409 Conflict

That email address or phone number is on another account

Code

contact_in_use

Status

409 Conflict

Type

https://errors.clavian.io/contact-in-use

What it means

The new email address or phone number, proved to be the caller’s with its code, already belongs to another account. The API says so only once the code checks out.

What to do

Say the address or number is in use, and ask for another one.

Example

The API answers with status 409 and this body, as application/problem+json. A detail may be added, saying what went wrong this time; it is for people, and changes.

{
  "type": "https://errors.clavian.io/contact-in-use",
  "title": "That email address or phone number is on another account",
  "status": 409,
  "code": "contact_in_use",
  "requestId": "req_01k5znw4hmfay8vvr14d2pf2db"
}

Endpoints that return it

From the OpenAPI document, every endpoint that names it among its answers:

• POST /v1/me/contact-verificationFinish changing your email address or phone number, with the code sent to it