> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.scrapeautomate.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Errors

Errors in the ScrapeAutomate API may occur due to invalid options, internal issues, or when the credit limit is reached. Whenever an error occurs, the API provides a clear and descriptive error message to help identify the problem.

## Example Error Response

Here is an example of an error response when no API key is provided:

```http Error Response theme={null}

GET 'https://app.scrapeautomate.com/api/scraper?api_key=[OPTIONS]'

HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found
vary: RSC, Next-Router-State-Tree, Next-Router-Prefetch
content-type: application/json
Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2025 12:10:33 GMT
Connection: close
Transfer-Encoding: chunked

{
  "success": false,
  "message": "User with that API key not found!",
  "errorCode": "api_key_invalid",
  "stack": "Error: User with that API key not found"
}

```

## Error Response Structure

Each error response includes:

* `errorCode`: A string key for precise categorization of the error.
* `message`: A detailed description of the error.
* `stack`: The stack trace of the error (included only in development mode).
* `status`: The HTTP status code associated with the error.

## Common Error Codes

The API uses standardized error codes to indicate various error conditions. Here's a comprehensive list of error codes you might encounter:

| **ERROR CODE**                    | **STATUS\_CODE** | **DESCRIPTION**                                                       |
| --------------------------------- | ---------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **workflow\_archived**            | 400              | Workflow is archived.                                                 |
| **token\_required**               | 400              | Token is required.                                                    |
| **validation\_error**             | 400              | Invalid data                                                          |
| **payment\_required**             | 402              | Insufficient credits to make the request.                             |
| **user\_not\_allowed**            | 403              | User not allowed to send scraping request.                            |
| **api\_key\_required**            | 401              | Api key is required.                                                  |
| **api\_key\_invalid**             | 404              | User with that api key not found.                                     |
| **request\_not\_found**           | 404              | Request or resource not found.                                        |
| **proxy\_not\_found**             | 404              | Proxy for that country or that type not found.                        |
| **workflow\_not\_found**          | 404              | Workflow not found.                                                   |
| **too\_many\_requests**           | 429              | The server is under heavy load, please try again later.               |
| **prisma\_initialization\_error** | 503              | Service temporarily unavailable. Please try again later.              |
| **Service Unavailable**           | 503              | The server is not ready to handle the request.                        |
| **unknown\_error**                | 500              | Something went wrong!                                                 |
| **Internal Server Error**         | 500              | The server has encountered a situation it doesn't know how to handle. |