How to get more details of an api error

[Daxcor]

I am trying to clone from a template via the api. I am getting a generic error back

Request failed with status code 500

Is there a way to get more details to help me debug my api calls?

 

[l.leahu-vladucu]

Hello Daxcor! Try to open the browser's developer tools (usually by pressing F12), open the Network tab , try to clone the template, click on the request that fails and look at the response headers and body. You should then be able to see more details.

 

[aabraham]

I am trying to clone from a template via the api. I am getting a generic error back

Request failed with status code 500

Is there a way to get more details to help me debug my api calls?

Which template are you trying to fetch?

 

[fabian]

the PVE API will encode any error message in the HTTP status line. many HTTP/API clients don't print/display this by default though, or might make it inaccesible altogether. the API offers different formatters - if you switch to the "extjs" the API call will return status 200 but contain the actual status and error message in a JSON document in the response body.