Error Handling

API calls can fail when input data is malformed or the server detects issues with the request. As an example, the following request obviously fails:

List<CompetitionDataFileInquiry>? result = await api.CompetitionListFiles(
    competition: "BadCompetitionName"
);

When a request fails, a KaggleAPIException is thrown.

KaggleAPIException

A very general API error. The message is either (1) parsed from the API response's JSON body or (2) Json deserialization error messages, both with a status code in string format appended. The response is available as a public property.

try
{
    List<CompetitionDataFileInquiry>? result = await api.CompetitionListFiles(
        competition: "BadCompetitionName"
    );
}
catch (KaggleAPIException e)
{
    //Prints:
    /*  Permission 'competitions.get' was denied
        Status code: 403 Forbidden  */
    Console.WriteLine(e.Message);
    // Prints: Forbidden
    Console.WriteLine(e.Response?.StatusCode);
}