Amazon API response status and error codes

Modified on Tue, 24 Oct, 2023 at 4:46 PM

Who can use this feature?

Super users  and PIM user with Channel subscription module access and who have subscribed to Amazon with valid API credentials.
Available on Accounts with subscription to Channel Subscription module

When syndicating products from PIMworks to Amazon, the response received from the Amazon API endpoint can vary based on the specific request made by PIMworks.

Below, you will find a list of potential HTTP status codes along with their corresponding error messages.

HTTP Status Code	Error	Description
400 Bad Request	ExistsAndExpectedValue	Expected.Exists=false and Expected.Value cannot be specified together
400 Bad Request	FeatureDeprecated	The replace flag must be specified per attribute, not per item.
400 Bad Request	IncompleteExpectedExpression	If Expected.Exists=true or unspecified, then Expected.Value has to be specified
400 Bad Request	IncompleteSignature	The request signature does not conform to AWS standards.
400 Bad Request	InvalidAction	The action " + actionName + " is not valid for this web service.
400 Bad Request	InvalidHTTPAuthHeader	The HTTP authorization header is bad, use " + correctFormat".
400 Bad Request	InvalidHttpRequest	The HTTP request is invalid. Reason: " + reason".
400 Bad Request	InvalidLiteral	Illegal literal in the filter expression.
400 Bad Request	InvalidNextToken	The specified next token is not valid.
400 Bad Request	InvalidNumberPredicates	Too many predicates in the query expression.
400 Bad Request	InvalidNumberValueTests	Too many value tests per predicate in the query expression.
400 Bad Request	InvalidParameterCombination	The parameter " + param1 + " cannot be used with the parameter " + param2".
400 Bad Request	InvalidParameterValue	Value (" + value + ") for parameter MaxNumberOfDomains is invalid. MaxNumberOfDomains must be between 1 and 100.
400 Bad Request	InvalidParameterValue	Value (" + value + ") for parameter MaxNumberOfItems is invalid. MaxNumberOfItems must be between 1 and 2500.
400 Bad Request	InvalidParameterValue	Value (" + value + ") for parameter MaxNumberOfDomains is invalid. MaxNumberOfDomains must be between 1 and 100.
400 Bad Request	InvalidParameterValue	Value (" + value + ") for parameter " + paramName + " is invalid. " + reason".
400 Bad Request	InvalidParameterValue	Value (" + value + ") for parameter Name is invalid. Value exceeds maximum length of 1024.
400 Bad Request	InvalidParameterValue	Value (" + value + ") for parameter Value is invalid. Value exceeds maximum length of 1024.
400 Bad Request	InvalidParameterValue	Value (" + value + ") for parameter DomainName is invalid.
400 Bad Request	InvalidParameterValue	Value (" + value + ") for parameter Replace is invalid. The Replace flag should be either true or false.
400 Bad Request	InvalidParameterValue	Value (" + value + ") for parameter Expected.Exists is invalid. Expected.Exists should be either true or false.
400 Bad Request	InvalidParameterValue	Value (" + value + ") for parameter Name is invalid.The empty string is an illegal attribute name
400 Bad Request	InvalidParameterValue	Value (" + value + ") for parameter Value is invalid. Value exceeds maximum length of 1024.
400 Bad Request	InvalidParameterValue	Value (" + value + ") for parameter ConsistentRead is invalid. The ConsistentRead flag should be either true or false.
400 Bad Request	InvalidQueryExpression	The specified query expression syntax is not valid.
400 Bad Request	InvalidResponseGroups	The following response groups are invalid: " + invalidRGStr.
400 Bad Request	InvalidService	The Web Service " + serviceName + " does not exist.
400 Bad Request	InvalidSortExpression	The sort attribute must be present in at least one of the predicates, and the predicate cannot contain the is null operator.
400 Bad Request	InvalidURI	The URI " + requestURI + " is not valid.
