Proposal: Actionable API Error Messages to Reduce Support Ticket Volume

{
    "code": 2945,
    "description": "LESS_THAN_MIN_OCCURANCE"
}

{
  "code": 2945,
  "description": "LESS_THAN_MIN_OCCURANCE"
}

{
  "status": "failure",
  "summary": "LESS_THAN_MIN_OCCURANCE",
  "data": {
    "errorCode": 8504,
    "errorMessage": "The parameter CONFIG 
    is not proper (Has not been sent or 
    is less than required count)"
  }
}

{
    "status": "failure",
    "summary": "LESS_THAN_MIN_OCCURANCE",
    "data": {
        "errorCode": 2945,
        "errorMessage": "The parameter 'fieldName' is required but was not provided",
        "field": "fieldName",
        "expectedType": "string",
        "documentation": "https://www.zoho.com/creator/help/api/v2.1/add-records.html"
    }
}

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