# Validate a tag type

POST https://app.unleash-instance.example.com/api/admin/tag-types/validate
Content-Type: application/json

Validates whether if the body of the request is a valid tag and whether the a tag type with that name already exists or not. If a tag type with the same name exists, this operation will return a 409 status code.

Reference: https://docs.getunleash.io/api/validate-tag-type

## OpenAPI Specification

```yaml
openapi: 3.1.1
info:
  title: Validate a tag type
  version: endpoint_tags.validateTagType
paths:
  /api/admin/tag-types/validate:
    post:
      operationId: validate-tag-type
      summary: Validate a tag type
      description: >-
        Validates whether if the body of the request is a valid tag and whether
        the a tag type with that name already exists or not. If a tag type with
        the same name exists, this operation will return a 409 status code.
      tags:
        - - subpackage_tags
      parameters:
        - name: Authorization
          in: header
          description: Header authentication of the form `undefined <token>`
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: validateTagTypeSchema
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/validateTagTypeSchema'
        '400':
          description: The request data does not match what we expect.
          content: {}
        '401':
          description: >-
            Authorization information is missing or invalid. Provide a valid API
            token as the `authorization` header, e.g.
            `authorization:*.*.my-admin-token`.
          content: {}
        '403':
          description: >-
            The provided user credentials are valid, but the user does not have
            the necessary permissions to perform this operation
          content: {}
        '409':
          description: >-
            The provided resource can not be created or updated because it would
            conflict with the current state of the resource or with an already
            existing resource, respectively.
          content: {}
        '415':
          description: >-
            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.
          content: {}
      requestBody:
        description: tagTypeSchema
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/tagTypeSchema'
components:
  schemas:
    tagTypeSchema:
      type: object
      properties:
        name:
          type: string
          description: The name of the tag type.
        description:
          type: string
          description: The description of the tag type.
        icon:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
          description: The icon of the tag type.
        color:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
          description: The hexadecimal color code for the tag type.
      required:
        - name
    validateTagTypeSchema:
      type: object
      properties:
        valid:
          type: boolean
          description: Whether or not the tag type is valid.
        tagType:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/tagTypeSchema'
      required:
        - valid
        - tagType

```

## SDK Code Examples

```python
import requests

url = "https://app.unleash-instance.example.com/api/admin/tag-types/validate"

payload = { "name": "color" }
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/tag-types/validate';
const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Authorization: '<apiKey>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: '{"name":"color"}'
};

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/tag-types/validate"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"name\": \"color\"\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/tag-types/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  \"name\": \"color\"\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/tag-types/validate")
  .header("Authorization", "<apiKey>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"name\": \"color\"\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/tag-types/validate', [
  'body' => '{
  "name": "color"
}',
  '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/tag-types/validate");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.POST);
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "<apiKey>");
request.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
request.AddParameter("application/json", "{\n  \"name\": \"color\"\n}", ParameterType.RequestBody);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let headers = [
  "Authorization": "<apiKey>",
  "Content-Type": "application/json"
]
let parameters = ["name": "color"] as [String : Any]

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

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://app.unleash-instance.example.com/api/admin/tag-types/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()
```