> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.useboom.ai/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Validate journey > Dry-run the publish checks against a journey graph without saving. Returns whether it is valid and the list of issues (errors block publishing; warnings are advisory). Use it to iterate a draft to valid before publishing in the app. ## OpenAPI ````yaml /api-reference/openapi.json post /api/v1/journeys/validate openapi: 3.1.0 info: title: Boom API version: 1.0.0 description: >- Boom's public REST API — one uniform surface over every platform capability. CDP: upsert people and custom objects, define object and relationship types, link and unlink relationships, and record behavioral events — one record per request or up to 1000 per request via the `/batch` endpoints. Segments: read (list, read, membership) and full authoring — discover the filterable catalog, validate a filter, create and update segments, preview match counts, and trigger evaluation. Initiatives: create and configure outreach initiatives, link WhatsApp templates, drive the lifecycle (launch, cancel, archive), and read collected-data summaries. Participants: enroll people into an active initiative, track their status, read conversation transcripts, and stop outreach. Journeys: read-only access to always-on message flows and their metrics. WhatsApp templates: list your WhatsApp numbers and list, read, and create message templates. The same capabilities are exposed as MCP tools with identical schemas. servers: - url: https://www.useboom.ai description: Production - url: https://dev.useboom.ai description: Development (sandbox — use a development organization API key) security: - bearerAuth: [] paths: /api/v1/journeys/validate: post: tags: - Journeys summary: Validate journey description: >- Dry-run the publish checks against a journey graph without saving. Returns whether it is valid and the list of issues (errors block publishing; warnings are advisory). Use it to iterate a draft to valid before publishing in the app. operationId: journeys_validate requestBody: required: true content: application/json: schema: $schema: https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema type: object properties: definition: type: object properties: id: description: >- Journey id; carried for round-trip ergonomics. Optional on create. type: string name: type: string minLength: 1 description: Journey name. metadata: type: object properties: initiativeType: type: string version: type: integer minimum: -9007199254740991 maximum: 9007199254740991 cancelOnEvents: description: >- Cancel an in-flight run when any of these events arrive. type: object properties: eventNames: type: array items: type: string required: - eventNames description: Optional journey-level metadata. actions: minItems: 1 type: array items: oneOf: - type: object properties: id: type: string minLength: 1 description: Node id, unique within the journey. kind: type: string const: ENTRY name: type: string minLength: 1 description: >- The label shown on the canvas. Required before publishing. position: type: object properties: x: type: number 'y': type: number required: - x - 'y' description: >- Explicit canvas position. Omit it and the server auto-lays-out the graph top-down; only set it to preserve a hand-arranged layout. inputs: type: object properties: description: type: string triggerType: description: >- How people enter: manual (added by an operator or API call), segment (on entering a segment), or cdp_event (when an event is received). Defaults to manual. type: string enum: - manual - segment - cdp_event segmentId: description: >- Segment id — required when triggerType is segment. type: string segmentName: description: Cached segment display name (optional). type: string eventName: description: >- CDP event name — required when triggerType is cdp_event. type: string maxEnrollments: description: >- Frequency cap: max enrollments per person within enrollmentWindow. Both-or-neither with enrollmentWindow. type: integer minimum: 1 maximum: 9007199254740991 enrollmentWindow: description: Rolling window for the frequency cap. type: string description: >- Trigger node config. Exactly one ENTRY node per journey. required: - id - kind - type: object properties: id: type: string minLength: 1 description: Node id, unique within the journey. kind: type: string const: SEND_MESSAGE name: type: string minLength: 1 description: >- The label shown on the canvas. Required before publishing. position: type: object properties: x: type: number 'y': type: number required: - x - 'y' description: >- Explicit canvas position. Omit it and the server auto-lays-out the graph top-down; only set it to preserve a hand-arranged layout. inputs: type: object properties: templateId: description: >- Approved WhatsApp template id. Resolve ids from the catalog. type: string templateName: type: string channel: description: Send channel. Only whatsapp is live today. type: