point at a quadkey service instance.
500 Internal error The service is not available or server configuration issue.
503 Service Unavailable Indicates that the services is temporarily unavailable due to system overload or maintenance

The API supports the standard authorization mechanism common to all HERE APIs. This mechanism can return status codes detailed below.

Table 2. Authentication Responses
Scenario Response Code HTTP Response Message
apiKey is missing 400 The request is missing the apiKey parameter.
Note: If you are using app_id/app_code authentication, the app_id and app_code parameters are missing. They must both be passed as query parameters. For the available authentication options, see the Identity & Access Management Developer Guide.
apiKey is present in the request but the validation fails. 401 This is not a valid apiKey.
Note: If you are using app_id/app_code authentication, please verify that the values are not swapped between the app_id and app_code. For the available authentication options, see the Identity & Access Management Developer Guide.
No matching pattern in the authentication mechanism configuration for this requested URL 404 The URL resource cannot be found.
If the requested URL does exist but the HTTP verb is not supported for that URL 405 The HTTP method is not supported for this URL.
If SSL is required, but the request is not sent over SSL. 400 SSL/TLS is required for this URL; please retry the request using SSL/TLS.
Unexpected authentication error 500 Server error - please retry again at a later time.