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Validation

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Providers using this tag (15)

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Developing 2 Usable, with meaningful gaps to close
Thin 4 Limited public surface area
Emerging 4 Early or largely undocumented
Minimal 5 Almost no public developer surface

APIs with this tag (67)

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Exemplar 13 Complete, well-documented, and agent-ready
AfterShip Address APIAddress validation and correction so packages are delivered to a deliverable, normalized address.82.6Ironfang Finance E-Invoicing V2 Validation APIValidate one invoice, XML or PDF.78.7Ironfang Finance E-Invoicing Validation APIPHIVE validation of UBL Invoice and CreditNote XML with structured findings.78.7RudderStack Tracking Plan APIThe RudderStack Tracking Plan API defines and enforces the canonical event schema (events, properties, trai...77.0Stoplight PrismPrism is an open-source HTTP mock and proxy server that turns any OpenAPI v2/v3 or Postman Collection file ...74.8Google Analytics Validation APIThe Validation API from Google Analytics — 1 operation(s) for validation.72.1Tvarka ATK API Validation APIStandalone advisory validation of signed artifacts.70.9Scalar CLIThe Scalar CLI is a command-line interface for managing OpenAPI files, generating documentation, running mo...70.3Conga Validation APIThe Validation API from Conga — 2 operation(s) for validation.68.6Google Address Validation APIThe Google Address Validation API standardizes, validates, and enriches postal addresses by checking them a...68.6Docusign Connected Fields APIThe Docusign Connected Fields API enables developers to validate envelope field data programmatically. It a...68.5ZeroBounce Validation APIThe ZeroBounce ChatGPT-plugin validation surface — 2 operations for single and batch email validation, serv...67.1UiPath Validation APIValidate and correct digitization, classification, and extraction results66.6
Strong 13 Solid coverage with minor gaps
Knak Validation APIThe Custom Validator contract — 1 operation. This is a contract the CUSTOMER implements so Knak can run ass...63.4APIMatic Validation APIValidate an API definition by file or by URL, in the original and V2 validation endpoints — 4 operations, r...61.6Oracle GoldenGate Validation APIValidate connections and configurations61.1Splunk AppInspect APIThe Splunk AppInspect API validates Splunk apps and add-ons against Splunk best practices and requirements ...59.2JSNAPy APIPython-based snapshot and test framework for Junos devices.58.7Conviva Validation Timeline API v2Session validation timeline data for QA and sensor-integration testing, queried by viewer_id and/or session...58.4FOLIO Validation APIThe Validation API from FOLIO — 4 operation(s) for validation.57.6Mastercard Bill Payment ValidatorThis service is provided on behalf of the Mastercard Remote Payment and Presentment (RPPS) Bill Payment Pro...57.3Yubico Validation APIYubico OTP validation operations.56.7PropelAuth Validation APIValidate end-user, personal, organization, and imported API keys56.5Kickbox Email Verification APIREST API for verifying the deliverability of email addresses in real time. Returns a result (deliverable, u...55.8Affinda Annotations APIManually create, update, and delete annotations on uploaded documents. Annotations are the field-level extr...54.5Affinda Validation Results APITrack the status and findings of validation rules attached to parsed documents. Validation results record p...54.5
Developing 16 Usable, with meaningful gaps to close
IBM API Connect Validation APIThe Validation API from IBM API Connect — 6 operation(s) for validation.53.0Address Validation APIValidate and standardize addresses, returning deliverability verdicts, geocodes, and address component deta...51.3EU Open Data Portal Validation APIThe Validation API from EU Open Data Portal — 1 operation(s) for validation.50.3HM Courts & Tribunals Service Validation APIThe validation API from HM Courts & Tribunals Service — 1 operation(s) for validation.50.0American Express Global Business Travel Validation APIValidation interface that will request authorization of booking based on the data provided at checkout time...49.8CDISC CORE (Checks and