Validate Commands

validate and validate album validate melodee.json album metadata. Select a target with one of the supported identifiers:

Option Target
--file PATH A specific melodee.json file
--id ID A metadata record ID
--apiKey GUID One album API key
--artistApiKey GUID All albums for an artist API key
--library NAME A named library 
mcli validate album --file /storage/Artist/Album/melodee.json
mcli validate --library Staging --json
mcli validate --apiKey 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000 --verbose

Use --json (-j) for structured results. This command validates album metadata; library validate instead compares PostgreSQL records with files on disk and optionally removes orphaned records.