Validates announcement start and end times against the server timezone

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Validates the proposed announcement schedule times by checking them against the server's configured timezone. Accepts 'startTime', 'endTime', 'lapTime', and 'isMultipleTime' query parameters. Returns whether the time window is valid.

Request URL

https://{server-hostname}:8383/dcapi/tools/announcement/validateTime

Scope

Tools.READCopied!

Header

Authorization: d92d4xxxxxxxxxxxxx15f52

Request Parameters

- Request Headers

AcceptstringMandatory
application/jsonapplication/jsonCopied!

Sample Request

Curl
Java
Python
Deluge
PowerShell
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curl --request GET \
  --url https://appdomain/dcapi/tools/announcement/validateTime \
  --header 'Accept: application/json' \
  --header 'Authorization:  d92d4xxxxxxxxxxxxx15f52'

Response Parameters

- HTTP code 200

Response Body - application/json
JSON Object
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isValidboolean

true if the provided start and end times form a valid schedule window

serverTimezonestring

Server timezone identifier used for time validation (e.g., America/New_York)

parsedStartTimelong

Epoch timestamp of the parsed start time in server timezone

parsedEndTimelong

Epoch timestamp of the parsed end time in server timezone

Possible Response Codes

200HTTP code

Sample Response: HTTP 200

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  {
    "isValid": true,
    "serverTimezone": "America/New_York",
    "parsedStartTime": 1711400000000,
    "parsedEndTime": 1711436000000
  }
                
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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.