string enum: - whatsapp - sms - email templateBindings: description: >- Map of template placeholder → variable reference. type: object propertyNames: type: string additionalProperties: type: string channelId: description: >- Sending WhatsApp channel (WABA) id. Required before publishing. type: string sendImmediately: description: >- Deprecated business-hours gate; prefer a preceding DELAY. type: boolean description: Sends a WhatsApp template. required: - id - kind - type: object properties: id: type: string minLength: 1 description: Node id, unique within the journey. kind: type: string const: CONVERSATION_BLOCK name: type: string minLength: 1 description: >- The label shown on the canvas. Required before publishing. position: type: object properties: x: type: number 'y': type: number required: - x - 'y' description: >- Explicit canvas position. Omit it and the server auto-lays-out the graph top-down; only set it to preserve a hand-arranged layout. inputs: type: object properties: goal: type: string maxTimeout: description: >- How long to wait for a reply before timing out. type: string mode: type: string enum: - AGENT - ESCALATE outputs: type: array items: type: object properties: id: type: string label: type: string type: type: string enum: - string - number - date - boolean - json description: type: string builtin: type: boolean required: - id - label - type - builtin description: Legacy combined wait + AI conversation block. required: - id - kind - type: object properties: id: type: string minLength: 1 description: Node id, unique within the journey. kind: type: string const: WAIT_FOR_REPLY name: type: string minLength: 1 description: >- The label shown on the canvas. Required before publishing. position: type: object properties: x: type: number 'y': type: number required: - x - 'y' description: >- Explicit canvas position. Omit it and the server auto-lays-out the graph top-down; only set it to preserve a hand-arranged layout. inputs: type: object properties: maxTimeout: description: >- How long to wait for the first reply before timing out. type: string description: Waits for the person to reply. required: - id - kind - type: object properties: id: type: string minLength: 1 description: Node id, unique within the journey. kind: type: string const: MANAGE_CONVERSATION name: type: string minLength: 1 description: >- The label shown on the canvas. Required before publishing. position: type: object properties: x: type: number 'y': type: number required: - x - 'y' description: >- Explicit canvas position. Omit it and the server auto-lays-out the graph top-down; only set it to preserve a hand-arranged layout. inputs: type: object properties: mode: description: >- AGENT (AI-led) or ESCALATE (human handoff). Defaults to AGENT. type: string enum: - AGENT - ESCALATE inactivityTimeout: description: >- Rolling idle window (e.g. '12h'), resets on each inbound message. After this much silence the node routes INACTIVE (extracts, does not close). Range 1h–24h; requires the journey-inactivity-timeout flag. type: string description: Runs the AI-led conversation. required: - id - kind - type: object properties: id: type: string minLength: 1 description: Node id, unique within the journey. kind: type: string const: DISPATCH_EVENT name: type: string minLength: 1 description: >- The label shown on the canvas. Required before publishing. position: type: object properties: x: type: number 'y': type: number required: - x - 'y' description: >- Explicit canvas position. Omit it and the server auto-lays-out the graph top-down; only set it to preserve a hand-arranged layout. inputs: type: object properties: eventName: type: string minLength: 1 description: >- CDP event name to record. Must match the CDP name pattern. properties: description: >- Literal string values, or { var: path } bindings resolved to typed values at dispatch time. type: object propertyNames: type: string additionalProperties: anyOf: - type: string - type: object properties: var: type: string required: - var description: type: string required: - eventName description: Records a CDP event for the person. required: - id - kind - type: object properties: id: type: string minLength: 1 description: Node id, unique within the journey. kind: type: string const: DELAY name: type: string minLength: 1 description: >- The label shown on the canvas. Required before publishing. position: type: object properties: x: type: number 'y': type: number required: - x - 'y' description: >- Explicit canvas position. Omit it and the server auto-lays-out the graph top-down; only set it to preserve a hand-arranged layout. inputs: type: object properties: mode: description: >- How the wait is measured. Defaults to duration. type: string enum: - duration - until_date - until_weekday duration: description: For mode duration. type: string targetAt: description: ISO 8601 instant, for mode until_date. type: string weekdays: description: >- ISO weekdays 