diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/table.spec.ts b/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/table.spec.ts
index b32983b8ad..67b1d64ae1 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/table.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/table.spec.ts
@@ -1054,5 +1054,30 @@ describe.each([
         })
       })
     })
+
+    describe("validateExistingTableImport", () => {
+      it("can validate basic imports", async () => {
+        const table = await config.api.table.save(
+          tableForDatasource(datasource, {
+            primary: ["id"],
+            schema: basicSchema,
+          })
+        )
+        const result = await config.api.table.validateExistingTableImport({
+          tableId: table._id,
+          rows: [{ id: generator.natural(), name: generator.first() }],
+        })
+
+        expect(result).toEqual({
+          allValid: true,
+          errors: {},
+          invalidColumns: [],
+          schemaValidation: {
+            id: true,
+            name: true,
+          },
+        })
+      })
+    })
   })
 })
diff --git a/packages/server/src/tests/utilities/api/table.ts b/packages/server/src/tests/utilities/api/table.ts
index c42247dc59..9d4a92250a 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/tests/utilities/api/table.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/tests/utilities/api/table.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import {
   SaveTableResponse,
   Table,
   TableSchema,
+  ValidateTableImportRequest,
   ValidateTableImportResponse,
 } from "@budibase/types"
 import { Expectations, TestAPI } from "./base"
@@ -85,4 +86,17 @@ export class TableAPI extends TestAPI {
       }
     )
   }
+
+  validateExistingTableImport = async (
+    body: ValidateTableImportRequest,
+    expectations?: Expectations
+  ): Promise<ValidateTableImportResponse> => {
+    return await this._post<ValidateTableImportResponse>(
+      `/api/tables/validateExistingTableImport`,
+      {
+        body,
+        expectations,
+      }
+    )
+  }
 }