---
title: "Validate a password against a policy"
method: POST
path: "/restapi/json/v1/passwords/validate"
tags: ["Passwords"]
---

# Validate a password against a policy

`POST /restapi/json/v1/passwords/validate`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://Hostname:Port`
- URL: `https://Hostname:Port/restapi/json/v1/passwords/validate`
- Auth: API key in header `AUTHTOKEN`
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/manageengine/apis/pam360-rest-api/docs/restapi/json/v1/passwords/validate/post.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

Validates a given password against a specified password policy in PAM360. Returns whether the password meets the policy's complexity requirements.
**Known limitation:** This endpoint rejects all known INPUT_DATA parameter formats in certain PAM360 versions. The correct request format could not be determined from documentation alone. May require a product update or source-code investigation.

## Headers

- `orgName` string

## Request body `application/x-www-form-urlencoded`

- ValidatePasswordRequest
  - `operation` object
    - `details` object
      - `password` string: The password that needs to be validated.
      - `passwordPolicy` string: Name of the password policy (e.g., Strong, Medium) to validate the password against.

## Response `200`

Validation result

- ValidatePasswordResponse
  - `operation` object
    - `result` OperationResult
      - `message` string: Result message describing the operation outcome
      - `status` string: Operation status
    - `name` string

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