HTTP 406 Not Acceptable

Example response

HTTP/1.1 406 Not Acceptable
Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8

{ "error": "Not Acceptable" }

Look up the headers shown here in the HTTP headers reference.

Common questions

What does HTTP 406 mean?

Not Acceptable. The server can't produce a response matching the Accept headers.

Is 406 an error?

Yes. 4xx codes are client errors: The request contains a mistake or can't be fulfilled as sent.

Other 4xx codes