Validate records in a container

Validates records in the specified container. The records will be provided in the request content as XML.

You can also validate MDM data records through the REST API using a Job. For more information, see How to validate MDM data records against the master storage through the REST API.

Request	`POST /services/rest/data/{containerName}/validate` The body is an XML representation of one or more records to be validated, which are enclosed by a root tag with an arbitrary name, `records` for an example.
Parameters	containerName: This is a String value that represents the name of the container in which the records will be validated. container: This is a String value which represents the type of the data container. It is either `MASTER (default)` or `STAGING`. beforeSaving: This is a Boolean value which controls whether to invoke a Before Saving process associated to the record(s) during validation. By default, it is `true`. The validation operation should be an immutable action, thus it allows to disable the Before Saving process which in some cases can modify the data. returnSource: This is a Boolean value which indicates whether to include the input records in the response. By default, it is `false`.
Headers	Content-Type: `application/xml` or `text/xml` Information noteNote: If the XML declaration is included in the XML request content and the encoding attribute is used, you must set its value to `UTF-8`. Authorization: Basic Authentication scheme Accept: `application/xml` or `application/json`
Response	The list of the validation result for each record in JSON format, including the validity status, a message from the validation rule or the Before Saving process or empty, and optionally the input record as an echo.
Status	200 OK: The validation operation is executed successfully, no matter what the validation result is. 400 BAD REQUEST: The request contains invalid parameter, for example, invalid storage name or wrong XML document. 403 FORBIDDEN: Missing required permission, for example, no required WRITE permission. 404 NOT FOUND: The resource does not exist, for example, invalid storage type. 500 INTERNAL SERVER ERROR: Other errors.
Limitation	This REST API does not support validating records for the following entity: the `User` entity in the `PROVISIONING` system data container, the `Role` entity in the `PROVISIONING` system data container, the `Conf` entity in the `CONF` system data container, the `AutoIncrement` entity in the `CONF` system data container, the `BrowseItem` entity in the `SearchTemplate` system data container, and the `HierarchySearchItem` entity in the `SearchTemplate` system data container.

Sample request

<records> 
    <ProductFamily> 
        <Name>Literature</Name> 
        <Status>Approved</Status> 
    </ProductFamily> 
    <ProductFamily> 
        <Name>Comics</Name> 
        <Status>Unknown</Status> 
    </ProductFamily> 
</records>

Sample response in XML format

<results>
   <result>
      <isValid>false</isValid>
      <message>&lt;msg>[EN:Validation faild]&lt;/msg></message>
      <sourceXml>
         <ProductFamily>
            <Name>Literature</Name>
            <Status>Approved</Status>
         </ProductFamily>
      </sourceXml>
   </result>
   <result>
      <isValid>false</isValid>
      <message></message>
      <sourceXml>
         <ProductFamily>
            <Name>Comics</Name>
            <Status>Unknown</Status>
         </ProductFamily>
      </sourceXml>
   </result>
</results>

Sample response in JSON format

[
  {
    "isValid": false,
    "message": "<msg>[EN:Validation faild]</msg>\n",
    "sourceXml": "<ProductFamily><Name>Literature</Name><Status>Approved</Status></ProductFamily>"
  },
  {
    "isValid": true,
    "message": "",
    "sourceXml": "<ProductFamily><Name>Comics</Name><Status>Unknown</Status></ProductFamily>"
  }
]

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