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internal_error

An unhandled ScoutingAPI-side fault.

HTTP 500internal_errorNot retryable0 credits
HTTP 500error.type = internal_error

How to fix it

Retry idempotent reads with backoff; quote the requestId to support if it persists.

Example response

500 internal_error
// HTTP 500
{
  "error": {
    "type": "internal_error",
    "code": "internal_error",
    "message": "An unhandled ScoutingAPI-side fault.",
    "param": null,
    "requestId": "req_…",
    "creditsCharged": 0,
    "retryable": false,
    "docUrl": "https://scoutingapi.com/docs/errors/internal_error"
  }
}

This error is free

Like every ScoutingAPI error, internal_error returns creditsCharged: 0. You are never billed for a failed, empty, blocked or not-found call.

See the full error catalog or the response envelope. The canonical URL for this page is https://scoutingapi.com/docs/errors/internal_error.