---
title: "checkAvailableName"
slug: "analytics-dataforest-accounts-checkavailablename"
tags: ["Data Forest"]
updated: 2026-09-17T09:47:59Z
published: 2026-09-17T09:47:59Z
canonical: "api.ncloud-docs.com/analytics-dataforest-accounts-checkavailablename"
---

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# checkAvailableName

Available in VPC

Check validity and duplication status of a Data Forest account name.

## Request

This section describes the request format. The method and URI are as follows:

| Method | URI |
| --- | --- |
| POST | /api/v2/accounts/checkAvailableName |

### Request headers

For information about the headers common to all Data Forest APIs, see [Data Forest request headers](/docs/en/analytics-dataforest#%EC%9A%94%EC%B2%AD%ED%97%A4%EB%8D%94).

### Request body

You can include the following data in the body of your request:

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `name` | String | Required | Account name - Enter 2 to 16 characters using a combination of lowercase English letters, numbers, and special character "-". - Start and end of the string must be composed of lowercase English letters or numbers. |

### Request example

The request example is as follows:

```
curl --location --request POST 'https://df.apigw.ntruss.com/api/v2/accounts/checkAvailableName' \
--header 'x-ncp-apigw-timestamp: {Timestamp}' \
--header 'x-ncp-iam-access-key: {Access Key}' \
--header 'x-ncp-apigw-signature-v2: {API Gateway Signature}' \
--data '{
    "name": "forest001"
}'
```

## Response

This section describes the response format.

### Response body

The response body includes the following data:

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `success` | Boolean | - | API processing result - `true` \| `false` - `true`: succeeded - `false`: failed |
| `message` | String | - | Result message - If `success` or `availableName` is `false`, it is displayed. |
| `availableName` | String | - | Account name validity - `true` \| `false` - `true`: valid - `false`: invalid |

### Response status codes

For information about the HTTP status codes common to all Data Forest APIs, see [Data Forest response status codes](/docs/en/analytics-dataforest#%EC%9D%91%EB%8B%B5%EC%83%81%ED%83%9C%EC%BD%94%EB%93%9C).

### Response example

The response example is as follows:

```
{
    "success": true,
    "availableName": true
}
```