# POST /oauth/validatetoken

> 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.

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

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## On This Page

- [Description](https://docs.textcontrol.com/ds-server/reference/web-api/oauth/validatetoken/post/#description)
- [Examples](https://docs.textcontrol.com/ds-server/reference/web-api/oauth/validatetoken/post/#examples)
- [Request Payload](https://docs.textcontrol.com/ds-server/reference/web-api/oauth/validatetoken/post/#request-payload)
- [Success Response](https://docs.textcontrol.com/ds-server/reference/web-api/oauth/validatetoken/post/#success-response)
- [Error Response](https://docs.textcontrol.com/ds-server/reference/web-api/oauth/validatetoken/post/#error-response)

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