Programatically Fire the Validate Button

Programatically Fire the Validate Button

Posted by: jonathan.nachman on 15 April 2025, 10:54 am EST

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  jonathan.nachman

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  Posted 15 April 2025, 10:54 am EST

  Hi Guys , was wondering if there is a option to programatically fire validate, or understand exactly what its doing as at the moment ive set up a data source but have to click validate every time.

  As the data is different i dont know what it will look like , so this is needed every time.

  Thanks in advance

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  akshay.rajput

  

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  Posted 17 April 2025, 2:58 am EST

  Hi Jonathan,

  Since the API for Validate button is not public, I would suggest adding an event handler (say keydown(shortcut key) or input change) as per your use case and click the Validate button present in the DOM.
  
  Sample Code:

   document.addEventListener("keydown", (e) => {
          if (e.key === "Enter") {
            const designerHost = document.querySelector("#designer-host");
            if(!designerHost) {
              console.warn("Designer host not found.");
              return;
            }
            const buttons = designerHost.querySelectorAll(".ed-dataset-dialog .gc-modal__footer button");
      
            const validateButton = Array.from(buttons).find((button) => {
              const span = button.querySelector("span");
              return span && span.textContent.trim() === "Validate";
            });
      
            if (validateButton) {
              console.log("Clicking Validate button:", validateButton);
              validateButton.click();
            } else {
              console.warn("No Validate button found.");
            }
          }
        });
  

  I hope this helps!