Validate a corporation formation request

const options = {method: 'POST', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}};

fetch('https://api.getpalm.com/v1/filing/formation/corporation/validate', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

import requests

url = "https://api.getpalm.com/v1/filing/formation/corporation/validate"

headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer <token>"}

response = requests.post(url, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.getpalm.com/v1/filing/formation/corporation/validate \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'

{
  "valid": true,
  "errors": [
    {
      "source": "jsonschema",
      "code": "JSONSCHEMA_VALIDATION_FAILED",
      "path": "jurisdiction_registered_agent.agent_type",
      "message": "<string>"
    }
  ]
}

Filing

Validate a corporation formation request

⚠️ Early access — This endpoint is in preview and may change in backwards-incompatible ways before it is marked stable. Avoid depending on it in production, and reach out before building on it.

Check a corporation formation payload against state compliance rules without creating a filing or business record. Returns every compliance error in one pass, so you can pre-flight a submission.

Accepts a partial or complete payload, including the same jurisdiction-specific fields as the create endpoint (extra top-level properties, plus jurisdiction_registered_agent and jurisdiction_stock_structure for state-specific fields). The formation requirements endpoint lists what a given state expects.

This checks state compliance rules only. Some field-format checks run on the create endpoint, so a payload that passes here can still be rejected when you submit it.

POST

filing

formation

corporation

validate

Validate a corporation formation request

const options = {method: 'POST', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}};

fetch('https://api.getpalm.com/v1/filing/formation/corporation/validate', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

import requests

url = "https://api.getpalm.com/v1/filing/formation/corporation/validate"

headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer <token>"}

response = requests.post(url, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.getpalm.com/v1/filing/formation/corporation/validate \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'

{
  "valid": true,
  "errors": [
    {
      "source": "jsonschema",
      "code": "JSONSCHEMA_VALIDATION_FAILED",
      "path": "jurisdiction_registered_agent.agent_type",
      "message": "<string>"
    }
  ]
}

Authorizations

Authorization

string

header

required

Enter your API key in the format: sk_test_xxxxx or sk_live_xxxxx

Response

200 - application/json

Validation result

valid

boolean

required

True when the payload passed every compliance check

errors

object[]

required

All compliance errors found, empty when valid

Show child attributes

Form a corporation

Form an LLC

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