> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://artie.com/docs/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Validate unsaved source > Validates source reader and connector configuration without persisting. Returns 204 on success or 200 with error message on validation failure. ## OpenAPI ````yaml https://raw.githubusercontent.com/artie-labs/artie-api-spec/refs/heads/master/openapi.yaml post /pipelines/validate-unsaved-source openapi: 3.0.3 info: description: External API endpoints for Artie title: Artie API version: v1.0.17 servers: - url: https://api.artie.com security: - ApiKey: [] paths: /pipelines/validate-unsaved-source: post: tags: - Pipelines summary: Validate unsaved source description: >- Validates source reader and connector configuration without persisting. Returns 204 on success or 200 with error message on validation failure. requestBody: content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/RouterPipelineValidateUnsavedSourceRequest' responses: '200': content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/RouterValidateErrorResponse' description: OK '204': description: No Content '400': description: Bad Request '500': description: Internal Server Error components: schemas: RouterPipelineValidateUnsavedSourceRequest: properties: dataPlaneName: type: string dynamoDBBackfillConfig: $ref: '#/components/schemas/PayloadsDynamoDBSnapshotConfig' sourceConnector: $ref: '#/components/schemas/PayloadsConnectorPayload' sourceReader: $ref: '#/components/schemas/PayloadsSourceReader' sourceReaderUUID: format: uuid nullable: true type: string tables: items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/PayloadsTable' type: array validateTables: type: boolean required: - validateTables - tables type: object RouterValidateErrorResponse: properties: error: type: string type: object PayloadsDynamoDBSnapshotConfig: properties: bucket: type: string enabled: type: boolean exportArn: type: string optionalFolder: type: string type: object PayloadsConnectorPayload: properties: dataPlaneName: type: string defaultDatabase: nullable: true type: string environmentUUID: format: uuid nullable: true type: string label: type: string sharedConfig: additionalProperties: {} nullable: true type: object sshTunnelUUID: format: uuid nullable: true type: string type: type: string uuid: type: string type: object PayloadsSourceReader: properties: apiBaseURL: type: string companyUUID: format: uuid type: string connectorUUID: format: uuid type: string containerName: type: string createdAt: format: date-time type: string dataPlaneName: type: string database: type: string environmentUUID: format: uuid type: string isShared: nullable: true type: boolean isValid: type: boolean name: type: string settings: $ref: '#/components/schemas/PayloadsSourceReaderSettingsPayload' status: $ref: '#/components/schemas/EnumsSourceReaderStatus' tablesConfig: $ref: '#/components/schemas/PayloadsSourceReaderTablesConfig' updatedAt: format: date-time type: string uuid: format: uuid type: string required: - uuid - name - companyUUID - dataPlaneName - environmentUUID - connectorUUID - status - isValid - database - containerName - settings type: object PayloadsTable: properties: advancedSettings: $ref: '#/components/schemas/PayloadsTableAdvancedSettings' createdAt: format: date-time type: string destinationTableName: type: string disableReplication: type: boolean enableHistoryMode: type: boolean historyTableStatus: type: string individualDeployment: type: boolean isPartitioned: type: boolean name: type: string schema: type: string status: type: string updatedAt: format: date-time type: string uuid: format: uuid type: string type: object PayloadsSourceReaderSettingsPayload: properties: allowMSSQLCaptureInstancesViaReader: nullable: true type: boolean azureBlobStorageConfig: $ref: '#/components/schemas/PayloadsAzureBlobStorageConfig' backfillBatchSize: minimum: 0 nullable: true type: integer databasesToSync: items: type: string nullable: true type: array disableAutoFetchTables: nullable: true type: boolean disableFullDocumentBeforeChange: nullable: true type: boolean disableNoCursorTimeout: nullable: true type: boolean enableClientSideFullDocumentLookup: nullable: true type: boolean enableHeartbeats: nullable: true type: boolean mssqlReplicationMethod: nullable: true type: string oneTopicPerSchema: nullable: true type: boolean publicationAutoCreateMode: nullable: true type: string publicationNameOverride: nullable: true type: string publishViaPartitionRoot: nullable: true type: boolean replicationSlotOverride: nullable: true type: string unifyAcrossDatabases: nullable: true type: boolean unifyAcrossSchemas: nullable: true type: boolean unifyAcrossSchemasRegex: nullable: true type: string useAdvanceOnPrimaryKeepAlive: nullable: true type: boolean useNumericTypesForMoney: nullable: true type: boolean type: object EnumsSourceReaderStatus: enum: - draft - paused - running type: string PayloadsSourceReaderTablesConfig: additionalProperties: $ref: '#/components/schemas/PayloadsSourceReaderTable' nullable: true type: object PayloadsTableAdvancedSettings: properties: alias: type: string backfillFromDatabases: items: type: string nullable: true type: array backfillFromSchemas: items: type: string nullable: true type: array bigQueryPartitionSettings: $ref: '#/components/schemas/PayloadsBigQuerySettings' bufferRows: type: integer columnsToCompress: items: type: string type: array columnsToEncrypt: items: type: string type: array columnsToHash: items: type: string type: array ctidSettings: $ref: '#/components/schemas/PayloadsCTIDSettings' encryptJSONBColumns: type: boolean endingPrimaryKey: type: string excludeColumns: items: type: string type: array flushIntervalSeconds: type: integer flushSizeKb: type: integer historyTableBackfillFromSchemas: items: type: string nullable: true type: array includeColumns: items: type: string type: array k8sRequestCPU: minimum: 0 type: integer k8sRequestMemoryMB: minimum: 0 type: integer mergePredicates: items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/PayloadsMergePredicates' type: array msmFlushCount: minimum: 0 type: integer primaryKeysOverride: items: type: string nullable: true type: array rangeSettings: $ref: '#/components/schemas/PayloadsRangeSettings' shouldBackfillHistoryTable: nullable: true type: boolean skipBackfill: type: boolean skipDelete: type: boolean skipNoOpUpdates: type: boolean softPartitioning: $ref: '#/components/schemas/PayloadsSoftPartitioning' startingPrimaryKey: type: string streamARN: type: string unifyAcrossDatabases: type: boolean unifyAcrossSchemas: type: boolean type: object PayloadsAzureBlobStorageConfig: properties: accountURL: type: string containerName: type: string sasToken: type: string type: object PayloadsSourceReaderTable: properties: excludeColumns: items: type: string type: array includeColumns: items: type: string type: array isPartitioned: type: boolean name: type: string schema: type: string unifyAcrossDatabases: type: boolean unifyAcrossSchemas: type: boolean type: object PayloadsBigQuerySettings: properties: partitionBy: type: string partitionField: type: string partitionType: type: string type: object PayloadsCTIDSettings: properties: chunkSize: minimum: 0 type: integer enabled: type: boolean maxParallelism: minimum: 0 type: integer type: object PayloadsMergePredicates: properties: partitionBy: type: string partitionField: type: string partitionType: type: string type: object PayloadsRangeSettings: properties: batchSize: minimum: 0 type: integer chunksSize: minimum: 0 type: integer enabled: type: boolean maxParallelism: minimum: 0 type: integer type: object PayloadsSoftPartitioning: properties: enabled: type: boolean maxPartitions: type: integer partitionColumn: type: string partitionFrequency: type: string partitionSchema: type: string type: object securitySchemes: ApiKey: description: API key passed as a Bearer token in the Authorization header. scheme: bearer type: http ````