# invalid_request

> The request can't be read

Source: https://docs.nocamclub.com/errors/invalid_request

- **Where:** HTTP 400, and nothing started
- **Charged:** No
- **Worth retrying:** Not as it is. The request has to change first.

## What happened

The body isn't valid JSON, or an Idempotency-Key is over 200 characters.

## What to do

Send `application/json`, and keep the key to 200 characters.

## What it looks like

The real `message` and `hint` name the details of your request, such as the field and the values that work.

```json
{
  "error": {
    "code": "invalid_request",
    "message": "The body isn't valid JSON, or an Idempotency-Key is over 200 characters.",
    "hint": "Send `application/json`, and keep the key to 200 characters.",
    "retryable": false,
    "request_id": "req_01a1b37b65dc7dcd8c060f296add5cf8",
    "docs_url": "https://docs.nocamclub.com/errors/invalid_request"
  }
}
```

All codes: [Errors](https://docs.nocamclub.com/errors.md).