RFC 7807: Problem Details for HTTP APIs

This document defines a "problem detail" as a way to carry machine- readable details of errors in a HTTP response to avoid the need to define new error…

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Outgoing relationships (11 related RFCs)

Normative reference — RFC 2119: Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels
Normative reference — RFC 5234: Augmented BNF for Syntax Specifications: ABNF
Normative reference — RFC 3986: Uniform Resource Identifier (URI): Generic Syntax
Normative reference — RFC 7230: Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP/1.1): Message Syntax and Routing
Normative reference — RFC 7231: Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP/1.1): Semantics and Content
Normative reference — RFC 7159: The JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) Data Interchange Format
Informative reference — RFC 6838: Media Type Specifications and Registration Procedures
Informative reference — RFC 4918: HTTP Extensions for Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV)
Informative reference — RFC 5988: Web Linking
Informative reference — RFC 7303: XML Media Types
Informative reference — RFC 6694: The "about" URI Scheme

Incoming relationships (8 related RFCs)

Obsoleted by — RFC 9457: Problem Details for HTTP APIs
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9220: Bootstrapping WebSockets with HTTP/3
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7808: Time Zone Data Distribution Service
Normatively referenced by — RFC 8739: Support for Short-Term, Automatically Renewed (STAR) Certificates in the Automated Certificate Management Environment (ACME)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9115: An Automatic Certificate Management Environment (ACME) Profile for Generating Delegated Certificates
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9290: Concise Problem Details for Constrained Application Protocol (CoAP) APIs
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9205: Building Protocols with HTTP
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9421: HTTP Message Signatures