Faults and Errors V5

Errors encountered during a web service call are passed back as a SOAP Fault. The faultcode will be "env:Server" and the faultstring will give a brief description of the error. A detail element will include more details.

The most common type of error is likely to be validation errors. If one of the parameters passed does not meet the validation requirements, then a SOAP Fault will be returned, with a faultDetails object nested inside it which contains details of the validation error. For example, a call to setFields for the medicaredvs source with an invalid Medicare number would give the following response:

<env:Envelope xmlns:env="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
   <env:Header/>
   <env:Body>
      <env:Fault>
         <faultcode>env:Server</faultcode>
         <faultstring>Invalid input field(s) - medicare card number</faultstring>
         <detail>
            <ns2:faultDetails xmlns:ns2="http://dynamicform.services.registrations.edentiti.com/">
               <code>FieldValidationFault</code>
               <details>Medicare card number is not a valid Medicare number.</details>
            </ns2:faultDetails>
         </detail>
      </env:Fault>
   </env:Body>
</env:Envelope>

The faultstring element indicates a validation error, and names the field. The faultDetails object indicates the exact error, i.e. a FieldValidationFault, and gives a readable message in the details element. If more than one field fails validation, then the faulstring and details elements will contain multiple errors in a list. For example:

<env:Envelope xmlns:env="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
   <env:Header/>
   <env:Body>
      <env:Fault>
         <faultcode>env:Server</faultcode>
         <faultstring>Invalid input field(s) - medicare card expiry date, medicare card number</faultstring>
         <detail>
            <ns2:faultDetails xmlns:ns2="http://dynamicform.services.registrations.edentiti.com/">
               <code>FieldValidationFault</code>
               <details>Medicare card expiry date is not formatted correctly.
                  Medicare card number is not a valid Medicare number.</details>
            </ns2:faultDetails>
         </detail>
      </env:Fault>
   </env:Body>
</env:Envelope>

In this example, both the Medicare card number and expiry date failed validation.

A note about the WSDL

The WSDL for the greenID API does not include elements for faultcode and faultstring. This is a known issue.

A list of fault codes is given in the table below.

Fault code	Description

Fault code	Description
`FieldValidationFault`	One or more input fields failed validation.
`InvalidCertificateFault`	The client certificate presented for mutual authentication did not pass the certificate checking process.
`InvalidIPAddressFault`	The IP address of the client is not permitted to call the web service.
`InvalidPasswordFault`	The `accountId` and password could not be matched or the `accountId` was not recognised.
`InvalidRuleIdFault`	The `ruleId` element was not recognised.
`InvalidSourceIdFault`	The `sourceId` element was not recognised.
`InvalidTokenFault`	The `verificationToken` (also referred to as a `userToken`) supplied was not recognised.
`SystemFault`	There was an unexpected error during the web service call. This is an internal error for greenID.
`TokenTimeoutFault`	The `verificationToken` (`userToken`) supplied has expired.
`VerificationIdNotFoundFault`	One of the API methods other than `registerVerification` was called with a `verificationId` that was not recognised.
`VerificationFault`	There was an unexpected error during the verification process.