404 Not Found JSON response example

Last updated 2026-05-20

When to use this

Use this for "the resource does not exist" — either the id is wrong, or the path is unknown. Include the resource type and the id so the client can surface a useful message.

Example JSON

Returned when /products/<id> or /users/<id> does not match anything.

{
  "status": 404,
  "error": "Not Found",
  "message": "Product with id 9999 was not found",
  "code": "resource_not_found",
  "resource": "product",
  "id": 9999
}

Request examples

const res = await fetch('https://jsonexamples.com/http/404/Resource+not+found');
if (!res.ok) {
  const err = await res.json();
  console.error(res.status, err.message);
}

curl -i https://jsonexamples.com/http/404/Resource+not+found

import requests

r = requests.get('https://jsonexamples.com/http/404/Resource+not+found')
if r.status_code >= 400:
    print(r.status_code, r.json())

Try the live endpoint

Click below to call /http/404/Resource+not+found from your browser.

// click the button to populate this block

Common variations

Path-not-found variant

{
  "status": 404,
  "error": "Not Found",
  "message": "No route matches GET /unknown-path",
  "code": "path_not_found"
}

Convert this JSON

Generated starting points for TypeScript, JSON Schema, and Zod. Refine before shipping to production.

export interface 404NotFound {
  "status": number;
  "error": string;
  "message": string;
  "code": string;
  "resource": string;
  "id": number;
}

{
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
  "title": "404NotFound",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "status": {
      "type": "integer"
    },
    "error": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "message": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "code": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "resource": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "id": {
      "type": "integer"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "status",
    "error",
    "message",
    "code",
    "resource",
    "id"
  ],
  "additionalProperties": false
}

import { z } from 'zod';

export const 404NotFoundSchema = z.object({
  status: z.number(),
  error: z.string(),
  message: z.string(),
  code: z.string(),
  resource: z.string(),
  id: z.number()
});
export type 404NotFound = z.infer<typeof 404NotFoundSchema>;