---
title: "POST /v1/{+name}:checkValidCreds"
method: POST
path: "/v1/{+name}:checkValidCreds"
tags: ["projects"]
---

# POST /v1/{+name}:checkValidCreds

`POST /v1/{+name}:checkValidCreds`

Returns true if valid credentials exist for the given data source and requesting user.

## Path parameters

- `name` string, required

## Request body

- CheckValidCredsRequest — A request to determine whether the user has valid credentials. This method is used to limit the number of OAuth popups in the user interface. The user id is inferred from the API call context. If the data source has the Google+ authorization type, this method returns false, as it cannot be determined whether the credentials are already valid merely based on the user id.

## Response `200`

Successful response

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