---
title: "Validate token name and symbol availability"
method: POST
path: "/v1/utils/validate-token"
tags: ["Utilities"]
---

# Validate token name and symbol availability

`POST /v1/utils/validate-token`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://lpad-backend.stage.defi.ovh.gala.com`
- URL: `https://lpad-backend.stage.defi.ovh.gala.com/v1/utils/validate-token`
- Auth: none declared
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/gala/apis/launchpad-backend-api/docs/v1/utils/validate-token/post.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

Check if a token name and/or symbol are available for use. Returns availability flags and any validation errors.

## Request body

- ValidateTokenDto
  - `symbol` string: Token symbol to validate (1-20 characters)
  - `tokenName` string: Token name to validate (1-50 characters)

## Response `201`

Token name and symbol availability flags.

- object
  - `error` false, required: Successful response marker.
  - `message` string, required: Response message.
  - `status` number, required: HTTP status code.
  - `data` ValidateTokenResponseDto, required
    - `errors` string[], required
    - `nameAvailable` boolean, required
    - `nameBlocklisted` boolean, required
    - `symbolAvailable` boolean, required
    - `symbolBlocklisted` boolean, required

## Other responses

- `400`: Invalid input
- `default`: Shared error envelope for token validation failures.

---

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