# x-amazon-apigateway-request-validators.requestValidator object
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 Specifies the validation rules of a request validator as part of the [x-amazon-apigateway-request-validators object](api-gateway-swagger-extensions-request-validators.md) map definition.


| Property name | Type | Description | 
| --- | --- | --- | 
| `validateRequestBody` | Boolean |  Specifies whether to validate the request body (`true`) or not (`false`).   | 
| `validateRequestParameters` | Boolean |  Specifies whether to validate the required request parameters (`true`) or not (`false`).   | 

## `x-amazon-apigateway-request-validators.requestValidator` example
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 The following example shows a parameter-only request validator:

```
"params-only": {
    "validateRequestBody" : false,
    "validateRequestParameters" : true
}
```