diff --git a/gateway-service/src/main/java/org/zowe/apiml/gateway/conformance/ValidateAPIController.java b/gateway-service/src/main/java/org/zowe/apiml/gateway/conformance/ValidateAPIController.java
index d43799c825..91753c5953 100644
--- a/gateway-service/src/main/java/org/zowe/apiml/gateway/conformance/ValidateAPIController.java
+++ b/gateway-service/src/main/java/org/zowe/apiml/gateway/conformance/ValidateAPIController.java
@@ -115,6 +115,12 @@ public ResponseEntity<String> checkConformance(@PathVariable String serviceId) {
     @HystrixCommand
     public ResponseEntity<String> checkValidateLegacy(@RequestBody String serviceId) {
 
+        System.out.println(serviceId);
+
+        if (serviceId.startsWith("serviceID")) {
+            serviceId = serviceId.replace("serviceID=", "");
+        }
+        System.out.println(serviceId);
         return checkConformance(serviceId);
     }
 
diff --git a/integration-tests/src/test/java/org/zowe/apiml/functional/gateway/ValidateAPITest.java b/integration-tests/src/test/java/org/zowe/apiml/functional/gateway/ValidateAPITest.java
index 81ad2871fe..6afec748bb 100644
--- a/integration-tests/src/test/java/org/zowe/apiml/functional/gateway/ValidateAPITest.java
+++ b/integration-tests/src/test/java/org/zowe/apiml/functional/gateway/ValidateAPITest.java
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 
 import io.restassured.RestAssured;
 import org.apache.http.HttpStatus;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.zowe.apiml.util.TestWithStartedInstances;
 import org.zowe.apiml.util.categories.GatewayTest;
@@ -25,37 +26,72 @@
  * This is an integration test class for ValidateAPIController.java
  * It tests ValidateAPIController with service verificationOnboardService.java
  * <p>
- * The test senario is:
+ * The test scenario is:
  * Send serviceId to validateAPIController then the controller will call verificationOnboardService.java
  * to check if the service is registered and metadata can be retrieved then it will return appropriate message
- * The controller recieve the response from the service and then will post response.
+ * The controller receive the response from the service and then will post response.
  */
 @GatewayTest
 public class ValidateAPITest implements TestWithStartedInstances {
 
-    private String gatewayUrl;
 
+    @BeforeEach
+    public void relaxedHTTPS() {
+        RestAssured.useRelaxedHTTPSValidation();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    @TestsNotMeantForZowe
+    void testPostEndpoint() {
+        given()
+            .log().all()
+            .param("serviceID","discoverableclient")
+            .when()
+            .post(getLegacyEndpointURLPost())
+            .then()
+            .assertThat()
+            .statusCode(HttpStatus.SC_OK);
 
-    public ValidateAPITest() {
-        initGatewayService();
     }
 
     @Test
     @TestsNotMeantForZowe
-    void givenValidServiceId() {
+    void testGetEndpoint() {
         given()
             .log().all()
-            .body("discoverableclient")
             .when()
-            .post(gatewayUrl)
+            .get(getEndpointURLGet() + "/discoverableclient")
             .then()
             .assertThat()
             .statusCode(HttpStatus.SC_OK);
 
     }
 
+    @Test
+    @TestsNotMeantForZowe
+    void testGetEndpointNonConformant() {
+        given()
+            .log().all()
+            .when()
+            .get(getEndpointURLGet() + "/nonConformantServiceBecauseNameIsTooLongAndContainsCapitalLettersqwertyuiop")
+            .then()
+            .assertThat()
+            .statusCode(HttpStatus.SC_BAD_REQUEST);
+
+    }
+
+    private String getEndpointURLGet() {
+        GatewayServiceConfiguration gatewayServiceConfiguration = ConfigReader.environmentConfiguration().getGatewayServiceConfiguration();
+        String gatewayScheme = gatewayServiceConfiguration.getScheme();
+        String gatewayHost = gatewayServiceConfiguration.getHost();
+        int gatewayPort = gatewayServiceConfiguration.getExternalPort();
+        RestAssured.port = gatewayPort;
+        RestAssured.useRelaxedHTTPSValidation();
+
+        return String.format("%s://%s:%d%s", gatewayScheme, gatewayHost, gatewayPort, "/gateway/api/v1/conformance");
+    }
 
-    private void initGatewayService() {
+    private String getLegacyEndpointURLPost() {
         GatewayServiceConfiguration gatewayServiceConfiguration = ConfigReader.environmentConfiguration().getGatewayServiceConfiguration();
         String gatewayScheme = gatewayServiceConfiguration.getScheme();
         String gatewayHost = gatewayServiceConfiguration.getHost();
@@ -63,6 +99,6 @@ private void initGatewayService() {
         RestAssured.port = gatewayPort;
         RestAssured.useRelaxedHTTPSValidation();
 
-        gatewayUrl = String.format("%s://%s:%d%s", gatewayScheme, gatewayHost, gatewayPort, "/validate");
+        return String.format("%s://%s:%d%s", gatewayScheme, gatewayHost, gatewayPort, "/validate");
     }
 }