API Problem+JSON — Unauthorized (401)
RFC 7807 SAMPLE problem document for HTTP 401 (Unauthorized) client tests.
{
"type": "https://api.sample.example/problems/unauthorized",
"title": "Unauthorized",
"status": 401,
"detail": "Bearer token missing or expired (SAMPLE).",
"instance": "/orders/ORD-SAMPLE-401",
"sample": true
}
Specifications
- Status
- 401
- Rfc
- 7807
- Wave
- I
- Sample Only
- true
What is a .json file?
JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) is a lightweight, text-based data-interchange format representing objects, arrays, strings, numbers, booleans, and null. It is language-independent, human-readable, and the dominant format for web APIs and configuration. It requires a single well-formed root value.
How to use this file
Use an example JSON file to test parsers and serializers, schema validation, Unicode and number-precision handling, and API request or response processing.
How to use this file for testing
“API Problem+JSON — Unauthorized (401)” is a deterministic Novus Examples fixture for JSON parsing, Error handling, Schema / OpenAPI testing. Flat, deeply nested, JSON Lines, and intentionally invalid JSON for testing parsers and error handling.
Documented properties for this file: JSON · 232 bytes. Compare results against paired or grouped companions on this page when present (clean↔damaged, searchable↔scanned, or format twins) so scores stay reproducible across runs.
Download the file once, keep the path stable in CI or local scripts, and treat the spec table as the contract: dimensions, seeds, field lists, and roles are intentional. Corrupt or invalid samples are labelled as such — expect parsers to fail loudly rather than silently accept them.
Data fixtures document their exact quirks — delimiters, encodings, null handling, schema, and row counts — in the spec table. Point your parser or importer at the file and assert it handles the documented edge cases; clean and deliberately-messy siblings make before/after diffs straightforward.
Feed the file to your parser and assert it handles the documented quirks — quoted delimiters, embedded newlines, ragged rows, or invalid syntax; the valid↔invalid distinction is labelled in the title.
Code examples
import json
with open("error-unauthorized.json") as f:
data = json.load(f)
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- jsonInvalid JSON Schema — Json Schema Missing TypeIntentionally invalid JSON Schema (json-schema-missing-type) for negative validator tests.
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