Rules Engine) APICDISC CORE (Checks and Rules Engine) is an open-source rules engine for validating clinical data against CD...49.6Truecaller Non-Truecaller User Verification APIServer-side validation for the drop-call / IM-OTP verification flow that covers users without the Truecalle...49.4AGNTCY Validation APIThe Validation API from AGNTCY — 4 operation(s) for validation.49.0Piknik.Spot Validation APIThe Validation API from Piknik.Spot — 1 operation(s) for validation.45.9Lightdash Validation APIThe Validation API from Lightdash — 2 operation(s) for validation.44.3Modern Treasury Validation APIThe Validation API from Modern Treasury — 1 operation(s) for validation.40.9Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ) Confirmation of Payee APIANZ's first-party Confirmation of Payee API matches a recipient's account name against their BSB and accoun...39.5Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ) PayID Check APIANZ's first-party PayID Check API to verify that a PayID is registered before initiating a payment or colle...39.5Switstack Validation APIThe Validation API from Switstack — 6 operation(s) for validation.39.4Helm Chart.yaml SchemaJSON Schema defining the structure and validation rules for Chart.yaml, the metadata file required in every...39.3Infoworks Validation APIThe Validation API from Infoworks — 2 operation(s) for validation.39.3
Thin 9 Limited public surface area
Emerging 16 Early or largely undocumented
Smithy CLIThe Smithy CLI is a command-line tool for building, validating, diffing, and transforming Smithy models. It...25.1WorkWave Validation APIValidate contact emails and phone numbers.25.1DHL Parcel DE PostnumberValidates postnumbers to ensure deliverability of shipments to Deutsche Post and DHL parcel lockers.24.4Deepchecks Open-Source TestingThe AGPL-3.0 licensed open-source Python package for continuous validation of tabular, computer-vision, and...23.1makeBIMI SVG Validation APISingle unauthenticated endpoint that validates a remotely hosted SVG for BIMI suitability (SVG Tiny P/S). D...23.0Hibernate Validator APIBean Validation reference implementation with additional constraints.21.8IRS TIN Matching APIAllows payers to submit Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) and name combinations to be matched against IR...19.3cff-validator GitHub ActionThe cff-validator GitHub Action runs schema validation on a repository's CITATION.cff during continuous int...17.2Citation File Format SchemaThe CFF schema defines the structure of a CITATION.cff file in YAML, including required cff-version, messag...17.2Beaconcure Verify APIA REST API over Verify's near real-time quality-control data. Beaconcure documents it as resource-oriented,...16.3ShellCheck APIA static analysis tool for shell scripts that provides API access for linting and validation.14.1Angular Forms APIAngular Forms API providing strictly typed reactive forms and template-driven forms with comprehensive vali...13.8Hapihapi is a rich, configuration-centric framework for building web applications and APIs in Node.js. It provi...13.5Connexion Python FrameworkConnexion is a contract-first Python web framework that loads an OpenAPI specification and routes requests ...13.1Jakarta ValidationJakarta Validation (formerly Bean Validation) provides an object-level constraint declaration and validatio...11.9Moodle Form APIDefines and processes user data submitted through web forms, including validation, rendering, and persistence.11.6

Companies reaching this through an API (60)

These companies publish an API, specification or operation carrying “Validation” but do not classify their business under it. Listed unranked and kept out of the count above, because one tagged operation is not a statement about what a company does.

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Score breakdown

Frequency
54.3
log-scaled weighted occurrences
Breadth
0.3
spread across providers
Quality lift
23.5
mean composite of providers using it
Cohesion
4.2
strength of nearest seed neighbor

Related tags

Data Quality 7 co-occurrences OpenAPI 10 co-occurrences Administration 5 co-occurrences Rules 5 co-occurrences Java 6 co-occurrences Schema 6 co-occurrences Configuration 8 co-occurrences Testing 6 co-occurrences

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