Get API health status

Overview

Use this method to check the operational status of the API.

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Tip

You can also check our uptime history and the current service status on the Sumsub Status page.

Errors

We return standard HTTP status codes.

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Note

  • We have a limit for the API requests that you can send. If there are too many requests from you, we will return a status code of 429. Notify our team if you have to make a vast amount of requests during a particular time frame.
  • If you still do not understand what the issue is, contact us and provide the correlationId.

The response body contains a JSON payload with the additional information.

{
  "description": "Error analyzing file, unsupported format or corrupted file",
  "code": 400,
  "correlationId": "req-5fd59b09-7f5e-41cd-a86b-38a4e6d57e08",
  "errorCode": 1004, // may be absent
  "errorName": "corrupted-file" // may be absent
}
NameTypeOptionalDescription
descriptionStringNoError description.
codeIntegerNoHTTP status code.
correlationIdStringNoIdentifies the error. Send this ID to us if the cause of the problem is unclear.
errorCodeIntegerYesError code. May not be present for some errors.
errorNameStringYesString representation of the error. Displayed when errorCode is present.

Error codes

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Note

Not all error responses will contain the error code and name. More and more errors will get their codes in the future.

CodeNameDescription
1000duplicate-documentDuplicate document (image, video) was uploaded. Exact equality is taken into account.
1001too-many-documentsApplicant contains too many documents. Adding new is not allowed.
1002file-too-bigUploaded file is too big (more than 64MB).
1003empty-fileUploaded file is empty (0 bytes).
1004corrupted-fileFile is corrupted or of incorrect format (e.g. PDF file is uploaded as JPEG).
1005unsupported-file-formatUnsupported file format (e.g. a TIFF image).
1006no-upload-verification-in-progressApplicant is being checked. Adding new data is not allowed.
1007incorrect-file-sizeThe file size must meet the file upload requirements specified in the global settings.
1008applicant-marked-as-deletedApplicant is marked as deleted/inactive. No action is allowed to change the status.
1009applicant-with-final-rejectApplicant is rejected with the FINAL rejection type. Adding new data/files is not allowed.
1010doc-type-not-in-req-docsAttempt to upload a document outside of the applicant level set or set of required documents.
1011encrypted-fileAttempt to open an encrypted file.
3000applicant-is-already-in-the-stateAttempt to change the status of the applicant against the logic โ€” the applicant is already in the required state.
4000app-token-invalid-formatInvalid format of the X-App-Token value.
4001app-token-not-foundApp token does not exist (e.g. test env. token used on production).
4002app-token-private-part-mismatchPrivate part of the token (after dot) does not match public part.
4003app-token-signature mismatchSignature encoded value does not match the request content.
4004app-token-request-expiredX-App-Access-Ts does not match the number of seconds since Unix Epoch in UTC.
4005app-token-invalid-valueInvalid authentication header values were provided.
4006app-token-not-all-auth-params-providedNot all required authorization headers were provided.
4007app-token-invalid-paramsInvalid authentication parameters were provided.
5000applicant-already-blacklistedAttempt to blocklist the applicant that is already blocklisted.
5001applicant-already-whitelistedAttempt to whitelist the applicant that is already whitelisted.
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