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# Validates archive features

POST https://app.unleash-instance.example.com/api/admin/projects/{projectId}/archive/validate
Content-Type: application/json

This endpoint return info about the archive features impact.

Reference: https://docs.getunleash.io/api/validate-archive-features

## Authentication

- `Authorization` header (required) — API key needed to access this API
- `Authorization` header (bearer token, required) — API key needed to access this API, in Bearer token format

## Request

### Path parameters

- `projectId` (string, required)

### Body (application/json)

This endpoint expects a batchFeaturesSchema.

- `features` (list of string, required) — List of feature flag names

## Response

### 200

validateArchiveFeaturesSchema

- `parentsWithChildFeatures` (list of string, required) — List of parent features that would orphan child features that are not part of the archive operation
- `hasDeletedDependencies` (boolean, required) — Whether any dependencies will be deleted as part of archive

## Errors

### 400 Bad Request Error

The request data does not match what we expect.

- `id` (string, optional) — The ID of the error instance
- `name` (string, optional) — The name of the error kind
- `message` (string, optional) — A description of what went wrong.

### 401 Unauthorized Error

Authorization information is missing or invalid. Provide a valid API token as the `authorization` header, e.g. `authorization:*.*.my-admin-token`.

- `id` (string, optional) — The ID of the error instance
- `name` (string, optional) — The name of the error kind
- `message` (string, optional) — A description of what went wrong.

### 403 Forbidden Error

The provided user credentials are valid, but the user does not have the necessary permissions to perform this operation

- `id` (string, optional) — The ID of the error instance
- `name` (string, optional) — The name of the error kind
- `message` (string, optional) — A description of what went wrong.

### 415 Unsupported Media Type Error

The operation does not support request payloads of the provided type. Please ensure that you're using one of the listed payload types and that you have specified the right content type in the "content-type" header.

- `id` (string, optional) — The ID of the error instance
- `name` (string, optional) — The name of the error kind
- `message` (string, optional) — A description of what went wrong.

## Examples

**Request**

```json
{
  "features": [
    "my-feature-4",
    "my-feature-5",
    "my-feature-6"
  ]
}
```

**Response**

```json
{
  "parentsWithChildFeatures": [
    "my-feature-4",
    "my-feature-5",
    "my-feature-6"
  ],
  "hasDeletedDependencies": true
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "https://app.unleash-instance.example.com/api/admin/projects/projectId/archive/validate"

payload = { "features": ["my-feature-4", "my-feature-5", "my-feature-6"] }
headers = {
    "Authorization": "<apiKey>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

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

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'https://app.unleash-instance.example.com/api/admin/projects/projectId/archive/validate';
const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Authorization: '<apiKey>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: '{"features":["my-feature-4","my-feature-5","my-feature-6"]}'
};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go
package main

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

func main() {

	url := "https://app.unleash-instance.example.com/api/admin/projects/projectId/archive/validate"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"features\": [\n    \"my-feature-4\",\n    \"my-feature-5\",\n    \"my-feature-6\"\n  ]\n}")

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

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

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

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

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://app.unleash-instance.example.com/api/admin/projects/projectId/archive/validate")

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

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = '<apiKey>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"features\": [\n    \"my-feature-4\",\n    \"my-feature-5\",\n    \"my-feature-6\"\n  ]\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://app.unleash-instance.example.com/api/admin/projects/projectId/archive/validate")
  .header("Authorization", "<apiKey>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"features\": [\n    \"my-feature-4\",\n    \"my-feature-5\",\n    \"my-feature-6\"\n  ]\n}")
  .asString();
```

```php
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('POST', 'https://app.unleash-instance.example.com/api/admin/projects/projectId/archive/validate', [
  'body' => '{
  "features": [
    "my-feature-4",
    "my-feature-5",
    "my-feature-6"
  ]
}',
  'headers' => [
    'Authorization' => '<apiKey>',
    'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://app.unleash-instance.example.com/api/admin/projects/projectId/archive/validate");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.POST);
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "<apiKey>");
request.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
request.AddParameter("application/json", "{\n  \"features\": [\n    \"my-feature-4\",\n    \"my-feature-5\",\n    \"my-feature-6\"\n  ]\n}", ParameterType.RequestBody);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let headers = [
  "Authorization": "<apiKey>",
  "Content-Type": "application/json"
]
let parameters = ["features": ["my-feature-4", "my-feature-5", "my-feature-6"]] as [String : Any]

let postData = JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: parameters, options: [])

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://app.unleash-instance.example.com/api/admin/projects/projectId/archive/validate")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "POST"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers
request.httpBody = postData as Data

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```