Vrio API has a set list of validation codes when there is an issue with an API request. When an API call fails validation, an api_validation_code will be returned in the response. Below is a list of possible validation codes, and a description on why you may have received it.

api_validation_code	Validation Description
alert_already_processed	An alert has already been processed on transaction and company setting only allows 1 alert per transaction.
bank_account_required	Bank account and routing numbers required ( bank_account_number , bank_routing_number ) when using payment method 10.
billing_required	Billing information is required. When sending any billing address information, all fields must be sent. ( bill_fname, bill_lname, bill_country, bill_address1, bill_city, bill_state, bill_zipcode )
campaign_archived	Campaign is archived
campaign_bin_not_allowed	Card BIN number is not allowed on campaign. The BIN is contained on a BIN profile to block transaction.
campaign_country_invalid	The campaign is using a shipping profile that restricts the country or the campaign setting does not allow it.
campaign_inactive	Campaign is inactive.
campaign_invalid	Campaign is invalid.
campaign_offer_invalid	Offer is not available on campaign. Check offers on campaign to add.
campaign_payment_method_invalid	Payment method is not available on campaign. Check merchant or route settings for campaign.
campaign_prepaid_not_allowed	Prepaid cards are not allowed on campaign. Check prepaid card settings on campaign.
campaign_required	Campaign ID is required ( campaign_id ).
cancel_type_invalid	Cancel type passed is invalid. Check possible cancel types under store settings.
card_type_invalid	Card type passed is not available for campaign. Check merchant or route settings for campaign.
card_type_merchant_inactive	No Active Merchants available for card type. Check available card types for merchant or route merchants.
charge_transaction_only	Method only supported for charges.
chargeback_already_processed	A chargeback for this date has already been processed.
check_amount_required	Check amount is required when using check as payment method ( check_amount ).
connection_invalid	Connection is invalid.
connection_type_unsupported	The customer belongs to a connection type is not supported for this method.
country_invalid	Country is invalid.
credit_card_required	All credit card information is required with this payment method when not passing a customer_card_id ( card_type_id, card_number, card_cvv, card_exp_month, card_exp_year ).
currency_invalid	Currency passed is not available for campaign. Check merchant or route settings for campaign.
customer_address_invalid	Customer address ID is not valid. It either does not exist, or it does not belong to customer_id.
customer_balance_too_low	Unable to apply balance. Check the available balance for the customer.
customer_blacklist	Customer is blacklisted.
customer_card_invalid	The customer_card_id passed is not valid for customer.
customer_connection_type_unsupported	The customer belongs to a connection type is not supported for this method.
customer_email_exists	The email already exists for a customer.
customer_email_invalid	The email is invalid for customer.
customer_fraud	The customer has been flagged as fraud.
customer_invalid	The customer does not exist.
customer_merchant_group_invalid	No merchant found for customer merchant group and the router is set to decline the charge.
database_error	There was a database error.
discount_already_used	The discount code you are attempting to used by customer and its set to one per customer. Check discount settings for discount code.
discount_expired	The discount code has expired. Check discount settings for discount code.
discount_inactive	The discount code is inactive. Check discount settings for discount code.
discount_invalid	The discount code is invalid or it is not available for the offer its being applied to
discount_usage_limit_reached	The discount code has reached its max limit. Check discount settings for discount code.
gift_card_balance_insufficient	The amount attempted for gift card exceeds the available balance left on card.
gift_card_expired	The gift card has expired.
gift_card_inactive	The gift card is inactive.
gift_card_invalid	The gift card you are attempting to use is invalid.
gift_card_total_too_small	The amount attempted for gift card exceeds the available balance left on card.
gift_message_required	The gift message is required for offer that is being purchased as a gift.
item_category_invalid	The item category is invalid.
item_invalid	The item is invalid. It either does not exist, or its not available as a swap option for a shipment.
item_out_of_stock	The item is out of stock and set to deny when out of stock. Check item settings for item.
item_required	The item is required.
items_invalid	The item is invalid or not available for offer.
merchant_card_type_not_supported	The card type passed is not a valid card type for the merchant. Check the merchant settings for available card types.
merchant_currency_invalid	The currency passed is not a valid currency for the merchant. Check the merchant settings for available currencies.
merchant_invalid	The merchant is either invalid, not active, or does not support the action being attempted.
merchant_payment_method_not_supported	The payment method passed is not a valid payment method for the merchant. Check merchant settings for available payment methods.
