---
title: "Service: /validation/report/{filename} [GET]"
source: https://dev.pageseeder.com/api/services/get-validation-report-GET.html
description: "GET endpoint that retrieves a validation report file for a specified group. Returns XML or CSV output containing validation results with document IDs, paths, and schematron validation details without deleting the file."
last_updated: 2026-08-11T14:28:01+10:00
document_type: api_endpoint
operation_id: uri-GET
resource_id: uri
path_template: /validation/report/{filename}
http_method: GET
api_category: uri
implementation_version: 5.9900
api_since: 5.9200
deprecated_since: null
obsolete_since: null
api_support: supported
cache_control: null
generated_at: 2025-08-04
tokens: ~330
---

# /validation/report/\{filename\} \[GET\]

## Description

Returns the specified validation report file (without deleting it).

If `filename` is specified, path is `[group root]/.temp/shared/validation/[filename]` 

Otherwise it is `[group root]/.temp/[member id]/validation-output.xml`.

## Parameters

| Name | Description | Required | Type | Default value |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| group | Name of group the validation was done in | yes | string |  |
| name | Filename of report if it is shared | no | string |  |

## Permission

## Response

The report file has the following format:

```xml
 <validation-report documents="5"
                    failures-only="true"
                    log-message="true"
                    date="2020-04-20T12:36:59+10:00"
                    schema="best_practice.sch"
                    ids="1872,6856,2799,2610,1807"
                    ... >
   <uri id="1872"
        path="/ps/acme/content/documents/consult_by_telephone.psml"
        title="Consult by telephone">
      <svrl:schematron-output ...> ... </svrl:schematron-output>
   </uri>
   <uri id="6856"
        path="https://pageseeder.com/try.html"
        title="Try PageSeeder">
      <svrl:schematron-output ...> ... </svrl:schematron-output>
   </uri>
   ...
 </validation-report>
```

## Error handling