# `MISDIRECTED_REQUEST` Request sent to the wrong host

Source: https://checkslip.com/en/problems/misdirected-request

- **HTTP status**: `421`
- **Credit**: No credit taken

## Meaning

The API (API keys) lives at api.checkslip.com and the web app at app.checkslip.com; this request was sent to a different host.

## Cause

The `Host` header is neither api.checkslip.com nor app.checkslip.com.

## Fix

Change the base URL to https://api.checkslip.com.

## Example response

```
{
  "type": "https://checkslip.com/problems/misdirected-request",
  "title": "Request sent to the wrong host",
  "status": 421,
  "instance": "01a18600-0000-7000-8000-000000000000",
  "code": "MISDIRECTED_REQUEST"
}
```