Validate Endpoints

Overview

After you select an endpoint from the feature endpoint list, use endpoint validation to confirm that its definition matches the API you intend to exercise: correct method and path, reachable host, working authentication, and expected response shape where applicable.

Open the endpoint context

1. Open a project and select a feature.
2. In the endpoint list, select an endpoint row.
3. Use the endpoint detail or validation options available for that endpoint in your deployment.

Validation focuses on the endpoint contract and connectivity, not on full test-suite design.

What to validate

• Method and path: matches the OpenAPI operation and your environment base URL.
• Connectivity: the service responds at the configured URL.
• Authentication: headers or profiles allow authorized calls.
• Response contract: status codes and response structure align with the spec (where validation tooling exposes this).

Validation workflow

1. Open the endpoint from Endpoint management.
2. Choose the validation actions available for your deployment (for example, connection check or contract validation).
3. Apply the correct environment and authentication from Project settings or Test configuration.
4. Run validation and review results, including any errors or mismatches.
5. Update the endpoint definition, project settings, or spec import, then validate again.

Common outcomes

• 401/403: verify authentication profile and headers.
• 404: verify base URL and endpoint path.
• Schema or contract mismatch: refresh the imported spec or correct the endpoint definition.
• Timeout: confirm environment availability and network path before changing timeouts.

Related articles

• Endpoint management
• Endpoint import and discovery
• Project settings
• Configuration fundamentals