From 48e13788c16692e3795483fc589b8b3f6a8ab657 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dongdong Tian <seisman.info@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2024 17:28:45 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] Make _validate_data_input public and move it to
 Session.virtualfile_in

---
 pygmt/clib/session.py     | 10 ++++++++++
 pygmt/helpers/__init__.py |  1 +
 pygmt/helpers/utils.py    | 11 +----------
 3 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pygmt/clib/session.py b/pygmt/clib/session.py
index 1e9489d4720..7a8981fc920 100644
--- a/pygmt/clib/session.py
+++ b/pygmt/clib/session.py
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
     data_kind,
     tempfile_from_geojson,
     tempfile_from_image,
+    validate_data_input,
 )
 
 FAMILIES = [
@@ -1594,6 +1595,15 @@ def virtualfile_in(  # noqa: PLR0912
         kind = data_kind(
             data, x, y, z, required_z=required_z, required_data=required_data
         )
+        validate_data_input(
+            data=data,
+            x=x,
+            y=y,
+            z=z,
+            required_z=required_z,
+            required_data=required_data,
+            kind=kind,
+        )
 
         if check_kind:
             valid_kinds = ("file", "arg") if required_data is False else ("file",)
diff --git a/pygmt/helpers/__init__.py b/pygmt/helpers/__init__.py
index 128b1e31a18..aa87b9d4887 100644
--- a/pygmt/helpers/__init__.py
+++ b/pygmt/helpers/__init__.py
@@ -22,5 +22,6 @@
     is_nonstr_iter,
     launch_external_viewer,
     non_ascii_to_octal,
+    validate_data_input,
 )
 from pygmt.helpers.validators import validate_output_table_type
diff --git a/pygmt/helpers/utils.py b/pygmt/helpers/utils.py
index 8997a2b0df1..060c357b6da 100644
--- a/pygmt/helpers/utils.py
+++ b/pygmt/helpers/utils.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 from pygmt.exceptions import GMTInvalidInput
 
 
-def _validate_data_input(
+def validate_data_input(
     data=None, x=None, y=None, z=None, required_z=False, required_data=True, kind=None
 ):
     """
@@ -193,15 +193,6 @@ def data_kind(data=None, x=None, y=None, z=None, required_z=False, required_data
         kind = "matrix"
     else:
         kind = "vectors"
-    _validate_data_input(
-        data=data,
-        x=x,
-        y=y,
-        z=z,
-        required_z=required_z,
-        required_data=required_data,
-        kind=kind,
-    )
     return kind