# 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}](https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/help/api/cloud/oauth-authentication-endpoint-domain.html)`/endpointdlp/api/data-classification/data-group/data-group-name`

### Scope

`DesktopCentralCloud.EndpointDLP.READ`

### Header

`Authorization: Zoho-oauthtoken d92d4xxxxxxxxxxxxx15f52`

### Request Parameters

#### Request Headers

| Name | Type | Required | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accept | string | Mandatory | `text/plain` |

#### Query Parameters

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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`

| Type |
|---|
| string |

### HTTP Code 500

Response Body: `application/json`

| Type |
|---|
| JSON Object |

#### Attributes

| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |

### 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"
}
```

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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.