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Table 1-3. HTTP Status Codes that the vCloud API Returns (Continued)
Status Code Status Description
400 Bad Request The request body is malformed, incomplete, or otherwise
invalid.
401 Unauthorized An authorization header was expected but not found.
403 Forbidden The requesting user does not have adequate privileges to
access one or more objects specified in the request.
404 Not Found One or more objects specified in the request could not be
found in the specified container.
405 Method Not Allowed The HTTP method specified in the request is not supported
for this object.
406 Not Acceptable The resource identified by the request is only capable of
generating response entities which have content
characteristics not acceptable according to the accept headers
sent in the request.
409 Conflict The object state is not compatible with the requested
operation.
415 Unsupported Media Type The server is refusing to service the request because the entity
of the request is in a format not supported by the requested
resource for the requested method.
500 Internal Server Error The request was received but could not be completed
because of an internal error at the server.
504 Gateway Timeout The server, while acting as a gateway or proxy, did not
receive a timely response from the upstream server specified
by the URI.
About the Schema Reference
The vCloud API Schema Reference includes reference material for all elements, types, queries, and operations in
the vCloud API. It also includes the schema definition files.
The schema reference is available in HTML format in the vCloud Director documentation center.
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