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# RequestError

The error that a service method’s returned promise rejects with when a request fails.

```
class RequestError extends Error
```

## Discussion

When a [`Service`](/documentation/MapKitJS/Service) method’s returned promise rejects, the rejection value is a [`RequestError`](/documentation/MapKitJS/RequestError). The [`message`](/documentation/MapKitJS/RequestError/message) property contains a [`ConfigurationErrorStatus`](/documentation/MapKitJS/ConfigurationErrorStatus) value that describes the error.

```javascript
const search = new mapkit.Search();

try {
    const data = await search.search("coffee");
} catch (error) {
    if (error.message === "Too Many Requests") {
        // Handle rate limiting.
    }
}
```

## Topics

### Properties

[`message: ConfigurationErrorStatus;`](/documentation/MapKitJS/RequestError/message)

The error message describing the request failure.

## Relationships

### Inherits From

`Error`

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