---
title: "Validate Metric Query"
method: POST
path: "/api/endpoint-monitor/endpoints/{endpoint_id}/metric-source/validate"
tags: ["endpoint-monitor"]
---

# Validate Metric Query

`POST /api/endpoint-monitor/endpoints/{endpoint_id}/metric-source/validate`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.deeptrace.com` (the document declares no server; this is the origin it was published from)
- URL: `https://api.deeptrace.com/api/endpoint-monitor/endpoints/{endpoint_id}/metric-source/validate`
- Auth: none declared

Validate a metric query by running it against the datasource.
Returns the number of data points found and a sample value.
Does NOT save anything.

## Path parameters

- `endpoint_id` string, uuid, required

## Request body

- ValidateMetricRequest: Request to validate a metric query without saving it.
  - `query` string, required
  - `provider` string
  - `datasource_uid` string

## Response `200`

Successful Response

- unknown

## Other responses

- `422`: Validation Error

---

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