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POST
/
pipelines
/
{id}
/
definition
/
validate
Validate a change to an existing pipeline
curl --request POST \
  --url https://{host}/api/public/v1/pipelines/{id}/definition/validate \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "definition_version": 1,
  "name": "orders-to-snowflake",
  "source": {
    "connection": {
      "id": 123
    }
  },
  "destination": {
    "connection": {
      "id": 123
    }
  },
  "sync": {
    "frequency": 123,
    "source_frequency": 123,
    "destination_frequency": 123,
    "auto_sync_new_tables": true
  },
  "tables": [
    {
      "name": "public.orders",
      "append_only": true,
      "columns": {
        "include": [
          "<string>"
        ],
        "exclude": [
          "<string>"
        ]
      }
    }
  ],
  "transformations": [
    {
      "table": "<string>",
      "config": {}
    }
  ],
  "hooks": [
    {
      "id": 123,
      "events": [
        "pipeline_failed",
        "pipeline_stopped"
      ]
    }
  ]
}
'
import requests

url = "https://{host}/api/public/v1/pipelines/{id}/definition/validate"

payload = {
    "definition_version": 1,
    "name": "orders-to-snowflake",
    "source": { "connection": { "id": 123 } },
    "destination": { "connection": { "id": 123 } },
    "sync": {
        "frequency": 123,
        "source_frequency": 123,
        "destination_frequency": 123,
        "auto_sync_new_tables": True
    },
    "tables": [
        {
            "name": "public.orders",
            "append_only": True,
            "columns": {
                "include": ["<string>"],
                "exclude": ["<string>"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "transformations": [
        {
            "table": "<string>",
            "config": {}
        }
    ],
    "hooks": [
        {
            "id": 123,
            "events": ["pipeline_failed", "pipeline_stopped"]
        }
    ]
}
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

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

print(response.text)
const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({
    definition_version: 1,
    name: 'orders-to-snowflake',
    source: {connection: {id: 123}},
    destination: {connection: {id: 123}},
    sync: {
      frequency: 123,
      source_frequency: 123,
      destination_frequency: 123,
      auto_sync_new_tables: true
    },
    tables: [
      {
        name: 'public.orders',
        append_only: true,
        columns: {include: ['<string>'], exclude: ['<string>']}
      }
    ],
    transformations: [{table: '<string>', config: {}}],
    hooks: [{id: 123, events: ['pipeline_failed', 'pipeline_stopped']}]
  })
};

fetch('https://{host}/api/public/v1/pipelines/{id}/definition/validate', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));
<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://{host}/api/public/v1/pipelines/{id}/definition/validate",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'definition_version' => 1,
    'name' => 'orders-to-snowflake',
    'source' => [
        'connection' => [
                'id' => 123
        ]
    ],
    'destination' => [
        'connection' => [
                'id' => 123
        ]
    ],
    'sync' => [
        'frequency' => 123,
        'source_frequency' => 123,
        'destination_frequency' => 123,
        'auto_sync_new_tables' => true
    ],
    'tables' => [
        [
                'name' => 'public.orders',
                'append_only' => true,
                'columns' => [
                                'include' => [
                                                                '<string>'
                                ],
                                'exclude' => [
                                                                '<string>'
                                ]
                ]
        ]
    ],
    'transformations' => [
        [
                'table' => '<string>',
                'config' => [
                                
                ]
        ]
    ],
    'hooks' => [
        [
                'id' => 123,
                'events' => [
                                'pipeline_failed',
                                'pipeline_stopped'
                ]
        ]
    ]
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type: application/json"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}
package main

