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[@salesforce/b2c-tooling-sdk](../../../modules.md) / [operations/content](../index.md) / validateMetaDefinitionFile

# Function: validateMetaDefinitionFile()

> **validateMetaDefinitionFile**(`filePath`, `options?`): [`MetaDefinitionValidationResult`](../interfaces/MetaDefinitionValidationResult.md)

Defined in: [packages/b2c-tooling-sdk/src/operations/content/validate.ts:235](https://github.com/SalesforceCommerceCloud/b2c-developer-tooling/blob/67fb8580ac3c5b372617ee3ec3fc8f2bc9f16174/packages/b2c-tooling-sdk/src/operations/content/validate.ts#L235)

Validate a JSON metadefinition file against a content schema.

Uses file path conventions for type detection before falling back to property heuristics.

## Parameters

### filePath

`string`

Absolute or relative path to the JSON metadefinition file

### options?

[`ValidateMetaDefinitionOptions`](../interfaces/ValidateMetaDefinitionOptions.md)

Optional validation options including explicit schema type override

## Returns

[`MetaDefinitionValidationResult`](../interfaces/MetaDefinitionValidationResult.md)

Validation result with valid flag, detected schema type, errors array, and source file path

## Throws

When the schema type cannot be detected and no explicit type is provided.