Getting Started

Get up and running with ValidationCore.dev in under 5 minutes. Our API provides enterprise-grade product validation with 100% coverage across 6 specialized categories.

⚡ Quick Start

Create account and get your API key
Make your first validation request
Integrate with your platform

🔑 Step 1: Get Your API Key

ValidationCore.dev uses API keys for authentication. Our two-tier system provides Test and Production environments with different capabilities and pricing.

Two-Tier Pricing System:

Test Environment

Risk-free integration & evaluation

FREE

• No credit card required
• Coverage: 100% validation across all 6 categories (Electronics, Apparel, Health & Beauty, Automotive, Home & Garden, Sporting Goods)
• Monthly Limit: 1,000 validations
• Rate Limit: 50/minute

Production Environment

Pay-as-you-scale with volume discounts

$0.02 - $0.08

• First 10,000 validations: $0.08 each
• 10,001 - 50,000 validations: $0.06 each
• 50,001 - 200,000 validations: $0.04 each
• 200,001+ validations: $0.02 each
• Support: Priority + SLA
• Advanced Features: Business intelligence, revenue impact analysis, competitive insights
• Rate Limit: 1,000/minute

💻 Step 2: Make Your First Request

Send a product validation request to our API and receive comprehensive compliance analysis with revenue impact insights.

⚡ Step 3: Integration Setup

Choose from Zapier integration for no-code automation or Direct API for advanced enterprise implementations.

Example API Request

API Request

curl -X POST https://api.validationcore.dev/api/v2/validate/product \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer your_api_key" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "products": [{
      "title": "Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra",
      "price": "999.99 USD",
      "category": "Electronics",
      "brand": "Samsung",
      "gtin": "8806094375820"
    }]
  }'

JSON Response

{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "products": [{
      "productId": "samsung-galaxy-s23",
      "isValid": true,
      "totalErrors": 0,
      "gmcCompliance": {
        "status": "fully_compliant",
        "percentage": 100,
        "requiredFieldsCheck": {
          "title": "compliant",
          "price": "compliant",
          "category": "compliant"
        },
        "message": "Fully compliant with Google Merchant Center requirements"
      },
      "performanceOptimization": {
        "overallScore": 87,
        "estimatedRevenueImpact": 525,
        "priorityRecommendations": [
          "Missing product description field",
          "Consider adding product specifications"
        ],
        "message": "13% optimization opportunity identified"
      }
    }],
    "summary": {
      "totalProducts": 1,
      "validatedProducts": 1
    },
    "usage": {
      "monthlyUsage": 501,
      "monthlyLimit": 1000,
      "remaining": 499
    }
  }
}

✅ Understanding Your Validation Results

ValidationCore provides dual scoring intelligence with every validation, giving you both compliance status and revenue optimization insights.

🎯

GMC Compliance Score

(0-100%)

Purpose: Google Merchant Center compliance measurement

Impact: Product visibility and ads approval likelihood

Example: 87% compliance

Ready for Google Shopping with minor improvements

📈

Performance Optimization

(0-100%)

Purpose: Revenue impact and conversion optimization

Impact: Sales performance and search ranking improvement

Example: 63% optimization

$525 revenue opportunity identified

Quick Interpretation Guide

90%+ scores: Excellent

minimal improvements needed

70-89% scores: Good

moderate optimization potential

50-69% scores: Fair

significant opportunities

<50% scores: Needs attention

high impact potential

Want to learn more?

Explore our complete dual scoring methodology and revenue impact analysis

Learn More

⚡ Step 3: Choose Your Integration

Now that you've made your first API call, choose how to integrate ValidationCore.dev with your platform. ValidationCore is the only API that combines learned brand voice intelligence, GMC compliance, and e-commerce optimization in a single solution:

Custom Integration

Direct API integration for custom platforms

View integration guide

🚀 Next Steps

Learn about authentication and rate limiting

Explore our complete API reference

Check out custom integration examples