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title: Enable validation for a schema
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# Enable validation for a schema

Deprecated: Use \[Schema Validation API](https://developers.cloudflare.com/api/resources/schema\_validation/) instead.

client.APIGateway.UserSchemas.Edit(ctx, schemaID, params) (\*[OldPublicSchema](<https://developers.cloudflare.com/api/go/resources/api_gateway#(resource)%20api_gateway.user_schemas%20%3E%20(model)%20old_public_schema%20%3E%20(schema)>), error)

PATCH/zones/{zone\_id}/api\_gateway/user\_schemas/{schema\_id}

Activates schema validation for an uploaded OpenAPI schema. Requests to matching endpoints will be validated against the schema definitions. Deprecated; use `/zones/{zone_id}/schema_validation/schemas/{schema_id}` instead.

##### Security

<details>

<summary>API Token</summary>



The preferred authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API. <a href="https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/api/get-started/create-token/">Create a token</a>.

**Example:**<code>Authorization: Bearer Sn3lZJTBX6kkg7OdcBUAxOO963GEIyGQqnFTOFYY</code>

</details>

<details>

<summary>API Email + API Key</summary>



The previous authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API, used in conjunction with a Global API key.

**Example:**<code>X-Auth-Email: user@example.com</code>

The previous authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API. When possible, use API tokens instead of Global API keys.

**Example:**<code>X-Auth-Key: 144c9defac04969c7bfad8efaa8ea194</code>

</details>

##### Accepted Permissions (at least one required)

`Account API Gateway``Domain API Gateway`

##### ParametersExpand Collapse

schemaID string

formatuuid

maxLength36

[Link to this property](<#(resource)%20api_gateway.user_schemas%20%3E%20(method)%20edit%20%3E%20(params)%20default%20%3E%20(param)%20schema_id%20%3E%20(schema)>)

<details>

<summary>

params UserSchemaEditParams

</summary>

ZoneID param.Field\[string]

Path param: Identifier.

maxLength32

<a href="#(resource)%20api_gateway.user_schemas%20%3E%20(method)%20edit%20%3E%20(params)%20default%20%3E%20(param)%20zone_id">Link to this property</a>

<details>

<summary>

ValidationEnabled param.Field\[<a href="https://developers.cloudflare.com/api/go/resources/api_gateway/subresources/user_schemas/methods/edit#(resource)%20api_gateway.user_schemas%20%3E%20(method)%20edit%20%3E%20(params)%20default%20%3E%20(param)%20validation_enabled%20%3E%20(schema)">UserSchemaEditParamsValidationEnabled</a>]Optional

Body param: Flag whether schema is enabled for validation.

</summary>

const UserSchemaEditParamsValidationEnabledTrue <a href="https://developers.cloudflare.com/api/go/resources/api_gateway/subresources/user_schemas/methods/edit#(resource)%20api_gateway.user_schemas%20%3E%20(method)%20edit%20%3E%20(params)%20default%20%3E%20(param)%20validation_enabled%20%3E%20(schema)">UserSchemaEditParamsValidationEnabled</a> = true

<a href="#(resource)%20api_gateway.user_schemas%20%3E%20(method)%20edit%20%3E%20(params)%20default%20%3E%20(param)%20validation_enabled%20%3E%20(schema)%20%3E%20(member)%200">Link to this property</a>

</details>

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</details>

[Link to this property](<#(resource)%20api_gateway.user_schemas%20%3E%20(method)%20edit%20%3E%20(params)%20default>)

##### ReturnsExpand Collapse

<details>

<summary>

type OldPublicSchema struct{…}

</summary>

CreatedAt Time

formatdate-time

<a href="#(resource)%20api_gateway.user_schemas%20%3E%20(model)%20old_public_schema%20%3E%20(schema)%20%3E%20(property)%20created_at">Link to this property</a>

Kind OldPublicSchemaKind

Kind of schema

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Name string

Name of the schema

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SchemaID string

UUID.

maxLength36

minLength36

<a href="#(resource)%20api_gateway.user_schemas%20%3E%20(model)%20old_public_schema%20%3E%20(schema)%20%3E%20(property)%20schema_id">Link to this property</a>

Source stringOptional

Source of the schema

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ValidationEnabled boolOptional

Flag whether schema is enabled for validation.

<a href="#(resource)%20api_gateway.user_schemas%20%3E%20(model)%20old_public_schema%20%3E%20(schema)%20%3E%20(property)%20validation_enabled">Link to this property</a>

</details>

[Link to this property](<#(resource)%20api_gateway.user_schemas%20%3E%20(model)%20old_public_schema%20%3E%20(schema)>)

### Enable validation for a schema

Go

HTTPTypeScriptPythonGoTerraform

```
package main

import (
  "context"
  "fmt"

  "github.com/cloudflare/cloudflare-go"
  "github.com/cloudflare/cloudflare-go/api_gateway"
  "github.com/cloudflare/cloudflare-go/option"
)

func main() {
  client := cloudflare.NewClient(
    option.WithAPIToken("Sn3lZJTBX6kkg7OdcBUAxOO963GEIyGQqnFTOFYY"),
  )
  oldPublicSchema, err := client.APIGateway.UserSchemas.Edit(
    context.TODO(),
    "f174e90a-fafe-4643-bbbc-4a0ed4fc8415",
    api_gateway.UserSchemaEditParams{
      ZoneID: cloudflare.F("023e105f4ecef8ad9ca31a8372d0c353"),
    },
  )
  if err != nil {
    panic(err.Error())
  }
  fmt.Printf("%+v\n", oldPublicSchema.SchemaID)
}
```

200 example

```
{
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "messages": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "result": {
    "created_at": "2014-01-01T05:20:00.12345Z",
    "kind": "openapi_v3",
    "name": "petstore schema",
    "schema_id": "f174e90a-fafe-4643-bbbc-4a0ed4fc8415",
    "source": "<schema file bytes>",
    "validation_enabled": true
  },
  "success": true
}
```

##### Returns Examples

200 example

```
{
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "messages": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "result": {
    "created_at": "2014-01-01T05:20:00.12345Z",
    "kind": "openapi_v3",
    "name": "petstore schema",
    "schema_id": "f174e90a-fafe-4643-bbbc-4a0ed4fc8415",
    "source": "<schema file bytes>",
    "validation_enabled": true
  },
  "success": true
}
```