1=Mon..7=Sun, for mode until_weekday. type: array items: type: integer minimum: 1 maximum: 7 windowStartMinutes: type: integer minimum: 0 maximum: 1439 windowEndMinutes: type: integer minimum: 0 maximum: 1439 timezone: description: >- IANA timezone. Load-bearing for until_weekday. type: string description: type: string description: Pauses the run. required: - id - kind - type: object properties: id: type: string minLength: 1 description: Node id, unique within the journey. kind: type: string const: DECISION name: type: string minLength: 1 description: >- The label shown on the canvas. Required before publishing. position: type: object properties: x: type: number 'y': type: number required: - x - 'y' description: >- Explicit canvas position. Omit it and the server auto-lays-out the graph top-down; only set it to preserve a hand-arranged layout. inputs: type: object properties: logic: type: string enum: - AND - OR conditions: type: array items: oneOf: - type: object properties: kind: type: string const: value selectionPath: type: string description: >- Dot-path into the run, e.g. workflowState.totalPrice. operator: type: string enum: - eq - neq - gt - lt - contains - isSet value: type: string required: - kind - selectionPath - operator - value - type: object properties: kind: type: string const: event eventName: type: string subjectSelectionPath: type: string occurred: type: boolean required: - kind - eventName - subjectSelectionPath - occurred - type: object properties: kind: type: string const: cdp_predicate term: type: object propertyNames: type: string additionalProperties: {} description: >- A single live person/computed predicate term. See journeys_authoring_catalog for its shape. required: - kind - term - type: object properties: kind: type: string const: cdp_object objectType: type: string matchAttr: type: string matchSelectionPath: type: string exists: type: boolean required: - kind - objectType - matchAttr - matchSelectionPath - exists description: One decision condition. description: type: string required: - logic - conditions description: Two-way branch. Emits YES / NO. required: - id - kind - type: object properties: id: type: string minLength: 1 description: Node id, unique within the journey. kind: type: string const: CASE name: type: string minLength: 1 description: >- The label shown on the canvas. Required before publishing. position: type: object properties: x: type: number 'y': type: number required: - x - 'y' description: >- Explicit canvas position. Omit it and the server auto-lays-out the graph top-down; only set it to preserve a hand-arranged layout. inputs: type: object properties: selectionPath: type: string description: >- Person attribute (attributes.*) or extracted field (engagement.extracted.*) to switch on. branches: type: array items: type: object properties: id: type: string description: >- Stable branch id; edge handle is case:. value: type: string description: Value matched. Unique within the node. label: type: string required: - id - value description: >- Up to 10 branches. A case:default handle is always required. description: type: string required: - selectionPath - branches description: N-way switch on a person attribute. required: - id - kind - type: object properties: id: type: string minLength: 1 description: Node id, unique within the journey. kind: type: string const: HTTP_REQUEST name: type: string minLength: 1 description: >- The label shown on the canvas. Required before publishing. position: type: object properties: x: type: number 'y': type: number required: - x - 'y' description: >- Explicit canvas position. Omit it and the server auto-lays-out the graph top-down; only set it to preserve a hand-arranged layout. inputs: type: object properties: method: type: string enum: - GET - POST - PUT - PATCH - DELETE description: HTTP method. url: type: string minLength: 1 description: >- Target URL. Supports {{variable}} placeholders. headers: description: Request headers as key/value pairs. type: array items: type: object properties: key: type: string value: type: string required: - key - value body: description: Request body. mode none sends no body. type: object properties: mode: type: string enum: - none - json - raw content: type: string contentType: type: string required: - mode credentialId: description: >- Deprecated/legacy: HttpCredential row id used to authenticate the request. Prefer credentialKey. type: string credentialKey: description: >- Logical credential key; the pinned environment selects the secret. type: string timeoutMs: description: >- Request timeout in milliseconds. Max 30000 (30s). type: integer exclusiveMinimum: 0 maximum: 30000 maxAttempts: description: Max attempts including the first. Max 5. type: integer exclusiveMinimum: 0 maximum: 5 documentUrlTtlSeconds: description: >- TTL (seconds, ≤86400) for presigned engagement.documents URLs this node emits. Default 86400. type: integer exclusiveMinimum: 0 maximum: 86400 required: - method - url description: >- Calls an external HTTP endpoint. Emits SUCCESS or FAILED. required: - id - kind - type: object properties: id: type: string minLength: 1 description: Node id, unique within the journey. kind: type: string const: EXIT name: type: string minLength: 1 description: >- The label shown on the canvas. Required before publishing. position: type: object properties: x: type: number 'y': type: number required: - x - 'y' description: >- Explicit canvas position. Omit it and the server auto-lays-out the graph top-down; only set it to preserve a hand-arranged layout. inputs: type: object properties: outcome: type: string nextInitiativeId: description: Chain into another initiative on exit. type: string description: Terminal node. required: - id - kind description: >- The nodes. Exactly one ENTRY and at least one EXIT are required to publish. edges: type: array items: type: object properties: from: type: string description: Source node id. to: type: string description: Target node id. sourceHandle: type: string description: >- The emitted signal that activates this edge (e.g. SENT, REPLIED, YES, case:). A handle may wire to at most one node. metadata: type: object properties: signalCategory: type: string enum: - lifecycle - system signalDescription: type: string required: - from - to - sourceHandle description: >- A connection: node `from` routes to `to` when it emits `sourceHandle`. description: The connections between node handles. required: - name - actions - edges description: >- The full journey graph. Drafts may be incomplete; run journeys_validate before publishing. required: - definition responses: '200': description: Success content: application/json: schema: $schema: https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema type: object properties: valid: type: boolean description: True when there are no error-severity issues. issues: type: array items: type: object properties: code: type: string description: Stable issue code. severity: type: string enum: - error - warning description: error blocks publishing; warning is advisory. nodeId: description: The node this issue is about, if any. type: string message: type: string description: Plain-English explanation. required: - code - severity - message additionalProperties: false required: - valid - issues additionalProperties: false '400': description: Validation failed or the request cannot proceed. content: application/json: schema: type: object properties: error: type: object properties: code: type: string description: Stable machine-readable error code (snake_case). message: type: string required: - code - message required: - error '401': description: Missing, malformed, or revoked API key. content: application/json: schema: type: object properties: error: type: object properties: code: type: string description: Stable machine-readable error code (snake_case). message: type: string required: - code - message required: - error '404': description: The resource does not exist in this organization. content: application/json: schema: type: object properties: error: type: object properties: code: type: string description: Stable machine-readable error code (snake_case). message: type: string required: - code - message required: - error '409': description: >- Conflicts with the current state (duplicates, wrong lifecycle state). content: application/json: schema: type: object properties: error: type: object properties: code: type: string description: Stable machine-readable error code (snake_case). message: type: string required: - code - message required: - error '422': description: The request is well-formed but semantically invalid. content: application/json: schema: type: object properties: error: type: object properties: code: type: string description: Stable machine-readable error code (snake_case). message: type: string required: - code - message required: - error '429': description: Rate limit exceeded — retry after `Retry-After`. content: application/json: schema: type: object properties: error: type: object properties: code: type: string description: Stable machine-readable error code (snake_case). message: type: string required: - code - message required: - error '500': description: Internal server error. content: application/json: schema: type: object properties: error: type: object properties: code: type: string description: Stable machine-readable error code (snake_case). message: type: string required: - code - message required: - error '503': description: Transient error — retry with a narrower request. content: application/json: schema: type: object properties: error: type: object properties: code: type: string description: Stable machine-readable error code (snake_case). message: type: string required: - code - message required: - error components: securitySchemes: bearerAuth: type: http scheme: bearer description: 'Organization API key, sent as `Authorization: Bearer boom_org_...`.' ````