# Checks whether a data group name is valid

Checks whether a data group name is valid (not duplicate) for the customer. Returns true if valid, false if name already exists.

## Endpoint

`GET /endpointdlp/api/data-classification/data-group/data-group-name`

## Request URL

`https://{serverurl}/endpointdlp/api/data-classification/data-group/data-group-name`

## Scope

`DesktopCentralCloud.EndpointDLP.READ`

## Header

`Authorization: Zoho-oauthtoken d92d4xxxxxxxxxxxxx15f52`

## Request Parameters

### Request Headers

- **Accept** `string` — **Mandatory**
  - `text/plain`

### Query Parameters

- **dataGroupName** `string` — **Mandatory**
  - Data group name to validate

## Sample Request

```curl
curl --request GET \
  --url 'https://appdomains/endpointdlp/api/data-classification/data-group/data-group-name?dataGroupName=PII Data Group' \
  --header 'Accept: text/plain' \
  --header 'Authorization: Zoho-oauthtoken  d92d4xxxxxxxxxxxxx15f52'
```

## Response Parameters

### HTTP Code 200

Response Body: `text/plain`

`string`

### HTTP Code 500

Response Body: `application/json`

`JSON Object`

- **errorCode** `string`
  - Internal error code returned when data group name validation fails server-side
- **errorMessage** `string`
  - Failure message describing why the data group name could not be validated

## Possible Response Codes

- **200** — HTTP code
- **500** — HTTP code

## Sample Response: HTTP 200

Data group name is valid

```json
"true"
```

## Sample Response: HTTP 500

Validation error

```json
{
  "errorMessage": "Exception occurred while checking DataGroup name validity :: <exception message>",
  "errorCode": "INTERNAL_ERROR"
}
```

## Rate Limit

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**Duration:** 1 minute | **Threshold:** 30 | **Lock period:** 5 minutes

Duration - Time window for the threshold.
Threshold - Number of API calls allowed within the specified duration.
Lock Period - Wait time before consecutive API requests.