WebAPI Reference Guide > Available API Methods > Configuration Management Methods > The configurationValidateDirectives Method

The configurationValidateDirectives Method

Validate and list directives and their corresponding values. Directives are validated according to their type and a predefined validation scheme. This action does not make any configuration changes.

Version: 1.3

Required Permissions: Read-only

HTTP method: GET

Supported by Editions: All

Request Parameters:

Directives and their values are passed as HTTP parameters in the “directives” namespace, directly into the query part of the Request

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
directives	Array	Yes	Associative array of directive names and values to be validated

Expected Response Code: 200 OK. For more information see Response Format.

Response Type: A list of directives and their current values, not the values that were validated

Possible Action Specific Error Codes:

HTTP Code	Error Code	Description
400	InvalidParameter	A directive’s value failed validation. A list of messages describing the failure will be part of the error message.
500	internalServerError	The system could not retrieve the requested extensions’ information, possibly due to a database error.

Example

Usage Example

Request

GET /ZendServerManager/Api/configurationValidateDirectives?directives[directive_name]=directive_value&directives[directive_name2]=directive_value

Response

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<zendServerAPIResponse xmlns="http://www.zend.com/server/api/1.3">
	<requestData>
		<apiKeyName>angel.eyes</apiKeyName>
		<method>configurationValidateDirectives</method>
	</requestData>
	<responseData>
		<validates>
			<validate>
				<name>directive_name</name>
				<valid>No</valid>
					<messageList>
						<error><![CDATA[Not a valid directive value]]></error>
					</messageList>
			</validate>
		<validate>
		<name>directive_name2</name>
			<valid>Yes</valid>
			<messageList>
			</messageList>
			</validate>
		</validates>
	</responseData>
</zendServerAPIResponse>


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