---
title: Validate a script
description: To validate a script, perform an HTTP POST using the /json{/realm}/scripts endpoint, with an _action parameter set to validate. Include a JSON representation of the script and the script language, JAVASCRIPT, in the POST data.
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page_id: pingoneaic-api:am-scripting:rest-api-scripts-validate
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---

# Validate a script

To validate a script, perform an HTTP POST using the `/json{/realm}/scripts` endpoint, with an `_action` parameter set to `validate`. Include a JSON representation of the script and the script language, `JAVASCRIPT`, in the POST data.

The value for `script` must be in UTF-8 format and then encoded into Base64.

```bash
$ curl \
--request POST \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <access-token>" \
--header "Accept-API-Version: resource=1.1" \
--data '{
    "script": "dmFyIGEgPSAxMjM7dmFyIGIgPSA0NTY7Cg==",
    "language": "JAVASCRIPT"
}' \
'https://<tenant-env-fqdn>/am/json/realms/root/realms/alpha/scripts/?_action=validate'
{
    "success": true
}
```

If the script is valid the JSON response contains a `success` key with a value of `true`.

If the script is invalid the JSON response contains a `success` key with a value of `false`, and an indication of the problem and where it occurs, as shown below:

```bash
$ curl \
--request POST \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <access-token>" \
--header "Accept-API-Version: resource=1.1" \
--data '{
    "script": "dmFyIGEgPSAxMjM7dmFyIGIgPSA0NTY7ID1WQUxJREFUSU9OIFNIT1VMRCBGQUlMPQo=",
    "language": "JAVASCRIPT"
}' \
'https://<tenant-env-fqdn>/am/json/realms/root/realms/alpha/scripts/?_action=validate'
{
    "success": false,
    "errors": [
        {
            "line": 1,
            "column": 27,
            "message": "syntax error"
        }
    ]
}
```