---
title: "Validate policy approvers"
method: POST
path: "/approval-policies/validate-approvers"
tags: ["approvalPolicies"]
---

# Validate policy approvers

`POST /approval-policies/validate-approvers`

Validates that the proposed approver set can satisfy the minimum approval threshold across all locations in the policy scope. Call before create/update to surface missing-approver warnings. One scope field is required.

## Headers

- `Authorization` string, required
- `X-Api-Key` string, required
- `X-API-Version` string
- `Idempotency-Key` string

## Request body

- object
  - `minimum_approvers` integer — Required approver count (default 1)
  - `use_buyer_approver` boolean — Treat buyer as implicit approver (default false)
  - `ottimate_location_id` integer — Validate for a single location
  - `ottimate_company_id` integer — Validate for all locations in company
  - `group` string — Validate for all locations in group
  - `account` string — Validate for all locations in account
  - `users` integer[] — User IDs to validate
  - `roles` string[] — Role IDs to validate

## Response `200`

Validation ran; `valid` reports whether the proposed approver set covers every location in scope. Always 200 -- a validation result, even a negative one, is not an error condition.

- ApprovalPoliciesPostApprovalPoliciesValidateApproversResponse200 — Empty response body

## Other responses

- `400` — No scope field supplied -- exactly one of ottimate_location_id, ottimate_company_id, group, or account is required
- `401` — Unauthorized - Authentication required or invalid credentials
- `403` — Forbidden - Access denied or insufficient permissions

---

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