---
title: "Validate publisher"
method: GET
path: "/api/public/validate-publisher"
tags: ["Agent Probing"]
---

# Validate publisher

`GET /api/public/validate-publisher`

Validate a publisher domain's adagents.json and return summary statistics.

## Query parameters

- `domain` string, required

## Response `200`

Publisher validation result

- object
  - `valid` boolean, required
  - `domain` string, required
  - `url` string
  - `discovery_method` 'direct' | 'authoritative_location' | 'ads_txt_managerdomain', required — How the publisher's adagents.json was discovered. `ads_txt_managerdomain` indicates one-hop delegation via ads.txt MANAGERDOMAIN.
  - `manager_domain` string — Manager domain that served the manifest. Present only when discovery_method is ads_txt_managerdomain.
  - `agent_count` integer, required
  - `property_count` integer, required
  - `property_type_counts` object, required
  - `tag_count` integer, required
  - `errors` string[]
  - `warnings` string[]

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