---
title: "post settings restore validate"
description: "Look up the Dark Pawns admin API request and response contract. Sign in with a level 40 character and use the authenticated admin console session."
type: reference
audience: operators
verified: v0.1.8
canonical: https://darkpawns.org/docs/reference/api/admin/operations/post-settings-restore-validate/
---

[Documentation](/docs/) / [Reference](/docs/reference/)

# post settings restore validate

Look up the Dark Pawns admin API request and response contract. Sign in with a level 40 character and use the authenticated admin console session.

POST

/admin/settings/restore/validate

FetchcURL

```
const url = 'https://example.com/admin/settings/restore/validate';const options = {  method: 'POST',  headers: {'Content-Type': 'application/json'},  body: '"binary"'};
try {  const response = await fetch(url, options);  const data = await response.json();  console.log(data);} catch (error) {  console.error(error);}
```

```
curl --request POST \  --url https://example.com/admin/settings/restore/validate \  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \  --data '"binary"'
```

Validate an uploaded bundle and preview its diff (implementor)

Parses and validates the bundle server-side, then reports the field-level diff, unknown keys, untouched secrets and restart requirements. Nothing is applied.

## Request Bodyrequired

application/json

string format: binary

### Example generated

```
binary
```

## Responses

### 200

OK

application/json

object

**diff**

required

Array<object> | null

object

**current**

required

**field**

required

string

**incoming**

required

**restart\_required**

Array<string> | null

**secrets\_untouched**

Array<string> | null

**unknown\_keys**

Array<string> | null

**warning**

string

#### Example generated

```
{  "diff": [    {      "current": "example",      "field": "example",      "incoming": "example"    }  ],  "restart_required": [    "example"  ],  "secrets_untouched": [    "example"  ],  "unknown_keys": [    "example"  ],  "warning": "example"}
```

### default

Error

application/problem+json

object

**detail**

A human-readable explanation specific to this occurrence of the problem.

string

**errors**

Optional list of individual error details

Array<object> | null

object

**location**

Where the error occurred, e.g. ‘body.items\[3\].tags’ or ‘path.thing-id’

string

**message**

Error message text

string

**value**

The value at the given location

**instance**

A URI reference that identifies the specific occurrence of the problem.

string format: uri

**status**

HTTP status code

integer format: int64

**title**

A short, human-readable summary of the problem type. This value should not change between occurrences of the error.

string

**type**

A URI reference to human-readable documentation for the error.

string format: uri

default: about:blank

#### Example

```
{  "detail": "Property foo is required but is missing.",  "instance": "https://example.com/error-log/abc123",  "status": 400,  "title": "Bad Request",  "type": "about:blank"}
```