no_merchant_available	There are no merchants available in router for payment. This could be because of cart type, payment type or processing rules ( such as bin blocking, merchant group configuration etc. ). Check merchant and payment router settings.
offer_connection_invalid	The offer passed does not match the connection on the customer. A customer can only have offers that belong to the same connection.
offer_discount_not_allowed	The discount code used is not allowed for the offer passed. Check offer settings for offer to configure.
offer_invalid	The offer is invalid.
offer_transaction_only	This method is only available for offer cycle transactions.
offers_invalid	The offer array is not formatted correctly. Check API docs for proper formatting.
order_3ds_transaction_missing	There is no pending transaction that requires 3DS verification.
order_already_archived	The order has already been archived.
order_already_authorized	The order has already been authorized.
order_already_completed	The order is already completed.
order_invalid	The order_id passed is either invalid, or not available for the action being attempted.
order_not_archived	The order is not archived so it cannot be unarchived.
order_precheck_fail	The order did not pass fraud prescreening checks. Check fraud connection that is associated with campaign.
order_offer_already_active	The order offer is already active so it cannot be reactivated.
order_offer_already_archived	The order offer is already archived so it cannot be archived.
order_offer_already_completed	The order offer is already complete, so it cannot be edited.
order_offer_already_cancelled	The order offer is already cancelled or its not recurring, so it cannot be cancelled.
order_offer_cancel_not_supported	The customer belongs to a connection type is not supported for this method.
order_offer_card_exists	The card has already been used for this offer. Check the offer settings for this offer. This error will return the details of the matching order that was found for the card and offer.
order_offer_cycle_frequency_change_not_supported	The customer belongs to a connection type is not supported for this method.
order_offer_exists	The offer has already been purchased for the customer. Check the offer settings for this offer. This error will return the details of the matching order that was found for the customer and offer.
order_offer_final	Cannot reactivate completed order offer because all cycles were billed on offer cycle.
order_offer_frequency_already_set	The order offer already has the same frequency. No changes were made.
order_offer_frequency_change_not_supported	The order offer cannot have its frequency changed. Check the offer settings for this order offer.
order_offer_invalid	Order Offer invalid.
order_offer_not_archived	The order offer is not archived, so it cannot be unarchived.
order_offer_options_invalid	The options passed for the item associated with the order offer is not valid. Check the item options page for the valid IDs.
order_offer_options_required	Option are required for the item that is associated with the order offer.
order_offer_parent_invalid	The parent order ID passed for upsell is not a valid order ID for the customer.
order_offer_parent_offer_invalid	The parent offer ID passed is not a valid offer ID that exists for the customer.
order_offer_parent_order_offer_invalid	The parent order offer ID is not a valid parent order offer ID for the customer.
order_offer_parent_required	The upsell offer requires a parent_order_offer_id or a parent_offer_id.
order_offer_pause_not_supported	The offer is not configured to allow a user to pause. Check offer settings to configure pause settings.
order_offer_price_too_small	The price passed for the offer is smaller than the minimum price set on the offer. Check the offer settings for the offer.
order_offer_quantity_already_set	The quantity passed is the same quantity that is already on the order offer, no changes were made.
order_offer_quantity_change_not_supported	The quantity for the order offer cannot be changed. This method is only available for active and recurring order offers.
order_offer_quantity_invalid	The quantity passed for the order offer is not a valid quantity. This could be because of quantity discounts restricting quantities. Check the offer cycle quantity discount settings for offer cycle.
order_offer_quantity_required	You must pass a quantity for the order offer.
order_offer_reactivate_not_supported	The order offer is not in a valid status that allows for reactivation.
order_offer_status_invalid	The status ID passed is not a valid ID for the order offer.
order_offer_swap_not_supported	The offer is either not in a valid status that allows for swapping.
order_offer_swap_offer_invalid	The offer passed is not a valid offer that the current offer can be swapped to. Check the offer settings for available offer ids.
order_offer_unpause_not_supported	The offer is not in a valid status to unpause. Only paused offers can be unpaused.
order_offer_upsell_invalid	The offer id passed is not a valid upsell for offer. Check offer upsell settings.
order_offer_upsell_not_supported	The order offer is not in a valid status that allows for an upsell to be added. Only recurring and active offers can be upsold to.
order_offers_required	The order does not have any offers.
order_unauthorized	The order has not been authorized so it cannot be captured.
password_invalid	The password must be at least 8 characters and contain at least one uppercase letter, one lower case letter and one number.
payment_method_merchant_inactive	There are no active merchants on campaign or router for payment method. Check merchant settings for available payment methods.
