http://simonwillison.net/2022-11-01T03:15:05+00:00Simon Willison2022-11-01T03:15:05+00:002022-11-01T03:15:05+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2022/Nov/1/rfc-7807/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-httpapi-rfc7807bis/">RFC 7807: Problem Details for HTTP APIs</a></strong></p> This RFC has been brewing for quite a while, and is currently in last call (ends 2022-11-03). I’m designing the JSON error messages for Datasette at the moment so this could not be more relevant for me. <p><small></small>Via <a href="https://blog.frankel.ch/structured-errors-http-apis/">Nicolas Fränkel</a></small></p> <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/errors">errors</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/http">http</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/json">json</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/mark-nottingham">mark-nottingham</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/rfc">rfc</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/standards">standards</a></p>

2010-08-16T19:12:00+00:002010-08-16T19:12:00+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2010/Aug/16/errorpoints/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://blog.programmableweb.com/2010/08/16/writing-bulletproof-apps-with-api-errorpoints/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A ProgrammableWeb %28ProgrammableWeb%3A Blog%29">Writing Bulletproof Apps with API Errorpoints</a></strong></p> This is a very good idea: Web APIs should offer special API endpoints for simulating each of the possible errors that might be returned by the production API. <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/apis">apis</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/errors">errors</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/webapis">webapis</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/recovered">recovered</a></p>

2008-01-13T23:31:49+00:002008-01-13T23:31:49+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2008/Jan/13/errors/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://notes.natbat.net/2008/01/11/poorly-macbook/">Poorly Macbook, ineffective error message design</a></strong></p> Nat’s MacBook died the other day, throwing out some impressively meaningless error symbols. How exactly are you meant to Google for a circle with a line through it? <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/apple">apple</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/errors">errors</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/google">google</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/macbook">macbook</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/natalie-downe">natalie-downe</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/searchability">searchability</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/usability">usability</a></p>