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

func main() {

	url := "https://{host}/api/public/v1/pipelines/{id}/definition/validate"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"definition_version\": 1,\n  \"name\": \"orders-to-snowflake\",\n  \"source\": {\n    \"connection\": {\n      \"id\": 123\n    }\n  },\n  \"destination\": {\n    \"connection\": {\n      \"id\": 123\n    }\n  },\n  \"sync\": {\n    \"frequency\": 123,\n    \"source_frequency\": 123,\n    \"destination_frequency\": 123,\n    \"auto_sync_new_tables\": true\n  },\n  \"tables\": [\n    {\n      \"name\": \"public.orders\",\n      \"append_only\": true,\n      \"columns\": {\n        \"include\": [\n          \"<string>\"\n        ],\n        \"exclude\": [\n          \"<string>\"\n        ]\n      }\n    }\n  ],\n  \"transformations\": [\n    {\n      \"table\": \"<string>\",\n      \"config\": {}\n    }\n  ],\n  \"hooks\": [\n    {\n      \"id\": 123,\n      \"events\": [\n        \"pipeline_failed\",\n        \"pipeline_stopped\"\n      ]\n    }\n  ]\n}")

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

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

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

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

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://{host}/api/public/v1/pipelines/{id}/definition/validate")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"definition_version\": 1,\n  \"name\": \"orders-to-snowflake\",\n  \"source\": {\n    \"connection\": {\n      \"id\": 123\n    }\n  },\n  \"destination\": {\n    \"connection\": {\n      \"id\": 123\n    }\n  },\n  \"sync\": {\n    \"frequency\": 123,\n    \"source_frequency\": 123,\n    \"destination_frequency\": 123,\n    \"auto_sync_new_tables\": true\n  },\n  \"tables\": [\n    {\n      \"name\": \"public.orders\",\n      \"append_only\": true,\n      \"columns\": {\n        \"include\": [\n          \"<string>\"\n        ],\n        \"exclude\": [\n          \"<string>\"\n        ]\n      }\n    }\n  ],\n  \"transformations\": [\n    {\n      \"table\": \"<string>\",\n      \"config\": {}\n    }\n  ],\n  \"hooks\": [\n    {\n      \"id\": 123,\n      \"events\": [\n        \"pipeline_failed\",\n        \"pipeline_stopped\"\n      ]\n    }\n  ]\n}")
  .asString();
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://{host}/api/public/v1/pipelines/{id}/definition/validate")

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

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"definition_version\": 1,\n  \"name\": \"orders-to-snowflake\",\n  \"source\": {\n    \"connection\": {\n      \"id\": 123\n    }\n  },\n  \"destination\": {\n    \"connection\": {\n      \"id\": 123\n    }\n  },\n  \"sync\": {\n    \"frequency\": 123,\n    \"source_frequency\": 123,\n    \"destination_frequency\": 123,\n    \"auto_sync_new_tables\": true\n  },\n  \"tables\": [\n    {\n      \"name\": \"public.orders\",\n      \"append_only\": true,\n      \"columns\": {\n        \"include\": [\n          \"<string>\"\n        ],\n        \"exclude\": [\n          \"<string>\"\n        ]\n      }\n    }\n  ],\n  \"transformations\": [\n    {\n      \"table\": \"<string>\",\n      \"config\": {}\n    }\n  ],\n  \"hooks\": [\n    {\n      \"id\": 123,\n      \"events\": [\n        \"pipeline_failed\",\n        \"pipeline_stopped\"\n      ]\n    }\n  ]\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
{
  "valid": true
}
{
  "error": "<string>"
}
{
  "error": "<string>"
}
{
  "error": "<string>"
}

Authorizations

​
Authorization
string
header
required

Bearer API key, prefixed with fdk_.

Path Parameters

​
id
integer
required

Body

A stable, customer-facing projection of the pipeline. It omits credentials, state backend configuration, region orchestration, and other internal fields. Unknown keys are rejected.

​
definition_version
integer
required

Contract version. Currently 1.

Example:

1

​
name
string
required
Example:

"orders-to-snowflake"

​
source
object
required
​
destination
object
required
​
sync
object
required

Provide either frequency (which sets both source and destination) or both source_frequency and destination_frequency. Values are in minutes.

​
tables
object[]
required
​
transformations
object[]

Field-level transforms applied to records.

​
hooks
object[]

Existing notification hooks to attach to pipeline events.

Response

Validation result.

​
valid
boolean
Example:

true

Last modified on July 13, 2026