Validate Policy

  • Updated on Feb 23, 2025
  • Published on Apr 7, 2024
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/api/2.0/policies/{envId}/validation

Validate Policy.
Note - for the older version, see Validate Policy V1.

Notice

Accessing the Policy Management APIs is through a dedicated domain/URL, according to your PlainID Tenant Location
  • United States (US) - https://api.us1.plainid.io
  • Canada (CA) - https://api.ca1.plainid.io
  • Europe (EU) - https://api.eu1.plainid.io

    • Using HTML Encoded Special Characters

    Use HTML encoded patterns when working with values that contain special characters like spaces, dashes, etc. Refer to this HTML URL Encoding Reference for a full list.


    Important note about headers

    Refer to the headers below to modify your cURL sample. Check if the following headers are in the sample, if not, ensure you add it to your cURL sample before pasting into your API tool.

    Headers

    *Required
    Header Value cURL Line
    Content-Type`text/plain;language=rego` `-H "Content-Type:text/plain;language=rego"`

    cURL Sample Guidelines

    In order for the relevant parameters to appear in the cURL sample, you can input the values in the interactive API console on the right. They will then appear in the cURL sample on the bottom of the page in the correct format.

    Security
    HTTP
    Type bearer

    For more details about Administration API Authentication, check out the Authentication APIs documentation. Provide your bearer token in the Authorization header when making requests to protected resources. Example: Authorization: Bearer 123

    Path parameters
    envId
    string (uuid) Required

    The Environment ID can be found under the Details tab in the Environment Settings.

    Query parameters
    filter[authWsId]
    string (uuid) Required

    Authorization Workspace ID. This can be found in your Authorization Workspace Settings under Workspace ID.

    extendedSchema
    boolean

    Toggle to either enable or disable additional metadata in the response, like the Policy id and description.

    Defaulttrue
    Body parameters
    Policy
    "# METADATA\n# custom:\n#   plainid:\n#     policyId: 08ae32e4-fbf3-4cc8-b3b9-3b4061d1c825\n#     name: Manage personal account and Credit cards\n#     description: Customer can view and manage their own accounts an credit cards only with MFA\n#     accessType: Allow\npackage policy\nimport rego.v1\n\n# METADATA\n# custom:\n#   plainid:\n#     kind: DynamicGroup\n#     name: dg1\n#     description: \"test DG\"\ndynamic_group(identity) if {\n  identity.template == \"idWs1\"\n  identity[\"idAttr1\"] == \"test\"\n  identity[\"idAttr1\"] != \"prod\"\n}\n"
    string

    Policy as Rego code

    Responses
    200

    successful operation

    Headers
    x-request-id
    string
    Valid
    {
  "data": {
    "code": "# METADATA\n# custom:\n#   plainid:\n#     policyId: 08ae32e4-fbf3-4cc8-b3b9-3b4061d1c825\n#     name: Manage personal account and Credit cards\n#     description: Customer can view and manage their own accounts an credit cards only with MFA\n#     accessType: Allow\npackage policy\nimport rego.v1\n\n# METADATA\n# custom:\n#   plainid:\n#     kind: DynamicGroup\n#     name: dg1\n#     description: \"test DG\"\ndynamic_group(identity) if {\n  identity.template == \"idWs1\"\n  identity[\"idAttr1\"] == \"test\"\n  identity[\"idAttr1\"] != \"prod\"\n}\n",
    "action": "CREATE",
    "validationErrors": []
  }
}
    Invalid
    {
  "data": {
    "validationErrors": [
      {
        "code": "PACV-001",
        "id": "ERHCQC",
        "name": "TemplateNotFound",
        "message": "Template: [at1] not found in Environment: [ceef5853-1491-4d1c-ae52-2f2a1729b3a4], Hint: did yo  mean [Claims]?",
        "args": {
          "0": "at1",
          "1": "ceef5853-1491-4d1c-ae52-2f2a1729b3a4",
          "2": "Claims"
        },
        "line": 1
      }
    ]
  }
}
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    object
    data
    object
    code
    string

    Code

    action
    string

    Action

    Valid values[ "UPDATE", "CREATE" ]
    validationErrors
    Array of object | null
    object
    code
    string
    id
    string
    name
    string
    message
    string
    line
    integer
    401

    Unauthorized

    Headers
    x-request-id
    string
    422

    Validation Failed - Invalid UUID

    Headers
    x-request-id
    string
    Invalid ID Format
    {
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": "V-032",
      "args": {
        "0": "ed252aa5-9d0c-4193-838-60bf20b13109",
        "1": "uuid"
      },
      "id": "EEJQMA",
      "status": 422,
      "name": "UnprocessableEntityError",
      "message": "$: test is an invalid uuid"
    }
  ]
}
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    object
    errors
    Array of object (Error)
    object
    code
    string
    id
    string
    status
    integer
    name
    string
    message
    string
    args
    object
    path
    string