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12 data checks before a CPCB API submission

An API can transport a record without proving that the record is correct or accepted. Before enabling automated submissions, establish a validation and reconciliation process around the current specification and credentials provided through the applicable official onboarding channel.

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Checks 1–3: identity and mapping

1. Verify the sending facility identity against its authorized integration setup. 2. Match each HCF reference to the intended master record. 3. Confirm that waste categories and other coded values use the receiving system’s current accepted mapping. Keep mapping changes versioned so older submissions can still be explained.

Checks 4–6: event details

4. Validate the identifier against the applicable format and lifecycle rules. 5. Check that event timestamps represent the actual event, with the required time-zone treatment, rather than the later upload time. 6. Verify weight units and numeric precision. Flag impossible or missing values for review; do not insert plausible defaults to get a payload accepted.

Checks 7–9: completeness and duplicates

7. Check required fields using the active specification. 8. Identify repeated local events before sending them again. 9. Confirm any required event sequence or relationship between collection, receipt and later records. A retry policy must account for an uncertain response: a timeout can occur after the receiver has already processed a request.

Checks 10–12: outcome and reconciliation

10. Retain the response or acknowledgement against the local event. 11. Route rejected or uncertain submissions to an owned exception queue. 12. Reconcile locally eligible records with accepted records for the same reporting period. Protect credentials, limit access and avoid placing secrets in ordinary logs. Endpoint names, payload fields and retry rules must come from the current official integration documentation, not examples inferred from another vendor.

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Official references

Use the issuing authority’s current documents and your facility-specific conditions when making compliance decisions.

Reference links checked 7 September 2026. Operational checklists on this site are editorial suggestions, not official forms.

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