4xx Client ErrorHTTP Status Code Reference
HTTP 402 Payment Required— What It Means, Causes & How to Fix It
Reserved for future use. Originally intended for digital payment systems, this status code is not widely used by standard protocols but is sometimes employed by APIs to indicate that payment is needed.
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Common Causes
- API subscription or usage quota exceeded
- Premium feature requires paid plan
- Trial period expired, payment needed
How to Fix
- 1Upgrade your subscription or payment plan
- 2Check billing status and payment method
- 3Contact the service provider about pricing options
Example
HTTP 402 Payment Required
GET /api/premium-data HTTP/1.1
→ 402 Payment Required
→ { "message": "Upgrade to Pro for access" }Related Client Error Codes
400
Bad Request
401Unauthorized
403Forbidden
404Not Found
405Method Not Allowed
406Not Acceptable
407Proxy Authentication Required
408Request Timeout
409Conflict
410Gone
411Length Required
412Precondition Failed
413Content Too Large
414URI Too Long
415Unsupported Media Type
416Range Not Satisfiable
417Expectation Failed
418I'm a Teapot
421Misdirected Request
422Unprocessable Content
423Locked
424Failed Dependency
425Too Early
426Upgrade Required
428Precondition Required
429Too Many Requests
431Request Header Fields Too Large
451Unavailable For Legal Reasons
Commonly Referenced Status Codes
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