---
title: "Validate existing CI/CD configuration"
method: GET
path: "/api/v4/projects/{id}/ci/lint"
tags: ["ci_lint"]
---

# Validate existing CI/CD configuration

`GET /api/v4/projects/{id}/ci/lint`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://gitlab.com`
- URL: `https://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/{id}/ci/lint`
- Auth: none declared

Validates the `.gitlab-ci.yml` configuration for a specified project.

## Path parameters

- `id` string, required

## Query parameters

- `sha` string
- `content_ref` string
- `dry_run` boolean
- `include_jobs` boolean
- `ref` string
- `dry_run_ref` string

## Response `200`

Validate existing CI/CD configuration

- APIEntitiesCiLintResult: API_Entities_Ci_Lint_Result model
  - `valid` boolean, required
  - `errors` string[], required
  - `warnings` string[], required
  - `merged_yaml` string, required
  - `includes` APIEntitiesCiLintResultInclude[], required
    - `type` string, required
    - `location` string, required
    - `blob` string, required
    - `raw` string, required
    - `extra` object, required
    - `context_project` string, required
    - `context_sha` string, required
  - `jobs` object[]

## Other responses

- `404`: Not found

---

[API](https://skmtc.dev/gitlab/apis/gitlab-api.md) - [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/gitlab/apis/gitlab-api/llms.txt) - [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/gitlab/apis/gitlab-api/revisions/b234947ef3f2?raw)