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# Validate import file

> Validates a CSV import file without persisting any data



## OpenAPI

````yaml /api-specs/cloud/taxonomy-api.json post /rpc/validate-file
openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  description: >-
    Microservice responsible for managing the Domino Taxonomy and Properties
    features
  title: Domino Taxonomy Microservice API
  termsOfService: http://swagger.io/terms/
  contact:
    name: Domino Data Lab
    url: https://tickets.dominodatalab.com/hc/en-us
    email: support@dominodatalab.com
  license:
    name: Apache 2.0
    url: http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html
  version: '1.0'
servers:
  - url: https://mycluster.domino.tech/api/taxonomy/v1
    description: >-
      Replace 'mycluster.domino.tech' with your Domino cluster hostname. For
      Domino Cloud customers, that is `your-subdomain`.domino.tech (e.g.,
      acme.domino.tech). For self-hosted deployments, it is the hostname you
      reach the Domino UI at.
security: []
tags:
  - description: Manage taxonomy namespaces.
    name: Tagging - Namespaces
  - description: Manage tags within namespaces.
    name: Tagging - Tags
  - description: Assign, remove, and list tag assignments on entities.
    name: Tagging - Entity Tags
  - description: Look up entities by tag.
    name: Tagging - Entities
  - description: Fetch the full namespace + tag hierarchy.
    name: Tagging - Taxonomy Tree
  - description: Validate and import taxonomy data from a file.
    name: Tagging - Import
  - description: Export the current taxonomy to a file.
    name: Tagging - Export
  - description: Internal-only endpoints for service-account callers.
    name: Tagging - Internal
  - description: Manage property definitions and their groups.
    name: Properties - Definitions
  - description: Read and update an entity's property values.
    name: Properties - Values
  - description: Internal-only endpoints for service-account callers (properties).
    name: Properties - Internal
externalDocs:
  description: OpenAPI
  url: https://swagger.io/resources/open-api/
paths:
  /rpc/validate-file:
    post:
      tags:
        - Tagging - Import
      summary: Validate import file
      description: Validates a CSV import file without persisting any data
      requestBody:
        content:
          multipart/form-data:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                file:
                  description: CSV file to validate
                  type: string
                  format: binary
              required:
                - file
        required: true
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/taxonomy.FileValidationSuccessResponse'
        '400':
          description: Bad Request
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/server.HTTPError'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/server.HTTPError'
        '403':
          description: Forbidden
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/server.HTTPError'
        '422':
          description: Unprocessable Entity
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/taxonomy.FileValidationErrorResponse'
components:
  schemas:
    taxonomy.FileValidationSuccessResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        valid:
          type: boolean
    server.HTTPError:
      type: object
      properties:
        message:
          type: string
    taxonomy.FileValidationErrorResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        errors:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/taxonomy.FileValidationError'
    taxonomy.FileValidationError:
      type: object
      properties:
        line:
          type: integer
        message:
          type: string

````

## Related topics

- [Tags](/cloud/platform-capabilities/core-concepts/knowledge-management/tags.md)
- [Import from file](/api-reference/tagging--import/import-from-file.md)
- [Validate MPI version](/cloud/platform-capabilities/features/compute-clusters-hpc/mpi/validate-mpi-version.md)
- [Set up prediction capture](/cloud/platform-capabilities/features/monitoring/3-set-up-domino-endpoints/1-set-up-prediction-capture.md)