About Errors

Understand the errors returned in the API responses from Razorpay.


All successful responses are returned with HTTP Status code 200. In case of failure, Razorpay API returns a JSON error response with the parameters that detail the reason for the failure.

Note:

If you are using an official

, the error responses result in exceptions that need to be handled in your integration.

The error response contains code, description, field, source, step, reason and metadata parameters that help you diagnose and solve the error.

To understand more about error codes, refer to the

section.

{
"error": {
"code": "BAD_REQUEST_ERROR",
"description": "Authentication failed due to incorrect otp",
"field": null,
"source": "customer",
"step": "payment_authentication",
"reason": "invalid_otp",
"metadata": {
"payment_id": "pay_EDNBKIP31Y4jl8",
"order_id": "order_DBJKIP31Y4jl8"
}
}
}

error

object The error object.

code

string Type of the error.

description

string Descriptive text about the error.

field

string Name of the parameter in the API request that caused the error.

source

string The point of failure in the specific operation (payment in this case). For example, customer, business

step

string The stage where the transaction failure occurred. The stages can vary depending on the payment method used to complete the transaction.

reason

string The exact error reason. It can be handled programmatically.

metadata

object Contains additional information about the request.

payment_id

string Unique identifier of the payment.

order_id

string Unique identifier of the order associated with the payment.


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