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# validateExistingPaymentCollectionStep - Medusa Core Workflows Reference

This documentation provides a reference to the `validateExistingPaymentCollectionStep`. It belongs to the `@medusajs/medusa/core-flows` package.

This step validates that a cart doesn't have a payment collection.
If the cart has a payment collection, the step throws an error.

:::tip

You can use the [retrieveCartStep](https://docs.medusajs.com/references/medusa-workflows/steps/retrieveCartStep) to retrieve a cart's details.

:::

## Example

```ts
const data = validateExistingPaymentCollectionStep({
  cart: {
    // other cart details...
    payment_collection: {
      id: "paycol_123",
      // other payment collection details.
    }
  }
})
```

## Input

- ValidateExistingPaymentCollectionStepInput: (\[ValidateExistingPaymentCollectionStepInput]\(../../../../core\_core\_flows\_src/types/core\_flows.core\_core\_flows\_src.ValidateExistingPaymentCollectionStepInput/page.mdx))

  - ValidateExistingPaymentCollectionStepInput: (\`object\`) The details of the cart to validate its payment collection.


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