---
title: "ktm dashboards validate-widget"
description: "Validate a dashboard widget JSON file with the ktm CLI, checking structure, query fields, and type-specific constraints before deployment."
sidebarTitle: "validate-widget"
lastUpdated: "2026-09-23"
---

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Dry-run validation of a dashboard widget JSON

## Usage

```bash
ktm dashboards validate-widget [flags]
```

## Examples

```bash
ktm dashboards validate-widget --json widget.json
cat widget.json | ktm dashboards validate-widget --json -
```

## Flags

| Flag | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `--json` | string |  | Widget JSON file path, or "-" for stdin (required) |

## Details

Validate a widget JSON file without modifying any dashboard.
Checks type, structure, query fields, placeholder detection, and per-type constraints.

## Related

- [`ktm dashboards`](/cli/commands/dashboards)

<Note>
  Global flags (`--output`, `--debug`, `--host`, …) apply to every command. See the [command reference overview](/cli/commands/overview).
</Note>

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