payment_method_required	The payment method is required ( payment_method_id ).
payment_token_required	The payment token is required ( payment_token ).
product_invalid	The product passed is invalid ( product_id ).
responder_invalid	The responder passed is invalid ( responder_id ).
route_invalid	The route passed is invalid ( route_id ).
route_merchant_invalid	There are no available merchants on route for card type and payment method. Click here for more details about troubleshooting this error.
router_no_volume_remaining	There is no volume left on router. Check router settings for merchants.
shipment_already_returned	The shipment has already been returned, so it cannot be returned.
shipment_already_tracked	The shipment already has tracking, so it cannot add tracking.
shipment_cancel_not_supported	The shipment is not in a valid status that would allow it to be cancelled. Only shipments that are not shipped, cancelled or skipped can be cancelled.
shipment_date_invalid	The shipment date passed is not valid. Dates must be in the future.
shipment_date_invalid_pending_charge	You cannot change the shipment to the date passed because there is another pending shipment or transaction after that date.
shipment_date_invalid_pending_shipment	You cannot change the shipment to the date passed because there is a pending shipment or charge prior to that date.
shipment_invalid	The shipment id passed is invalid.
shipment_reschedule_not_supported	The shipment is not in a status that will allow for it to be rescheduled. Only Pending Post and Pending Transaction shipments can be rescheduled.
shipment_reship_unsupported	The shipment cannot be reshipped. Only shipments that have been shipped, are not cancelled and are not flagged as reships are supported.
shipment_rma_not_supported	Shipment already has an RMA.
shipment_no_tracking	Shipment cannot be marked as delivered without a tracking number.
shipping_profile_campaign_invalid	The shipping profile passed is not a valid profile for campaign. Check the campaign and country being passed.
shipping_profile_required	The shipping profile is required on campaign for the country being passed.
shipping_required	Shipping info required when not using shipping_same or not passing valid customers_address_shipping_id. When sending any shipping address information, all fields must be sent. ( ship_fname, ship_lname, ship_country, ship_address1, ship_city, ship_state, ship_zipcode )
state_invalid	The state passed is invalid.
state_required	The state field is required for the country provided.
timeframe_frequency_invalid	The time frame frequency you chose is not a timeframe that can be used on the offer.
timeframe_invalid	The time frame is not valid.
timeframe_offer_invalid	The time frame chosen is not a valid time frame for the offer. Check the offer settings for valid time frames.
transaction_alert_not_supported	An alert cannot be processed on this type of transaction.
transaction_already_cancelled	The transaction is already cancelled and cannot be cancelled again.
transaction_already_completed	The transaction is already complete, changes cannot be made to it.
transaction_already_processed	You cannot process a transaction because it was already processed.
transaction_cancel_not_supported	Refund transactions cannot be cancelled.
transaction_chargeback_not_supported	A chargeback cannot be processed on this type of transaction.
transaction_check_return_not_supported	A check return cannot be processed on this type of transaction.
transaction_consent_required	You cannot process this transaction because consent is required.
transaction_consent_send_not_supported	Consent cannot be sent on this transaction.
transaction_date_invalid	The date passed is invalid, you must choose a date in the future.
transaction_date_invalid_pending_charge	The date passed is invalid, there is another pending charge before this date.
transaction_date_invalid_prepaid_shipment	The date passed is invalid, there are prepaid shipments scheduled before this date.
transaction_extend_delivery_not_supported	This transaction is not available for delivery extension.
transaction_gateway_required	The transaction does not have a gateway associated with it.
transaction_invalid	Transaction ID is invalid.
transaction_process_not_supported	The transaction is not in the required state to be processed. This could be because there is a pending transaction before it.
transaction_refund_max_reached	The transaction cannot be refunded for this amount. The max refund will be exceeded.
transaction_refund_not_supported	The transaction cannot be refunded. This could be because there is already a pending refund for this transaction.
transaction_reprocess_not_supported	This transaction cannot be reprocessed. This could be because the transaction is not declined, not a charge, not a sale or capture, or the order offer is not active.
transaction_reverse_not_supported	The transaction cannot be reversed. This would be because the transaction is not a chargeback or there was already a reversal for this transaction.
transaction_skip_not_supported	This transaction cannot be skipped. Transactions can be skipped when they are not currently skipped or cancelled and the offer cycle associated with the transaction is configured to allow skips.
transaction_state_invalid	Transaction cannot be processed because it is complete, in the skipped state, or not yet scheduled.
