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Postman apiSecurity API

The apiSecurity API from Postman — 1 operation(s) for apisecurity.

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POST /security/api-validation API definition security validation #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Postman API Security API
  version: 1.0.0
servers:
- url: https://api.postman.com
  description: https://api.postman.com
- url: https://api.eu.postman.com
  description: https://api.eu.postman.com
tags:
- name: apiSecurity
paths:
  /security/api-validation:
    post:
      operationId: schemaSecurityValidation
      summary: API definition security validation
      description: 'Performs an analysis on the given definition and returns any issues based on your [predefined rulesets](https://learning.postman.com/docs/api-governance/configurable-rules/configurable-rules-overview/). This endpoint can help you understand the violations'' impact and offers solutions to help you resolve any errors. You can include this endpoint to your CI/CD process to automate schema validation.


        **Note:**


        - The maximum allowed size of the definition is 10 MB.

        - You must [import and enable](https://learning.postman.com/docs/api-governance/configurable-rules/configuring-api-governance-rules/) Postman''s [OWASP security rules](https://postman.postman.co/api-governance/libraries/postman_owasp/view) for this endpoint to return any security rule violations.

        '
      tags:
      - apiSecurity
      parameters:
      - name: x-api-key
        in: header
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful Response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/schemaSecurityValidationResponse'
        '400':
          description: Bad Request
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/commonErrorNameObjectNameMessage'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/SchemaSecurityValidationRequestUnauthorizedError'
        '403':
          description: Forbidden
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/SchemaSecurityValidationRequestForbiddenError'
        '500':
          description: Internal Server Error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/SchemaSecurityValidationRequestInternalServerError'
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/schemaSecurityValidationRequest'
components:
  schemas:
    SchemaSecurityValidationRequestSchema:
      type: object
      properties:
        language:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/SchemaSecurityValidationRequestSchemaLanguage'
          description: The definition format.
        schema:
          type: string
          description: The stringified API definition.
        type:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/SchemaSecurityValidationRequestSchemaType'
          description: The definition type.
      required:
      - language
      - schema
      - type
      title: SchemaSecurityValidationRequestSchema
    SchemaSecurityValidationRequestForbiddenError:
      oneOf:
      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/commonErrorTypeTitleDetailStatus'
      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/commonErrorNameMessage'
      title: SchemaSecurityValidationRequestForbiddenError
    commonErrorTypeTitleDetailStatus:
      type: object
      properties:
        type:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/CommonErrorTypeTitleDetailStatusType'
        title:
          type: string
          description: A short summary of the problem.
        detail:
          type: string
          description: Information about the error.
        status:
          type: integer
          description: The error's HTTP status code.
      title: commonErrorTypeTitleDetailStatus
    SchemaSecurityValidationRequestSchemaType:
      type: string
      enum:
      - openapi3
      - openapi2
      description: The definition type.
      title: SchemaSecurityValidationRequestSchemaType
    CommonErrorTypeTitleDetailDetail:
      oneOf:
      - type: string
      - type: object
        additionalProperties:
          description: Any type
      description: Information about the error.
      title: CommonErrorTypeTitleDetailDetail
    CommonErrorNameObjectNameMessageErrorName:
      type: object
      properties:
        name:
          type: string
          description: The error name.
        message:
          type: string
          description: The error message.
      title: CommonErrorNameObjectNameMessageErrorName
    schemaSecurityValidationResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        warnings:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            additionalProperties:
              description: Any type
          description: 'Information about each issue discovered in the analysis. Each object includes the violation''s severity and category, the location of the issue, data paths, and other information. This returns an empty object if there are no issues present in the schema.


            If there are issues, this returns the `possibleFixUrl` response in each warning object. This provides a link to documentation you can use to resolve the warning.

            '
      title: schemaSecurityValidationResponse
    commonErrorNameMessage:
      type: object
      properties:
        error:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/CommonErrorNameMessageError'
          description: Information about the error.
      title: commonErrorNameMessage
    SchemaSecurityValidationRequestSchemaLanguage:
      type: string
      enum:
      - json
      - yaml
      description: The definition format.
      title: SchemaSecurityValidationRequestSchemaLanguage
    SchemaSecurityValidationRequestUnauthorizedError:
      oneOf:
      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/commonErrorTypeTitleDetailStatus'
      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/commonErrorNameMessage'
      title: SchemaSecurityValidationRequestUnauthorizedError
    schemaSecurityValidationRequest:
      type: object
      properties:
        schema:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/SchemaSecurityValidationRequestSchema'
      title: schemaSecurityValidationRequest
    CommonErrorNameMessageError:
      type: object
      properties:
        name:
          type: string
          description: The error name.
        message:
          type: string
          description: The error message.
      description: Information about the error.
      title: CommonErrorNameMessageError
    CommonErrorTypeTitleDetailStatusType:
      oneOf:
      - type: string
        format: uri-reference
      - type: string
      title: CommonErrorTypeTitleDetailStatusType
    commonErrorTypeTitleDetail:
      type: object
      properties:
        type:
          type: string
          description: The type of error.
        title:
          type: string
          description: A short summary of the problem.
        detail:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/CommonErrorTypeTitleDetailDetail'
          description: Information about the error.
      title: commonErrorTypeTitleDetail
    CommonErrorNameObjectNameMessageError:
      type: object
      properties:
        name:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/CommonErrorNameObjectNameMessageErrorName'
      description: Information about the error.
      title: CommonErrorNameObjectNameMessageError
    commonErrorNameObjectNameMessage:
      type: object
      properties:
        error:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/CommonErrorNameObjectNameMessageError'
          description: Information about the error.
      title: commonErrorNameObjectNameMessage
    SchemaSecurityValidationRequestInternalServerError:
      oneOf:
      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/commonErrorTypeTitleDetail'
      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/commonErrorTypeTitleDetailStatus'
      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/commonErrorNameMessage'
      title: SchemaSecurityValidationRequestInternalServerError
  securitySchemes:
    PostmanApiKey:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: x-api-key
    basicAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: basic
    scimApiKey:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: Authorization
      description: A valid [SCIM API key](https://learning.postman.com/docs/administration/scim-provisioning/scim-provisioning-overview/#generating-scim-api-key) for calls to SCIM endpoints.
x-provenance:
  first_party: true
  method: harvested
  provider_published: true
  source: https://learning.postman.com/api-docs/openapi.json
  harvested: '2026-08-05'
  note: Postman's own OpenAPI 3.1 definition for the Postman API, served by its Fern-hosted API reference. 162 paths, 256 operations, servers api.postman.com and api.eu.postman.com.