# Validates a record field

> [!WARNING] Warning: Experimental API
> Please note that this API method is marked as unstable and should be avoided in production environments. Changes may occur at any time without warning, potentially impacting your scripts. We recommend contacting [our Support Team](https://www.datocms.com/support.md?topics=technical-support) to explore alternative approaches that are safer and more reliable!

## Body parameters

item\_type Required

The record's model

Type: [ResourceLinkage<"item\_type"\>](https://www.datocms.com/docs/content-management-api/resources/item_type.md)

creator Optional

The entity (account/collaborator/access token/sso user) who created the record

Type: [ResourceLinkage<"account"\>](https://www.datocms.com/docs/content-management-api/resources/account.md), [ResourceLinkage<"access\_token"\>](https://www.datocms.com/docs/content-management-api/resources/access_token.md), [ResourceLinkage<"user"\>](https://www.datocms.com/docs/content-management-api/resources/user.md), [ResourceLinkage<"sso\_user"\>](https://www.datocms.com/docs/content-management-api/resources/sso_user.md), [ResourceLinkage<"organization"\>](https://www.datocms.com/docs/content-management-api/resources/organization.md)

## Examples

Example Basic example

```javascript
import { buildClient } from "@datocms/cma-client-node";

async function run() {
  const client = buildClient({ apiToken: process.env.DATOCMS_API_TOKEN });

  await client.items.validateNew({
    title: "My first blog post!",
    content: "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet...",
    category: "24",
    image: {
      upload_id: "WxrWMPl3TjeSJYcl6lNCbg",
      alt: "Alt text",
      title: "Image title",
      custom_data: {},
    },
    item_type: { type: "item_type", id: "DxMaW10UQiCmZcuuA-IkkA" },
  });
}

run();
```

## Related content in "Content Management API"

- [Content Management API Overview](https://www.datocms.com/docs/content-management-api.md)

- [Using the JavaScript client](https://www.datocms.com/docs/content-management-api/using-the-nodejs-clients.md)
- [API versioning](https://www.datocms.com/docs/content-management-api/api-versioning.md)

- [Authentication](https://www.datocms.com/docs/content-management-api/authentication.md)
- [Environments](https://www.datocms.com/docs/content-management-api/setting-the-environment.md)

- [Error codes & handling failures (CMA)](https://www.datocms.com/docs/content-management-api/errors.md)
- [Pagination](https://www.datocms.com/docs/content-management-api/pagination.md)

- [Asynchronous jobs](https://www.datocms.com/docs/content-management-api/async-jobs.md)
- [Technical Limits (CMA)](https://www.datocms.com/docs/content-management-api/technical-limits.md)

- [Record](https://www.datocms.com/docs/content-management-api/resources/item.md)
- [List all records](https://www.datocms.com/docs/content-management-api/resources/item/instances.md)

- [Create a new record](https://www.datocms.com/docs/content-management-api/resources/item/create.md)
- [Duplicate a record](https://www.datocms.com/docs/content-management-api/resources/item/duplicate.md)

- [Update a record](https://www.datocms.com/docs/content-management-api/resources/item/update.md)
- [Referenced records](https://www.datocms.com/docs/content-management-api/resources/item/references.md)

- [Retrieve a record](https://www.datocms.com/docs/content-management-api/resources/item/self.md)
- [Delete a record](https://www.datocms.com/docs/content-management-api/resources/item/destroy.md)

- [Publish a record](https://www.datocms.com/docs/content-management-api/resources/item/publish.md)
- [Unpublish a record](https://www.datocms.com/docs/content-management-api/resources/item/unpublish.md)

- [Publish items in bulk](https://www.datocms.com/docs/content-management-api/resources/item/bulk_publish.md)
- [Unpublish items in bulk](https://www.datocms.com/docs/content-management-api/resources/item/bulk_unpublish.md)

- [Destroy items in bulk](https://www.datocms.com/docs/content-management-api/resources/item/bulk_destroy.md)
- [Move items to stage in bulk](https://www.datocms.com/docs/content-management-api/resources/item/bulk_move_to_stage.md)

