Note: Custom themes needs to be enabled by Looker. Unless custom themes are enabled, only the automatically generated default theme can be used. Please contact your Account Manager or https://console.cloud.google.com/support/cases/ to update your license for this feature.
[[["Easy to understand","easyToUnderstand","thumb-up"],["Solved my problem","solvedMyProblem","thumb-up"],["Other","otherUp","thumb-up"]],[["Hard to understand","hardToUnderstand","thumb-down"],["Incorrect information or sample code","incorrectInformationOrSampleCode","thumb-down"],["Missing the information/samples I need","missingTheInformationSamplesINeed","thumb-down"],["Other","otherDown","thumb-down"]],["Last updated 2025-08-20 UTC."],[],[],null,["# Validate Theme\n\nVersion 4.0.25.14 (latest)\n\n### Validate a theme with the specified information\n\nValidates all values set for the theme, returning any errors encountered, or 200 OK if valid\n\nSee [Create Theme](/looker/docs/reference/looker-api/latest/methods/Theme/create_theme) for constraints\n\n**Note** : Custom themes needs to be enabled by Looker. Unless custom themes are enabled, only the automatically generated default theme can be used. Please contact your Account Manager or \u003chttps://console.cloud.google.com/support/cases/\u003e to update your license for this feature.\n\nRequest\n-------\n\nPOST /themes/validate \nDatatype \nDescription \nRequest \nHTTP Request \nbody \nHTTP Body \nExpand HTTP Body definition... \nbody \n[Theme](/looker/docs/reference/looker-api/latest/types/Theme) \nTheme\nExpand Theme definition... \ncan \n*lock* \nobject \nOperations the current user is able to perform on this object \nbegin_at \nstring \nTimestamp for when this theme becomes active. Null=always \nend_at \nstring \nTimestamp for when this theme expires. Null=never \nid \n*lock* \nstring \nUnique Id \nname \nstring \nName of theme. Can only be alphanumeric and underscores. \nsettings \n[ThemeSettings](/looker/docs/reference/looker-api/latest/types/ThemeSettings) \nHash of name/value pairs for theme settings. These names get validated.\n\nResponse\n--------\n\n### 200: Theme validation results\n\nDatatype \nDescription \n(object) \n[ValidationError](/looker/docs/reference/looker-api/latest/types/ValidationError) \nmessage \n*lock* \nstring \nError details \nerrors \n[ValidationErrorDetail](/looker/docs/reference/looker-api/latest/types/ValidationErrorDetail)\\[\\] \nExpand ValidationErrorDetail definition... \nfield \n*lock* \nstring \nField with error \ncode \n*lock* \nstring \nError code \nmessage \n*lock* \nstring \nError info message \ndocumentation_url \n*lock* \nstring \nDocumentation link \ndocumentation_url \n*lock* \nstring \nDocumentation link\n\n### 204: No errors detected with the theme\n\nDatatype \nDescription \n(string) \nstring \n\n### 400: Bad Request\n\nDatatype \nDescription \n(object) \n[Error](/looker/docs/reference/looker-api/latest/types/Error) \nmessage \n*lock* \nstring \nError details \ndocumentation_url \n*lock* \nstring \nDocumentation link\n\n### 404: Not Found\n\nDatatype \nDescription \n(object) \n[Error](/looker/docs/reference/looker-api/latest/types/Error) \nmessage \n*lock* \nstring \nError details \ndocumentation_url \n*lock* \nstring \nDocumentation link\n\n### 409: Resource Already Exists\n\nDatatype \nDescription \n(object) \n[Error](/looker/docs/reference/looker-api/latest/types/Error) \nmessage \n*lock* \nstring \nError details \ndocumentation_url \n*lock* \nstring \nDocumentation link\n\n### 422: Validation Error\n\nDatatype \nDescription \n(object) \n[ValidationError](/looker/docs/reference/looker-api/latest/types/ValidationError) \nmessage \n*lock* \nstring \nError details \nerrors \n[ValidationErrorDetail](/looker/docs/reference/looker-api/latest/types/ValidationErrorDetail)\\[\\] \nExpand ValidationErrorDetail definition... \nfield \n*lock* \nstring \nField with error \ncode \n*lock* \nstring \nError code \nmessage \n*lock* \nstring \nError info message \ndocumentation_url \n*lock* \nstring \nDocumentation link \ndocumentation_url \n*lock* \nstring \nDocumentation link\n\n### 429: Too Many Requests\n\nDatatype \nDescription \n(object) \n[Error](/looker/docs/reference/looker-api/latest/types/Error) \nmessage \n*lock* \nstring \nError details \ndocumentation_url \n*lock* \nstring \nDocumentation link\n\nExamples\n--------\n\n### Kotlin\n\n\n### TypeScript\n\n\n### Python"]]
