---
title: "Validate trigger"
method: POST
path: "/operations-manager/triggers/{triggerId}/validate"
tags: ["Operations Manager"]
---

# Validate trigger

`POST /operations-manager/triggers/{triggerId}/validate`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://example.itential.io`
- URL: `https://example.itential.io/operations-manager/triggers/{triggerId}/validate`
- Auth: none declared

Runs configuration validations against a Trigger.

## Path parameters

- `triggerId` string, required: A string which is formatted like an ObjectId, Distinct from an actual ObjectId.

## Response `200`

response

- OperationsManagerValidateTriggerResponse200: A success response from an API method
  - `message` string, required: A human-readable message summarizing the result of the operation
  - `data` OperationsManagerTriggersTriggerIdValidatePostResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaData, required: Any successfully retrieved information related to the request.
    - `errors` OperationsManagerTriggersTriggerIdValidatePostResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaDataErrorsItems[]
      - `message` string
    - `warnings` OperationsManagerTriggersTriggerIdValidatePostResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaDataWarningsItems[]
      - `message` string
  - `metadata` object, required: Any structured, wordy or machine-readable information related to the result of the operation. For success responses, this may contain information like pagination values from a search operation.

## Other responses

- `500`: Error response from API

## Changes

- **2026-10-31** `2095cc90e583`: 2 info
  - api tag `Operations Manager` added
  - api tag `operationsManager` removed

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/itential/apis/itential-2/changes/operations-manager/triggers/:triggerId/validate/post.md)

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