transaction_too_old	Transaction is too old to refund based on campaign settings. Check the campaign settings for allowed refund window.
transaction_unskip_not_supported	You cannot unskip this transaction because there was a successful transaction after the transactions you are trying to unskip.
transaction_void_not_supported	Transaction cannot be voided. This could be because the transaction was already refunded, it was declined, its not a Sale/Auth/Capture type, its after the batch date configured on the merchant, or if its an already captured auth.
user_email_already_used	The email is already associated with another user.
user_identifier_already_used	The user identifier is already associated with another user.
user_invalid	The user is invalid.
user_username_already_used	The user name is already associated with another user.
connection_cart_token_invalid	The cart token specified is not valid.
login_invalid	Login credentials are not valid.
merchant_bin_not_allowed	The card BIN number is not allowed for the merchant specified. Check bin block settings on the merchant.
merchant_limit	The merchant processing limit has been met and the merchant is configured to not exceed it. Check the merchant configuration.
billing_address_required	A full billing address is required for the order when a payment method is required. Payment method is required when an offer is recurring or the total for the order is greater than 0.
shipping_address_required	A full shipping address is required for the order. Shipping addresses are required when the order has an offer with a shippable item for any cycle.
offersPI h_required	Offers are required on the order.
payment_method_id_required	A payment_method_id is required to complete the request.
afterpay_not_allowed	Afterpay is not available for orders that have a recurring offer.
campaign_item_invalid	The item is not available on the campaign. Check campaign item configuration.
payment_method_recurring_required	A payment method is required for orders with recurring offers.
payment_method_total_required	The payment method is required for orders where the total > 0.
campaign_page_invalid	The campaign page does not exist.
new_password_required	A new password is required for the user.
email_invalid	The email specified for the user is invalid.
code_invalid	The 2fa code specified is not valid.
offer_item_invalid	The item passed is not allowed for the offer. Check the offer settings.
cancel_type_id_required	A valid cancel_type_id must be provided. Check the cancel type settings.
report_id_required	A report_id is required.
report_id_invalid	The report_id provided is not a valid.
gift_email_required	A gift email is required for the offer that is being sold as a gift.
filter_invalid	The filter_id passed is either invalid, or is not available for the report_id passed.
shipment_address_change_not_supported	Shipment is not in a status that would allow for an address change. Only shipments that are not shipped, cancelled, posted or skipped can have an address changed.
shipment_skip_not_supported	The shipment cannot be skipped. This may be because it is not the next upcoming shipment or the offer cycle does not allow for a shipment to be skipped.
item_option_variation_invalid	The item variation does not exist for the item.
order_offer_id_invalid	The order_offer_id passed is not valid.
order_offer_expire_not_supported	Order offer cannot be set to expire. This could be because the order offer is not active or the offer is not configured to allow expiration.
email_required	An email is required to complete action.
filter_array_required	A filter_by array is required to run the report.
merchant_rebill_limit	Merchant has met rebill count capacity for the day.
shipment_item_swap_not_supported	The shipment item cannot be swapped. Only items on the next scheduled shipment can be swapped.
transaction_cannot_process_before_previous_charge_or_shipment	The date passed for this transaction is invalid because there is another pending transaction or shipment scheduled before it.
shipment_item_items_invalid	No shipment items to swap or this shipment has more than 1 item.
skip_type_invalid	The skip_type_id is not valid.
invalid_discount_code	The discount code passed is invalid. This could be because the discount code is not a valid code, the discount is not active, the discount is expired or not available for the offer or customer.
order_offer_gift_already_reedemed	Order offer gift cannot be edited, the gift is already claimed.
cart_token_invalid	The cart token passed is not valid.
campaign_state_invalid	The state code passed is not available for the campaign.
merchant_recurring_bin_block	Transaction cannot be processed due to Recurring Bin Profile on merchant.
order_cannot_auto_capture	Order cannot be auto captured because its not authorized, or already complete.
valid_order_offer_status	The status_type_id passed is not a valid status type.
reward_invalid	There is no reward to claim.
reward_already_claimed	Cannot claim the reward because the reward was already claimed.
invalid_card_format	Credit card must be 15 or 16 digits only.
search_fields_required	A date to and from field is required for search criteria passed.
invalid_state_item	An item on the order is not available to be sold to the state passed.
company_can_order	Account in past due state. Unable to accept new orders.
company_disabled	Account deactivated. Reach out to Vrio support for more details.
shipment_item_invalid	The shipment item does not exist, or does not belong to the shipment_id passed.