Payment Required

Client Error

Reserved for future use in digital payment systems

Rarely used; originally intended for digital cash or micropayment schemes

How this status code appears in HTTP responses

HTTP Response Header

HTTP/1.1 402 Payment Required

cURL Example

curl -I https://example.com
# Returns: HTTP/1.1 402 Payment Required

This is a client error response indicating the request contains bad syntax or cannot be fulfilled.

Other codes in the same category

The server cannot process the request due to client error

Authentication is required and has failed or has not been provided

The server understood the request but refuses to authorize it