Validate a script for a Script Activity verified

Learn how to validate a Script Activity in Salesforce Marketing Cloud (SFMC) with SSJS (server-side JavaScript). Code snippets include the REST API method.

REST API

var script =  '<script runat="server">Platform.Load("core", "1");Write("Hello World");<script>';

var payload = {
    script: script
};

var endpoint = restInstanceUrl + "automation/v1/scripts/validate/";

var request = new Script.Util.HttpRequest(endpoint);
    request.emptyContentHandling = 0;
    request.retries = 2;
    request.continueOnError = true;
    request.setHeader("Authorization", "Bearer " + accessToken);
    request.method = "POST";
    request.contentType = "application/json";
    request.encoding = "UTF-8";
    request.postData = Stringify(payload);

var results = request.send();

var result = Platform.Function.ParseJSON(String(results.content));

<script runat="server">

    Platform.Load("core", "1");

    var restInstanceUrl = "https://YOUR_SUBDOMAIN.rest.marketingcloudapis.com/",
        accessToken     = "YOUR_REST_API_TOKEN";

	try {

        var script =  '<script runat="server">Platform.Load("core", "1");Write("Hello World");<script>';

        var payload = {
            script: script
        };

        var endpoint = restInstanceUrl + "automation/v1/scripts/validate/";

        var request = new Script.Util.HttpRequest(endpoint);
            request.emptyContentHandling = 0;
            request.retries = 2;
            request.continueOnError = true;
            request.setHeader("Authorization", "Bearer " + accessToken);
            request.method = "POST";
            request.contentType = "application/json";
            request.encoding = "UTF-8";
            request.postData = Stringify(payload);

        var results = request.send();

        var result = Platform.Function.ParseJSON(String(results.content));

        Write(Stringify(result));
		
	} catch(error) {
        Write(Stringify(error));
    }	

</script>

{
    "scriptValid": true
}