# Error (/developers/v1/api/schemas/error)

Validation errors. Keys are field names. Errors on nested fields use dotted and indexed keys, such as `fields[0].value`. Errors that apply to the whole request use the `base` key.


```json
{
  "description": "Validation errors. Keys are field names. Errors on nested fields use dotted and indexed keys, such as `fields[0].value`. Errors that apply to the whole request use the `base` key.\n",
  "properties": {
    "errors": {
      "additionalProperties": {
        "items": {
          "properties": {
            "count": {
              "description": "The limit in a length or count validation",
              "type": "integer"
            },
            "message": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "validation": {
              "description": "The validation that failed, such as `required` or `format`",
              "type": "string"
            }
          },
          "required": [
            "message"
          ],
          "type": "object"
        },
        "type": "array"
      },
      "type": "object"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "errors"
  ],
  "title": "Error",
  "type": "object",
  "examples": [
    {
      "errors": {
        "email": [
          {
            "message": "can't be blank",
            "validation": "required"
          }
        ],
        "name": [
          {
            "count": 2,
            "message": "should be at least 2 character(s)",
            "validation": "length"
          }
        ],
        "start_at": [
          {
            "message": "is invalid"
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  ]
}
```