How do we validate an entry?

Often when validations change on a content type, its entries stay published invalid state. However, we get problems when trying to publish those entries later. Is there a way to “validate” an entry without actually attempting to publish it?

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Hi Aldub,

The only way to do this would be through the UI extension SDK. Other than that, validation can only be enforced while you try to publish it.

I’m in a similar position where I want to validate items before they’re actually ready for publishing. I’m working purely with APIs. In this case, would I be best create an environment, say ‘/dev/null’, and attempt publish to that to discover validation errors?

It would be great if the Management API had a ‘IsValid’ operation, can this be considered as a feature request?

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Hi Paul,

Indeed, it could be a possible workaround to simply create a new environment and later use our export/import tools.

In any case, I will also make sure to send your feedback to our product team.

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