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Code Matching Limitations

Because of a limited number of available HTTP codes, not all CA SDM errors match to an HTTP error code. Matching errors return the corresponding HTTP error codes whenever possible, but most backend process errors return a generic 400 Bad Request code. A message summarizes the error.

The following error messages match the corresponding HTTP error code. All others use error code 400.

• A request for a resource that does not exist in CA SDM returns a 404 Not Found error code.
• A request for a resource that returns multiple matches, such as when using a nonunique COMMON_NAME value returns a 409 Conflict error code.
• A request for an unaccessible resource due to Authentication Failure or Function Access security return a 401 Unauthorized error code.