400 Bad Request	InvalidWSAddressingProperty	WS-Addressing parameter " + paramName + " has a wrong value: " + paramValue".
400 Bad Request	InvalidWSDLVersion	Parameter (" + parameterName +") is only supported in WSDL version 2009-04-15 or beyond. Please upgrade to new version
400 Bad Request	MissingAction	No action was supplied with this request.
400 Bad Request	MissingParameter	The request must contain the specified missing parameter.
400 Bad Request	MissingParameter	The request must contain the parameter " + paramName".
400 Bad Request	MissingParameter	The request must contain the parameter ItemName.
400 Bad Request	MissingParameter	The request must contain the parameter DomainName.
400 Bad Request	MissingParameter	Attribute.Value missing for Attribute.Name='name'.
400 Bad Request	MissingParameter	Attribute.Name missing for Attribute.Value='value'.
400 Bad Request	MissingParameter	No attributes for item ='" + itemName + "'.
400 Bad Request	MissingParameter	The request must contain the parameter Name
400 Bad Request	MissingWSAddressingProperty	WS-Addressing is missing a required parameter (" + paramName + ")".
400 Bad Request	MultipleExistsConditions	Only one Exists condition can be specified
400 Bad Request	MultipleExpectedNames	Only one Expected.Name can be specified
400 Bad Request	MultipleExpectedValues	Only one Expected.Value can be specified
400 Bad Request	NoSuchDomain	The specified domain does not exist.
400 Bad Request	NoSuchVersion	The requested version (" + version + ") of service " + service + " does not exist.
400 Bad Request	RequestExpired	Request has expired. " + paramType + " date is " + date".
400 Bad Request	TooManyRequestedAttributes	Too many attributes requested.
400 Bad Request	UnsupportedHttpVerb	The requested HTTP verb is not supported: " + verb".
400 Bad Request	UnsupportedNextToken	The specified next token is no longer supported. Please resubmit your query.
400 Bad Request	URITooLong	The URI exceeded the maximum limit of "+ maxLength".
401 Unauthorized	NotYetImplemented	Feature " + feature + " is not yet available".
403 Forbidden	AccessFailure	Access to the resource " + resourceName + " is denied.
403 Forbidden	AuthFailure	AWS was not able to validate the provided access keys.
403 Forbidden	AuthMissingFailure	AWS was not able to authenticate the request: access keys are missing.
404 Not Found	AttributeDoesNotExist	Attribute ("+ name + ") does not exist
408 Request Timeout	QueryTimeout	A timeout occurred when attempting to query domain <domain name> with query expression <query expression>. BoxUsage [<box usage value>]".
409 Conflict	ConditionalCheckFailed	Conditional check failed. Attribute (" + name + ") value exists.
409 Conflict	ConditionalCheckFailed	Conditional check failed. Attribute ("+ name +") value is ("+ value +") but was expected ("+ expValue +")
409 Conflict	MultiValuedAttribute	Attribute (" + name + ") is multi-valued. Conditional check can only be performed on a single-valued attribute
409 Conflict	NumberDomainsExceeded	The domain limit was exceeded.
409 Conflict	NumberDomainAttributes Exceeded	Too many attributes in this domain.
409 Conflict	NumberDomainBytesExceeded	Too many bytes in this domain.
409 Conflict	NumberItemAttributes Exceeded	Too many attributes in this item.
409 Conflict	NumberSubmitted Attribute exceeded	Too many attributes in a single call.
409 Conflict	NumberSubmittedAttributesExceeded	Too many attributes for item itemName in a single call. Up to 256 attributes per call allowed.
409 Conflict	NumberSubmittedItemsExceeded	Too many items in a single call. Up to 25 items per call allowed.
500 Internal Server Error	InternalError	Request could not be executed due to an internal service error.
503 Service Unavailable	ServiceUnavailable	Service Amazon SimpleDB is busy handling other requests, likely due to too many simultaneous requests. Consider reducing the frequency of your requests, and try again. See About Response Code 503.