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+# Rest-API validation rules for the backend
+
+___
+
+* Rules defined here only apply to calls that change data (POST / PUT /DELETE requests)
+* Violation of these rules should result in 400 bad request
+* These are not high-level rules that change color of a data entry in the app
+
+## /shipcall POST
+
+## /shipcall PUT
+
+## /times POST
+
+## /times PUT
+
+## /times DELETE
+
+## /ship POST
+
+## /ship PUT
+
+## /ship DELETE
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