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title: CustomDataMetafieldDefinitionValidationInput - Shop Partners API
description: The name and value for a metafield definition validation.
api_version: unstable latest
source_url:
  html: https://shopify.dev/docs/api/shop-partners/latest/input-objects/CustomDataMetafieldDefinitionValidationInput
  md: https://shopify.dev/docs/api/shop-partners/latest/input-objects/CustomDataMetafieldDefinitionValidationInput.md
---

# Custom​Data​Metafield​Definition​Validation​Input

input\_object

The name and value for a metafield definition validation.

## Fields

* name

  [String!](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/shop-partners/latest/scalars/String)

  non-null

  The validation name.

* value

  [String!](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/shop-partners/latest/scalars/String)

  non-null

  The validation name.

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## Input objects using this input

* [Metafield​Definition​Create​Input.validations](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/shop-partners/latest/input-objects/MetafieldDefinitionCreateInput#fields-validations)

  INPUT OBJECT

  Set of inputs to the metafieldDefinitionCreate Mutation.

* [Metafield​Definition​Update​Input.validations](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/shop-partners/latest/input-objects/MetafieldDefinitionUpdateInput#fields-validations)

  INPUT OBJECT

  Set of inputs to the metafieldDefinitionUpdate Mutation.

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## Map

### Input objects using this input

* [Metafield​Definition​Create​Input.validations](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/shop-partners/latest/input-objects/MetafieldDefinitionCreateInput#fields-validations)
* [Metafield​Definition​Update​Input.validations](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/shop-partners/latest/input-objects/MetafieldDefinitionUpdateInput#fields-validations)