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Errors

collection_name_taken

Another of the customer's Collections already has this name.

Status

HTTP 409, title Collection name taken. One of the the request itself errors. Branch on code, never on the status or the prose.

Common causes

  • Creating or renaming a Collection to a name in use, in any letter case.

What to do

You already have a collection with that name, in any letter case. Use the one in collection_id, or pick another name.

Example

The body arrives as application/problem+json. Most responses add detail about the occurrence, and some add fields of their own.

{
  "type": "https://www.shortsintel.com/docs/reference/errors/collection_name_taken",
  "title": "Collection name taken",
  "status": 409,
  "code": "collection_name_taken"
}