diff --git a/internal/router/api/v1/digitalocean.go b/internal/router/api/v1/digitalocean.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0a9abf45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/router/api/v1/digitalocean.go
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+/*
+Copyright (C) 2021-2024, Kubefirst
+
+This program is licensed under MIT.
+See the LICENSE file for more details.
+*/
+package api
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"net/http"
+
+	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
+	"github.com/kubefirst/kubefirst-api/internal/types"
+	"github.com/kubefirst/runtime/pkg/digitalocean"
+)
+
+func PostValidateDigitalOceanDomain(c *gin.Context) {
+	domainName, exists := c.Params.Get("domain")
+	if !exists {
+		c.JSON(http.StatusBadRequest, types.JSONFailureResponse{
+			Message: ":domain parameter not provided in request",
+		})
+		return
+	}
+
+	var request types.DigitalOceanDomainValidationRequest
+	err := c.Bind(&request)
+	if err != nil {
+		c.JSON(http.StatusBadRequest, types.JSONFailureResponse{
+			Message: err.Error(),
+		})
+		return
+	}
+
+	digitaloceanConf := digitalocean.DigitaloceanConfiguration{
+		Client:  digitalocean.NewDigitalocean(request.Token),
+		Context: context.Background(),
+	}
+
+	validated := digitaloceanConf.TestDomainLiveness(domainName)
+	if !validated {
+		c.JSON(http.StatusBadRequest, types.JSONFailureResponse{
+			Message: "domain validation failed",
+		})
+		return
+	}
+
+	c.JSON(http.StatusOK, types.DigitalOceanDomainValidationResponse{
+		Validated: validated,
+	})
+}
diff --git a/internal/router/api/v1/secrets.go b/internal/router/api/v1/secrets.go
index 252442da..55295b46 100644
--- a/internal/router/api/v1/secrets.go
+++ b/internal/router/api/v1/secrets.go
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/kubefirst/kubefirst-api/pkg/k8s"
 )
 
-
 func GetClusterSecret(c *gin.Context) {
 	clusterName, param := c.Params.Get("cluster_name")
 	if !param {
@@ -46,7 +45,7 @@ func GetClusterSecret(c *gin.Context) {
 
 	kcfg := k8s.CreateKubeConfig(false, fmt.Sprintf("%s/kubeconfig", clusterDir))
 
-	secrets, err := k8s.ReadSecretV2(kcfg.Clientset,"kubefirst",secret)
+	secrets, err := k8s.ReadSecretV2(kcfg.Clientset, "kubefirst", secret)
 	if err != nil {
 		c.JSON(http.StatusBadRequest, types.JSONFailureResponse{
 			Message: err.Error(),
@@ -95,7 +94,7 @@ func UpdateClusterSecret(c *gin.Context) {
 
 	kcfg := k8s.CreateKubeConfig(false, fmt.Sprintf("%s/kubeconfig", clusterDir))
 
