diff --git a/core/server/api/shared/pipeline.js b/core/server/api/shared/pipeline.js
index 1ea6490661f4..a37af2a5eb10 100644
--- a/core/server/api/shared/pipeline.js
+++ b/core/server/api/shared/pipeline.js
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ const STAGES = {
          *
          * We call the shared validator which runs the request through:
          *
-         * 1. Shared serializers
-         * 2. Custom API serializers
+         * 1. Shared validator
+         * 2. Custom API validators
          *
          * @param {Object} apiUtils - Local utils of target API version.
          * @param {Object} apiConfig - Docname & Method of ctrl.
diff --git a/core/server/api/v2/oembed.js b/core/server/api/v2/oembed.js
index e7dff7cfa5c0..4efd21df4c1f 100644
--- a/core/server/api/v2/oembed.js
+++ b/core/server/api/v2/oembed.js
@@ -44,12 +44,6 @@ module.exports = {
         query({data}) {
             let {url} = data;
 
-            if (!url || !url.trim()) {
-                return Promise.reject(new common.errors.BadRequestError({
-                    message: common.i18n.t('errors.api.oembed.noUrlProvided')
-                }));
-            }
-
             function unknownProvider() {
                 return Promise.reject(new common.errors.ValidationError({
                     message: common.i18n.t('errors.api.oembed.unknownProvider'),
diff --git a/core/server/api/v2/utils/validators/input/index.js b/core/server/api/v2/utils/validators/input/index.js
index ade462c797bd..e028d441d078 100644
--- a/core/server/api/v2/utils/validators/input/index.js
+++ b/core/server/api/v2/utils/validators/input/index.js
@@ -37,5 +37,9 @@ module.exports = {
 
     get images() {
         return require('./images');
+    },
+
+    get oembed() {
+        return require('./oembed');
     }
 };
diff --git a/core/server/api/v2/utils/validators/input/oembed.js b/core/server/api/v2/utils/validators/input/oembed.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9ebbf25a766b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/server/api/v2/utils/validators/input/oembed.js
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+const Promise = require('bluebird');
+const common = require('../../../../../lib/common');
+
+module.exports = {
+    read(apiConfig, frame) {
+        if (!frame.data.url || !frame.data.url.trim()) {
+            return Promise.reject(new common.errors.BadRequestError({
+                message: common.i18n.t('errors.api.oembed.noUrlProvided')
+            }));
+        }
+    }
+};