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# Validate a workflow

POST https://example.itential.io/automation-studio/workflows/validate
Content-Type: application/json

Validates a workflow, and return the resulting errors and warnings arrays.

Reference: https://docs.itential.com/itential-cloud/api-reference/automation-studio/validate-workflow

## Authentication

- `Authorization` header (basic auth, required) — Basic authentication of the form `Basic <base64(username:password)>`.

## Request

### Body (application/json)

This endpoint expects an object.

- `workflow` (object, optional) — Accepts all generation workflow documents
  - `name` (string, required)
  - `type` (string, required, default: automation)
  - `tasks` (object, required)
    - `workflow_start` (object, required)
      - `name` (string, optional)
      - `summary` (string, optional)
      - `groups` (list of object, optional)
        - `name` (string, required)
        - `provenance` (string, required)
      - `x` (double, optional) — Stores the x coordinate used by canvasVersion: 1 workflows
      - `y` (double, optional) — Stores the y coordinate used by canvasVersion: 1 workflows
      - `nodeLocation` (object, optional) — Stores the coordinates used by canvasVersion: 3 workflows
        - `x` (double, optional)
        - `y` (double, optional)
    - `workflow_end` (object, required)
      - `name` (string, optional)
      - `summary` (string, optional)
      - `groups` (list of object, optional)
        - `name` (string, required)
        - `provenance` (string, required)
      - `x` (double, optional) — Stores the x coordinate used by canvasVersion: 1 workflows
      - `y` (double, optional) — Stores the y coordinate used by canvasVersion: 1 workflows
      - `nodeLocation` (object, optional) — Stores the coordinates used by canvasVersion: 3 workflows
        - `x` (double, optional)
        - `y` (double, optional)
    - `error_handler` (object, optional) — Deprecated gen2-specific feature
      - `name` ("childJob", required)
      - `summary` (string, required)
      - `description` (string, required)
      - `app` (string, required)
      - `variables` (object, required)
        - `incoming` (object, required)
        - `outgoing` (object, required)
        - `error` (string, optional)
        - `decorators` (list of object, optional)
          - `type` (enum, optional)
            - Allowed values: `encryption`, `query`
          - `pointer` (string, optional)
          - `displayPath` (string, optional)
      - `groups` (list of object, required)
        - `name` (string, required)
        - `provenance` (string, required)
      - `type` ("operation", required)
      - `deprecated` (boolean, optional)
      - `scheduled` (boolean, optional)
      - `retrySettings` (object, optional, nullable) — Retry settings for a task.
        - `state` (list of enum, required) — Finish states the task will retry on. The task will retry on any of the included states.
          - Allowed values: `success`, `error`, `failure`
        - `autoRetry` (boolean, required) — Whether the task is set to retry automatically or manually.
        - `limit` (integer, required) — Limit of retries on a task before it will take normal transitions and stop retrying.
        - `delay` (integer, required) — Delay between each retry in milliseconds.
        - `count` (integer, optional) — Current retry count used for workflow engine job processing
  - `transitions` (object, required)
    - `workflow_start` (object, optional)
    - `workflow_end` (object, optional)
    - `error_handler` (object, optional)
  - `groups` (list of object, required)
    - `name` (string, required)
    - `provenance` (string, required)
  - `_id` (string, optional)
  - `uuid` (string, optional)
  - `namespace` (object, optional, nullable)
    - `type` (any, required)
    - `_id` (object, required) — A MongoDB ObjectId
    - `name` (string, required)
  - `description` (string, optional, nullable)
  - `preAutomationTime` (integer, optional) — Time (milliseconds) automation would have taken someone to complete without using IAP.
  - `sla` (integer, optional)
  - `errorHandler` (object, optional, nullable) — Deprecated gen2-specific feature
    - `type` (string, optional)
    - `name` (string, optional)
  - `font_size` (integer, optional, default: 12) — Deprecated, unused, gen1-specific feature
  - `created` (string, optional)
  - `created_by` (object or string, optional)
    - object
      - `username` (string, required)
      - `provenance` (string, required)
  - `createdBy` (string, optional) — Project related regression bug. This field needs to be accepted
  - `createdVersion` (string, optional)
  - `last_updated` (string, optional)
  - `last_updated_by` (object or string, optional)
    - object
      - `username` (string, required)
      - `provenance` (string, required)
  - `lastUpdatedVersion` (string, optional) — This value represents the semantic version of the application that last modified it. For workflows with canvasVersion = 1, this field will refer to the version of Workflow Builder. For workflows with canvasVersion > 1, this field will refer to the version of Studio.
  - `tags` (list of object, optional)
    - `_id` (string, required)
    - `name` (string, required)
    - `description` (string, required)
  - `canvasVersion` (enum, optional)
    - Allowed values: `1`, `1.5`, `2`, `3`
  - `encodingVersion` (enum, optional)
    - Allowed values: `1`
  - `inputSchema` (object, optional)
  - `outputSchema` (object, optional)
  - `outputData` (map from string to object, optional) — Deprecated gen2-specific feature
    - `taskId` (string, optional)
    - `taskPointer` (string, optional)
  - `decorators` (list of object, optional)
    - `type` (enum, optional)
      - Allowed values: `encryption`, `query`
    - `pointer` (string, optional)
    - `displayPath` (string, optional)
  - `migrationVersion` (integer, optional)
  - `scenarios` (list of object, optional)
    - `name` (string, required)
    - `input` (object, required)
    - `description` (string, optional)
    - `taskMocks` (object, optional)
    - `last_updated` (string, optional)
    - `last_updated_by` (object or string or map from string to any, optional)

## Response

### 200

Errors and warnings output from the validation process

- `errors` (list of object, optional)
- `warnings` (list of object, optional)

## Errors

### 500 Internal Server Error

Error response from API

- `any`

## Examples

**Request**

```json
{}
```

**Response**

```json
{
  "errors": [
    {}
  ],
  "warnings": [
    {}
  ]
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "https://example.itential.io/automation-studio/workflows/validate"

payload = {}
headers = {"Content-Type": "application/json"}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'https://example.itential.io/automation-studio/workflows/validate';
const options = {method: 'POST', headers: {'Content-Type': 'application/json'}, body: '{}'};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://example.itential.io/automation-studio/workflows/validate"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://example.itential.io/automation-studio/workflows/validate")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://example.itential.io/automation-studio/workflows/validate")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{}")
  .asString();
```

```php
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('POST', 'https://example.itential.io/automation-studio/workflows/validate', [
  'body' => '{}',
  'headers' => [
    'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://example.itential.io/automation-studio/workflows/validate");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.POST);
request.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
request.AddParameter("application/json", "{}", ParameterType.RequestBody);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let headers = ["Content-Type": "application/json"]
let parameters = [] as [String : Any]

let postData = JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: parameters, options: [])

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://example.itential.io/automation-studio/workflows/validate")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "POST"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers
request.httpBody = postData as Data

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```