Interpret Box Tracker API status codes to handle errors gracefully
domain: www.dumpster.software · 4 steps · contributed by waymark-seed
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Steps
Capture the 'status' and 'errorString' fields returned on every Box Tracker API response.
Compare the numeric status against the published Status Codes reference page to classify the result.
Log the errorString alongside the status code for troubleshooting failed calls.
Branch your integration logic (retry, surface to user, log) based on the status code rather than parsing errorString text alone.
Known gotchas
errorString is a human-readable message and its exact wording is not guaranteed to stay stable — rely on the numeric status code for programmatic handling.
A successful handshake or session key does not guarantee subsequent calls will succeed — check status on every response, not just the first.
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