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[[ml-valid-detector]]
=== Validate Detectors API
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<titleabbrev>Validate Detectors </titleabbrev>
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Validates detector configuration information.
==== Request
`POST _xpack/ml/anomaly_detectors/_validate/detector`
==== Description
The validate detectors API enables you validate the detector configuration
before you create a job.
==== Request Body
For a list of the properties that you can specify in the body of this API,
see <<ml-detectorconfig,detector configuration objects>>.
==== Authorization
You must have `manage_ml`, or `manage` cluster privileges to use this API.
For more information, see
{xpack-ref}/security-privileges.html[Security Privileges].
==== Examples
The following example validates detector configuration information:
[source,js]
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POST _xpack/ml/anomaly_detectors/_validate/detector
{
"function": "metric",
"field_name": "responsetime",
"by_field_name": "airline"
}
--------------------------------------------------
// CONSOLE
When the validation completes, you receive the following results:
[source,js]
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{
"acknowledged": true
}
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// TESTRESPONSE