[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #61843: REST API endpoint /wp-json/wp/v2/categories returns 500 instead of 400

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#61843: REST API endpoint /wp-json/wp/v2/categories returns 500 instead of 400
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 Reporter:  mlf20         |      Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect (bug)  |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  REST API      |    Version:  6.2.2
 Severity:  normal        |   Keywords:
  Focuses:  rest-api      |
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 When sending a request to the /wp-json/wp/v2/categories endpoint, it
 returns a 500 response. Seems like it should return a 400 response code
 for bad formatting instead of a 500, seeing as no exception is generated
 and its handled cleanly by the server.

 === command to reproduce
   curl -X  POST "http://[WORDPRESSDOMAIN]/wp-json/wp/v2/categories" -d
 '{"description": "ZD4ZDAJF", "name": "", "slug": "VZXC6HFM", "parent": 1}'
 -H  'Authorization: Basic [ACCESSTOKWN]' -H 'Content-Type:
 application/json'

 === Server Response
 {{{
  {"code":"empty_term_name","message":"A name is required for this
 term.","data":null}
 }}}

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