Error

The failure envelope. Every failure, without exception.

Returned byevery endpoint

Fields #

Field	Type	Notes
`error.type`	string	The machine-readable reason. Switch on this, never on the message.
`error.message`	string	For a human. Wording can change; the type cannot.
`error.field`	string	Which request field was at fault, where one was.
`error.requestId`	string	Quote it in a support conversation and we can find the request.

Absent is not null: a field we did not get is omitted rather than sent as an empty string, so you can tell "LinkedIn does not have this" from "this person left it blank".

Sample #

JSON

{
  "error": {
    "type": "invalid_request",
    "message": "max_results may not exceed 2500 for /v1/sales/search/people - that is LinkedIn's own ceiling",
    "field": "max_results",
    "requestId": "req_8f2ka91x"
  }
}