Video API

Error Codes

Updated: Oct 27, 2020
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Video Publishing Errors

Session Initialization Phase

Error Subcode Error Type Description Recommendations
6000
GraphException
There was a problem uploading your video file. Please try again with another file.
Retry several times and report bug if this still doesn’t work.
1363042
CodedException
No Permission to Upload Video: You don’t have permission to upload a video here.
Get valid access token. See Access Tokens
1363023
CodedException
The video you tried to upload is too large. The maximum size for a video is 2 GB. Please try again with a smaller file.
Upload with small file or talk to Facebook for capacity
1363022
CodedException
The video you tried to upload is too small. The minimum size for a video is 1 KB. Please try again with a larger file.
Make sure your file is not empty.

Upload Phase

Error Code Error Message Recommendations
1363030
Video Upload Timeout. Your video upload timed out before it could be completed. This is probably because of a slow network connection or because the video is too large. Please try again.
Fix issues then retry upload.
1363019
There was a problem uploading your video. Please try uploading it again.
Retry upload.
1363037
There was a problem uploading your video. Please try uploading it again. error_data:{start_offset:0,end_offset:392695}
Returned when the server receives an invalid start offset from the client. Try to parse the start_offset and end_offset from error message and do a retry again.
1363033
There was a problem uploading your video. Please try uploading it again.
Typically caused by connection issue, which causes server to receive partial file. Need to retry.
1363020
No Video Selected. Please select the video you want to upload.
Need to include a file name in the parameter
1363005
No Permission to Edit Video. You lack permission to edit this video.
Need to include a file name in the parameter
1363031
No Video Detected. It looks like you are uploading a file that is not a video. Please try uploading a supported format. See Graph API Reference, Supported Formats
Provide supported format
1363045
There was a problem uploading your video. Please try uploading it again.
The upload video does not match the size. For example, someone start an upload session to upload 1MB file, but uploads more than 1MB data.
1363032
No Video Detected. It looks like you are uploading a file that is not a video. Please try uploading a supported format. See Graph API Reference, Supported Formats
Provide supported format
1363025
Video Too Short: The video you tried to upload is too short. The minimum length for a video is 1 second. Please upload a longer video.
Provide video of minimum duration
1363026
Video Too Long. The video you tried to upload is too long. The maximum length for a video is 40 minutes. Please upload a shorter video.
Provide video under maximum duration
1363021
Video Upload Problem: There was a problem uploading your video. Please try again.
Retry upload
1363041
Error Uploading Video: There was a problem uploading your video. Please try uploading it again.
Retry upload
1363022
Video Too Small: The video you tried to upload is too small. The minimum size for a video is 1 KB. Please try again with a larger file.
Provide minimum sized video
1363023
Video Too Large: The video you tried to upload is too large. The maximum size for a video is 2 GB. Please try again with a smaller file.
Provide video less than maximum allowed size.
1363024
Unsupported Video Format: The video you try to upload is in a format that is not supported. Please try again with a video in a supported format, see Graph API Reference, Supported Formats.
Provide supported format.

End Session Phase

Error Code Error Message Recommendation
1617005
Cannot Add Tag: You do not have permission to add this tag.
1617003
Too Many User Tags: Sorry, we can not save your tag because this video has already been tagged with the maximum number of people allowed. Please see the FAQ page on Tagging.
Limit allowed tags.
1363011
Error Storing or Editing Video: There was an error storing or editing your video. Please try again.
Retry post.
1617006
Already Tagged: The specified user or page is already tagged in this video.
1357005
User-provided request parameters do not match the types specified in param_get/param_post.
1607004
The date provided is earlier than the one for User birthday.
Check and verify the date is correct then retry the post
1363041
Error Uploading Video: There was a problem uploading your video. Please try uploading it again.
Check that you do not use an expired upload session id.
1607002
Invalid Date, TIMELINE__INVALID_TIME_TOO_EARLY. You cannot post to that time period.
Change to a later date.

Slideshow Publishing Errors

ErrorCode Error Message Recommendation
1363061
You cannot upload both video and images at the same time.
Retry with photos only.
1363064
The images you tried to upload are not enough. The minimum number of images for creating a video is 3.
Retry with more images
1363063
The images you tried to upload are too many. The maximum number of images for creating a video is 7.
Retry with fewer images.
1363065
Unable to fetch image file from URL.
Retry with valid image url.
1363066
The image file you selected is in a format gif that we don’t support.
Remove the unsupported image and retry.