Data 360 Consultant Data Ingestion And Modeling Practice Question
A consultant is setting up a streaming data stream using the Ingestion API. The API returns an HTTP 400 Bad Request error. What is the most likely cause of this error?
Answer choices
Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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The incoming JSON payload structure violates the defined schema contract or contains invalid JSON syntax.
An HTTP 400 Bad Request from the Ingestion API typically indicates that the incoming payload does not match the defined schema structure or contains malformed JSON.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
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The Connected App authentication token has expired and needs to be refreshed.
Why it's wrong here
Expired tokens return HTTP 401 Unauthorized errors.
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The incoming JSON payload structure violates the defined schema contract or contains invalid JSON syntax.
Why this is correct
Schema validation failures or malformed JSON syntax generate 400 Bad Request errors.
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The Salesforce Data Cloud org has exceeded its total storage limit.
Why it's wrong here
Storage limits typically result in different error codes or throttling responses, not direct schema validation 400 errors.
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The Identity Resolution ruleset is currently locked during a batch run.
Why it's wrong here
Identity resolution does not block API ingestion requests with 400 errors.
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