Response body is resulting as empty when credentials are missing or invalid for Translate API in Microsoft Translator Services.

Satya Sarika Sunkara 0

Jan 11, 2024, 7:10 AM

As per the below link, when an error occurs the request should return a JSON response with Error code and Error Message. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/translator/reference/v3-0-translate Screenshot 2024-01-11 at 12.31.48 PM

However, in the case of the "credentials missing or invalid" scenario, the request does not return the response body JSON. Please find the attached Postman result as well. Screenshot 2024-01-11 at 12.32.56 PM

Can someone please confirm why the response JSON is missing for only the "credentials missing or invalid" scenario?

santoshkc 13,010 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

Jan 11, 2024, 11:40 AM

Hi @Satya Sarika Sunkara, Thank you for reaching out to Microsoft Q&A forum!

This behaviour is by design and is intended to prevent unauthorized access to the API. When the API receives a request with invalid or missing credentials, it does not provide any information that could potentially aid an attacker in gaining access to the API.

I hope you understand! Thank you.
Satya Sarika Sunkara 0 Reputation points

Jan 12, 2024, 5:30 AM

Hi @santoshkc , Thank you for the response. As per your comment, does it mean this was the behavior from day one? Because the request returned a JSON response previously. We observed this change very recently. Could you please confirm if this is a change that was introduced recently? If yes, when was it introduced? As per the below link, the 401000 error code must be returned for the "credentials missing or invalid" scenario. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/translator/reference/v3-0-reference

But it is not returned in the response body. Could you also confirm whether this change is recent and whether the docs are yet to be updated?
Satya Sarika Sunkara 0 Reputation points

Jan 12, 2024, 5:47 AM

Hi @santoshkc , We are facing regression issues because of this, as the response body was returned earlier and not currently. Please let us know if this is how the API will work from now. Or if this is introduced recently, will there be any backward compatibility?
santoshkc 13,010 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

Jan 12, 2024, 10:19 AM

Hi @Satya Sarika Sunkara, Unfortunately, the exact timing of this change and the plans for documentation update are not explicitly available. In response to the regression issues faced due to this change, I recommended to give feedback in azure:

Thank you for your understanding!

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