# /oauth/validatetoken

> The /oauth/validatetoken endpoint of the DS Server Web API and its POST method, which answers true or false for an access token this instance issued.

- **Product:** DS Server
- **Section:** Documentation
- **Kind:** Endpoint
- **Path:** DS Server > API Reference > Web API > OAuth > /oauth/validatetoken
- **Web URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/ds-server/reference/web-api/oauth/validatetoken/
- **LLMs URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/ds-server/reference/web-api/oauth/validatetoken/llms.txt
- **LLMs-Full URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/ds-server/reference/web-api/oauth/validatetoken/llms-full.txt

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## In This Section

- [POST /oauth/validatetoken](https://docs.textcontrol.com/ds-server/reference/web-api/oauth/validatetoken/post/llms.txt): Validate an access token issued by this DS Server instance: post it as a JSON string and get true or false, as DS Server asks its authentication servers.

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## Nearby

- **Previous:** [POST /oauth/token](https://docs.textcontrol.com/ds-server/reference/web-api/oauth/token/post/llms.txt)
- **Next:** [POST /oauth/validatetoken](https://docs.textcontrol.com/ds-server/reference/web-api/oauth/validatetoken/post/llms.txt)