# POST Validate an icon delete

Dry-runs the delete without removing anything, returning a 200 verdict when the delete would succeed. Nothing on the server resolves an icon out of a saved design, so no icon is ever in use and neither this twin nor the delete has a 409 to answer with; both run the same shared guard, so they gain that refusal together the moment a reference kind is registered. Nothing is written and no idempotency key is consumed. The verdict is advisory. Requires `customisers:write`.

- Source URL: https://www.signcustomiser.com/help/api/v3-post-validate-an-icon-delete/
- Markdown URL: https://www.signcustomiser.com/help/api/v3-post-validate-an-icon-delete.md
- Group: Customiser icons
- Method: POST
- Path: /api/v3/customisers/{customiser_id}/icons/{icon_id}/validate-delete
- Auth: Bearer token
- Required scopes: `customisers:write`

## Path parameters

- customiser_id (string, required): The customiser id. Example: 1
- icon_id (string, required): The icon id. Example: 9

## cURL example

```bash
curl https://web.signcustomiser.com/api/v3/customisers/1/icons/9/validate-delete \
  --request POST \
  --header 'Accept: application/json' \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN'
```

## Response examples

### 200 POST 200 example 1

```json
{
  "data": {
    "object": "icon_validation",
    "operation": "delete",
    "customiser_id": 42,
    "icon_id": 9,
    "valid": true
  },
  "links": {
    "self": "https://web.signcustomiser.com/api/v3/customisers/42/icons/9/validate-delete",
    "documentation": "https://www.signcustomiser.com/help/api/"
  },
  "meta": {
    "api_version": "v3",
    "request_id": "req_01jz9x2k7c8f3m5n6p7q8r9s0t"
  }
}
```

### 401 Missing API key

```json
{
  "type": "https://www.signcustomiser.com/help/api/problems/missing_api_key",
  "title": "Missing API key",
  "status": 401,
  "code": "missing_api_key",
  "detail": "Provide a store API key as a bearer token.",
  "request_id": "req_01jz9x2k7c8f3m5n6p7q8r9s0t"
}
```

### 403 Insufficient scope

```json
{
  "type": "https://www.signcustomiser.com/help/api/problems/insufficient_scope",
  "title": "Insufficient scope",
  "status": 403,
  "code": "insufficient_scope",
  "detail": "This operation requires the customisers:write scope.",
  "required_scopes": [
    "customisers:write"
  ],
  "granted_scopes": [
    "customisers:read"
  ],
  "request_id": "req_01jz9x2k7c8f3m5n6p7q8r9s0t"
}
```

### 404 Unknown icon

```json
{
  "type": "https://www.signcustomiser.com/help/api/problems/resource_not_found",
  "title": "Resource not found",
  "status": 404,
  "code": "resource_not_found",
  "detail": "The requested resource does not exist or does not belong to the authenticated store.",
  "request_id": "req_01jz9x2k7c8f3m5n6p7q8r9s0t"
}
```

### 422 Unknown parameter

```json
{
  "type": "https://www.signcustomiser.com/help/api/problems/unknown_parameter",
  "title": "Unknown query parameter",
  "status": 422,
  "code": "unknown_parameter",
  "detail": "This endpoint accepts no query parameters.",
  "request_id": "req_01jz9x2k7c8f3m5n6p7q8r9s0t"
}
```

### 429 Rate limited

```json
{
  "type": "https://www.signcustomiser.com/help/api/problems/rate_limited",
  "title": "Too many requests",
  "status": 429,
  "code": "rate_limited",
  "detail": "You have exceeded the request limit for this API key.",
  "retry_after": 60,
  "request_id": "req_01jz9x2k7c8f3m5n6p7q8r9s0t"
}
```