- [Scheduled publication](https://www.datocms.com/docs/content-management-api/resources/scheduled-publication.md)
- [Scheduled unpublishing](https://www.datocms.com/docs/content-management-api/resources/scheduled-unpublishing.md)

- [Upload](https://www.datocms.com/docs/content-management-api/resources/upload.md)
- [Site](https://www.datocms.com/docs/content-management-api/resources/site.md)

- [Model/Block model](https://www.datocms.com/docs/content-management-api/resources/item-type.md)
- [Field](https://www.datocms.com/docs/content-management-api/resources/field.md)

- [Fieldset](https://www.datocms.com/docs/content-management-api/resources/fieldset.md)
- [Record version](https://www.datocms.com/docs/content-management-api/resources/item-version.md)

- [Upload permission](https://www.datocms.com/docs/content-management-api/resources/upload-request.md)
- [Upload track](https://www.datocms.com/docs/content-management-api/resources/upload-track.md)

- [Manual tags](https://www.datocms.com/docs/content-management-api/resources/upload-tag.md)
- [Smart tags](https://www.datocms.com/docs/content-management-api/resources/upload-smart-tag.md)

- [Upload Collection](https://www.datocms.com/docs/content-management-api/resources/upload-collection.md)
- [Search Index](https://www.datocms.com/docs/content-management-api/resources/search-index.md)

- [Search result](https://www.datocms.com/docs/content-management-api/resources/search-result.md)
- [Search indexing activity](https://www.datocms.com/docs/content-management-api/resources/search-index-event.md)

- [Environment](https://www.datocms.com/docs/content-management-api/resources/environment.md)
- [Maintenance mode](https://www.datocms.com/docs/content-management-api/resources/maintenance-mode.md)

- [Menu Item](https://www.datocms.com/docs/content-management-api/resources/menu-item.md)
- [Schema Menu Item](https://www.datocms.com/docs/content-management-api/resources/schema-menu-item.md)

- [Uploads filter](https://www.datocms.com/docs/content-management-api/resources/upload-filter.md)
- [Model filter](https://www.datocms.com/docs/content-management-api/resources/item-type-filter.md)

- [Plugin](https://www.datocms.com/docs/content-management-api/resources/plugin.md)
- [Workflow](https://www.datocms.com/docs/content-management-api/resources/workflow.md)

- [Asynchronous job](https://www.datocms.com/docs/content-management-api/resources/job.md)
- [Job result](https://www.datocms.com/docs/content-management-api/resources/job-result.md)

- [Account](https://www.datocms.com/docs/content-management-api/resources/account.md)
- [Organization](https://www.datocms.com/docs/content-management-api/resources/organization.md)

- [Invitation](https://www.datocms.com/docs/content-management-api/resources/site-invitation.md)
- [Collaborator](https://www.datocms.com/docs/content-management-api/resources/user.md)

- [Role](https://www.datocms.com/docs/content-management-api/resources/role.md)
- [API token](https://www.datocms.com/docs/content-management-api/resources/access-token.md)

- [Webhook](https://www.datocms.com/docs/content-management-api/resources/webhook.md)
- [Webhook call](https://www.datocms.com/docs/content-management-api/resources/webhook-call.md)

- [Build trigger](https://www.datocms.com/docs/content-management-api/resources/build-trigger.md)
- [Deploy activity](https://www.datocms.com/docs/content-management-api/resources/build-event.md)

- [Subscription limit](https://www.datocms.com/docs/content-management-api/resources/subscription-limit.md)
- [Subscription feature](https://www.datocms.com/docs/content-management-api/resources/subscription-feature.md)

- [SSO Settings](https://www.datocms.com/docs/content-management-api/resources/sso-settings.md)
- [SSO User](https://www.datocms.com/docs/content-management-api/resources/sso-user.md)

- [SSO Group](https://www.datocms.com/docs/content-management-api/resources/sso-group.md)
- [White-label settings](https://www.datocms.com/docs/content-management-api/resources/white-label-settings.md)

- [Audit log event](https://www.datocms.com/docs/content-management-api/resources/audit-log-event.md)