Validation block (API docs)

Validation

All PUT and POST calls to the Content and Product Manager (CPM) are validated by the Validation Service. If there is a problem with the data you are submitting, you will receive one of the following:

• Error – the data is invalid, so the request fails.
  The error message will indicate which data is invalid and why.

• Warning – there is an issue with the data that does not prevent it from being added/updated in CPM, but that you need to be aware of.
  For example, if a mandatory field has no value for a non-primary locale (but the same field for the primary locale does have a value), you will get a warning rather than an error.
  The warning message will indicate which data is invalid and why.

Note that there are still conditions where a request can pass validation, but fail when it reaches CPM, so you must handle such responses in an appropriate way too.

In addition, all such errors and warnings:

• Are available as a report in Data Warehouse (errors only).

• Generate alert emails that are sent to the email addresses that were configured when the system was deployed.