-	err = k8s.UpdateSecretV2(kcfg.Clientset,"kubefirst",secret, clusterSecretUpdates)
+	err = k8s.UpdateSecretV2(kcfg.Clientset, "kubefirst", secret, clusterSecretUpdates)
 	if err != nil {
 		c.JSON(http.StatusBadRequest, types.JSONFailureResponse{
 			Message: err.Error(),
@@ -107,4 +106,3 @@ func UpdateClusterSecret(c *gin.Context) {
 		Message: "cluster secret updated",
 	})
 }
-
diff --git a/internal/router/router.go b/internal/router/router.go
index 2da13e49..c4570830 100644
--- a/internal/router/router.go
+++ b/internal/router/router.go
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ func SetupRouter() *gin.Engine {
 		v1.GET("/cluster/:cluster_name/export", middleware.ValidateAPIKey(), router.GetExportCluster)
 		v1.POST("/cluster/:cluster_name/reset_progress", middleware.ValidateAPIKey(), router.PostResetClusterProgress)
 		v1.POST("/cluster/:cluster_name/:cloud_provider/kubeconfig", middleware.ValidateAPIKey(), router.GetClusterKubeconfig)
-		
+
 		// Cluster Secret
 		v1.GET("/secret/:cluster_name/:secret", router.GetClusterSecret)
 		v1.POST("/secret/:cluster_name/:secret", router.UpdateClusterSecret)
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ func SetupRouter() *gin.Engine {
 		v1.POST("/domain/:dns_provider", middleware.ValidateAPIKey(), router.PostDomains)
 		v1.GET("/domain/validate/aws/:domain", middleware.ValidateAPIKey(), router.GetValidateAWSDomain)
 		v1.GET("/domain/validate/civo/:domain", middleware.ValidateAPIKey(), router.GetValidateCivoDomain)
-		// v1.GET("/domain/validate/digitalocean/:domain", middleware.ValidateAPIKey(), router.GetValidateDigitalOceanDomain)
+		v1.POST("/domain/validate/digitalocean/:domain", middleware.ValidateAPIKey(), router.PostValidateDigitalOceanDomain)
 		// v1.GET("/domain/validate/vultr/:domain", middleware.ValidateAPIKey(), router.GetValidateVultrDomain)
 		// v1.GET("/domain/validate/google/:domain", middleware.ValidateAPIKey(), router.GetValidateGoogleDomain)
 		// Regions
@@ -99,8 +99,6 @@ func SetupRouter() *gin.Engine {
 		// Event streaming
 		v1.GET("/stream", router.GetLogs)
 
-		
-		
 		// Telemetry
 		v1.POST("/telemetry/:cluster_name", middleware.ValidateAPIKey(), router.PostTelemetry)
 	}
diff --git a/internal/types/validation.go b/internal/types/validation.go
index aa8e3eb2..0cc09126 100644
--- a/internal/types/validation.go
+++ b/internal/types/validation.go
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ type CivoDomainValidationResponse struct {
 
 // DigitalOceanDomainValidationRequest /digitalocean/domain/validate required parameters
 type DigitalOceanDomainValidationRequest struct {
-	CloudRegion string `json:"cloud_region"`
+	Token string `json:"token"`
 }
 
 // DigitalOceanDomainValidationResponse is the response for the /digitalocean/domain/validate route
diff --git a/pkg/constants/cloudProviderDefaults.go b/pkg/constants/cloudProviderDefaults.go
index 523e9e3c..94fedffa 100644
--- a/pkg/constants/cloudProviderDefaults.go
+++ b/pkg/constants/cloudProviderDefaults.go
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@ var cloudProviderDefaults = types.CloudProviderDefaults{
 
 func GetCloudDefaults() types.CloudProviderDefaults {
 	return cloudProviderDefaults
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/pkg/k8s/secret.go b/pkg/k8s/secret.go
index 834c487a..5b49cf7d 100644
--- a/pkg/k8s/secret.go
+++ b/pkg/k8s/secret.go
@@ -57,13 +57,13 @@ func UpdateSecretV2(clientset *kubernetes.Clientset, namespace string, secretNam
 
 	// create map to iterate over values to change
 	secretsToUpdateMap := make(map[string]string)
-	err = json.Unmarshal(secretsToUpdate,&secretsToUpdateMap)
+	err = json.Unmarshal(secretsToUpdate, &secretsToUpdateMap)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
 	currentSecret, err := clientset.CoreV1().Secrets(namespace).Get(context.Background(), secretName, metav1.GetOptions{})
-	if err != nil{
+	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/k8s/types.go b/pkg/k8s/types.go
index 92a943c5..63cb4ac9 100644
--- a/pkg/k8s/types.go
+++ b/pkg/k8s/types.go
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@ type KubernetesClient struct {
 	Clientset      *kubernetes.Clientset
 	RestConfig     *rest.Config
 	KubeConfigPath string
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}