protected function validate_request( $id, $type, $context ) {

		if ( 'shop_order' === $type || 'shop_coupon' === $type || 'shop_webhook' === $type ) {
			$resource_name = str_replace( 'shop_', '', $type );
		} else {
			$resource_name = $type;
		}

		$id = absint( $id );

		// Validate ID
		if ( empty( $id ) ) {
			return new WP_Error( "woocommerce_api_invalid_{$resource_name}_id", sprintf( __( 'Invalid %s ID', 'woocommerce' ), $type ), array( 'status' => 404 ) );
		}

		// Only custom post types have per-post type/permission checks
		if ( 'customer' !== $type ) {

			$post = get_post( $id );

			if ( null === $post ) {
				return new WP_Error( "woocommerce_api_no_{$resource_name}_found", sprintf( __( 'No %1$s found with the ID equal to %2$s', 'woocommerce' ), $resource_name, $id ), array( 'status' => 404 ) );
			}

			// For checking permissions, product variations are the same as the product post type
			$post_type = ( 'product_variation' === $post->post_type ) ? 'product' : $post->post_type;

			// Validate post type
			if ( $type !== $post_type ) {
				return new WP_Error( "woocommerce_api_invalid_{$resource_name}", sprintf( __( 'Invalid %s', 'woocommerce' ), $resource_name ), array( 'status' => 404 ) );
			}

			// Validate permissions
			switch ( $context ) {

				case 'read':
					if ( ! $this->is_readable( $post ) ) {
						return new WP_Error( "woocommerce_api_user_cannot_read_{$resource_name}", sprintf( __( 'You do not have permission to read this %s', 'woocommerce' ), $resource_name ), array( 'status' => 401 ) );
					}
					break;

				case 'edit':
					if ( ! $this->is_editable( $post ) ) {
						return new WP_Error( "woocommerce_api_user_cannot_edit_{$resource_name}", sprintf( __( 'You do not have permission to edit this %s', 'woocommerce' ), $resource_name ), array( 'status' => 401 ) );
					}
					break;

				case 'delete':
					if ( ! $this->is_deletable( $post ) ) {
						return new WP_Error( "woocommerce_api_user_cannot_delete_{$resource_name}", sprintf( __( 'You do not have permission to delete this %s', 'woocommerce' ), $resource_name ), array( 'status' => 401 ) );
					}
					break;
			}
		}

		return $id;
	}