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Error handling

Every method returns (result, error) where error is nil or a *ekyc.Error. Use errors.As to extract:

result, err := client.Liveness.Check(ctx, req)
if err != nil {
    var ekycErr *ekyc.Error
    if errors.As(err, &ekycErr) {
        switch ekycErr.Code {
        case ekyc.ErrCodeRateLimited:
            time.Sleep(ekycErr.RetryAfter)
        case ekyc.ErrCodeInvalidCredentials:
            log.Fatal("API key revoked or wrong; check config")
        }
    }
    return err
}

Error fields​

type Error struct {
    Code       string         // wire `error.type`
    StatusCode int            // HTTP status
    Message    string
    RequestID  string         // surface in support tickets
    Param      string         // for validation_failed
    DocURL     string         // populated from `error.doc_url`
    RetryAfter time.Duration  // for rate_limited
    // unexported `cause error` accessible via errors.Unwrap
}

Sentinel constants​

ekyc.ErrCode* exposes the strings:

ekyc.ErrCodeTokenExpired
ekyc.ErrCodeInvalidToken
ekyc.ErrCodeInvalidCredentials
ekyc.ErrCodeRateLimited
ekyc.ErrCodeValidationFailed
ekyc.ErrCodePaymentRequired
ekyc.ErrCodePayloadTooLarge
ekyc.ErrCodeNotFound
ekyc.ErrCodeInternalError
ekyc.ErrCodeNetworkError

See Errors and retries for the full taxonomy.

Network errors​

Transport-level failures (DNS, connection refused, timeout) surface as Code == ErrCodeNetworkError. The SDK retries them automatically (up to 3 attempts with exponential backoff) before returning. If you see network_error, you've already exhausted the retry budget.

var ekycErr *ekyc.Error
if errors.As(err, &ekycErr) && ekycErr.Code == ekyc.ErrCodeNetworkError {
    if cause := errors.Unwrap(err); cause != nil {
        log.Printf("network failure: %v", cause)
    }
}

What 401 means in Go​

The Go SDK does NOT auto-refresh on 401 (unlike Flutter). Reasons:

  • The dv_sk_* is your credential. If it's wrong, retrying with the same key won't help.
  • Your server controls the key lifecycle; the SDK has nothing to refresh against.

If you see 401 invalid_credentials, the right answer is "fix your config", not "retry".