# ValidateSecurityProfileBehaviors
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**Note**  
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Validates a Device Defender security profile behaviors specification.

Requires permission to access the [ValidateSecurityProfileBehaviors](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/service-authorization/latest/reference/list_awsiot.html#awsiot-actions-as-permissions) action.

## Request Syntax
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```
POST /security-profile-behaviors/validate HTTP/1.1
Content-type: application/json

{
   "behaviors": [ 
      { 
         "criteria": { 
            "comparisonOperator": "{{string}}",
            "consecutiveDatapointsToAlarm": {{number}},
            "consecutiveDatapointsToClear": {{number}},
            "durationSeconds": {{number}},
            "mlDetectionConfig": { 
               "confidenceLevel": "{{string}}"
            },
            "statisticalThreshold": { 
               "statistic": "{{string}}"
            },
            "value": { 
               "cidrs": [ "{{string}}" ],
               "count": {{number}},
               "number": {{number}},
               "numbers": [ {{number}} ],
               "ports": [ {{number}} ],
               "strings": [ "{{string}}" ]
            }
         },
         "exportMetric": {{boolean}},
         "metric": "{{string}}",
         "metricDimension": { 
            "dimensionName": "{{string}}",
            "operator": "{{string}}"
         },
         "name": "{{string}}",
         "suppressAlerts": {{boolean}}
      }
   ]
}
```

## URI Request Parameters
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The request does not use any URI parameters.

## Request Body
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The request accepts the following data in JSON format.

 ** [behaviors](#API_ValidateSecurityProfileBehaviors_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="iot-ValidateSecurityProfileBehaviors-request-behaviors"></a>
Specifies the behaviors that, when violated by a device (thing), cause an alert.  
Type: Array of [Behavior](API_Behavior.md) objects  
Array Members: Maximum number of 100 items.  
Required: Yes

## Response Syntax
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```
HTTP/1.1 200
Content-type: application/json

{
   "valid": boolean,
   "validationErrors": [ 
      { 
         "errorMessage": "string"
      }
   ]
}
```

## Response Elements
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If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 200 response.

The following data is returned in JSON format by the service.

 ** [valid](#API_ValidateSecurityProfileBehaviors_ResponseSyntax) **   <a name="iot-ValidateSecurityProfileBehaviors-response-valid"></a>
True if the behaviors were valid.  
Type: Boolean

 ** [validationErrors](#API_ValidateSecurityProfileBehaviors_ResponseSyntax) **   <a name="iot-ValidateSecurityProfileBehaviors-response-validationErrors"></a>
The list of any errors found in the behaviors.  
Type: Array of [ValidationError](API_ValidationError.md) objects

## Errors
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 ** InternalFailureException **   
An unexpected error has occurred.    
 ** message **   
The message for the exception.
HTTP Status Code: 500

 ** InvalidRequestException **   
The request is not valid.    
 ** message **   
The message for the exception.
HTTP Status Code: 400

 ** ThrottlingException **   
The rate exceeds the limit.    
 ** message **   
The message for the exception.
HTTP Status Code: 400

## See Also
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For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
+  [AWS Command Line Interface V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/cli2/iot-2015-05-28/ValidateSecurityProfileBehaviors) 
+  [AWS SDK for .NET V4](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/DotNetSDKV4/iot-2015-05-28/ValidateSecurityProfileBehaviors) 
+  [AWS SDK for C\+\+](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/iot-2015-05-28/ValidateSecurityProfileBehaviors) 
+  [AWS SDK for Go v2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForGoV2/iot-2015-05-28/ValidateSecurityProfileBehaviors) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/iot-2015-05-28/ValidateSecurityProfileBehaviors) 
+  [AWS SDK for JavaScript V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaScriptV3/iot-2015-05-28/ValidateSecurityProfileBehaviors) 
+  [AWS SDK for Kotlin](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForKotlin/iot-2015-05-28/ValidateSecurityProfileBehaviors) 
+  [AWS SDK for PHP V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForPHPV3/iot-2015-05-28/ValidateSecurityProfileBehaviors) 
+  [AWS SDK for Python](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/boto3/iot-2015-05-28/ValidateSecurityProfileBehaviors) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/iot-2015-05-28/ValidateSecurityProfileBehaviors)