diff --git a/ccm-apiclient-commons/src/main/typescript/ccm-apiclient-commons.ts b/ccm-apiclient-commons/src/main/typescript/ccm-apiclient-commons.ts
index 9344fd886..33bc552a6 100644
--- a/ccm-apiclient-commons/src/main/typescript/ccm-apiclient-commons.ts
+++ b/ccm-apiclient-commons/src/main/typescript/ccm-apiclient-commons.ts
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@ export * from "./entities";
 export { LibreCcmApiClient, ApiResponse, ApiError, buildUrl };
 
 /**
- * Build an client for the LibreCCM RESTful API suitable for use in 
+ * Build an client for the LibreCCM RESTful API suitable for use in
  * clientside code served by the Application Server.
- * 
- * The base URL for accessing the LibreCCM RESTful API is automatically 
+ *
+ * The base URL for accessing the LibreCCM RESTful API is automatically
  * determined from the URL of the current document. The API client will
  * use the credentials stored in the browser (cookies) to authenticate itself.
  */
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ export function buildEmbeddedApiClient(): LibreCcmApiClient {
 
 /**
  * Builds a client for the LibreCCM RESTful API suitable for running in a browser.
- * 
+ *
  * @param baseUrl The URL of the LibreCCM installation to access, including the port.
  * @param jwt The JSON Web Token to use by the client to authenticate itself.
  */
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ export function buildRemoteApiClient(
 /**
  * Builds a client for the LibreCCM RESTful API suitable for running inside a node.js
  * environment.
- * 
+ *
  * @param baseUrl The URL of the LibreCCM installation to access, including the port.
  * @param jwt The JSON Web Token to use by the client to authenticate itself.
  */
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ export function buildNodeApiClient(
  * Builds an isomorphic client for the LibreCCM RESTful API which will work in the
  * browser and in a node.js environment. Use this function to create an API client
  * for JavaScript applications which use Server-Side-Rendering.
- * 
+ *
  * @param baseUrl The URL of the LibreCCM installation to access, including the port.
  * @param jwt The JSON Web Token to use by the client to authenticate itself.
  */
@@ -88,3 +88,54 @@ export function buildIsomorpicApiClient(
     const nodeClient: LibreCcmApiClient = buildNodeApiClient(baseUrl, jwt);
     return new IsomorphicClientImpl(fetchClient, nodeClient);
 }
+
+/**
+ * An utility function for checking if an record has specific properties.
+ *
+ * @param record The record to check.
+ * @param properties The required properties.
+ *
+ * @return `true` if all properties are found in the record, `false` otherwise.
+ */
+export function hasProperties(
+    record: Record<string, unknown>,
+    properties: string[]
+): boolean {
+    const keys = Object.keys(record);
+    return properties.every((property) => keys.includes(property));
+}
+
+/**
+ * An utility function for checking if an record has specific properties. If
+ * one of the properties is not found, the function will throw an error.
+ *
+ * @param record The record to check.
+ * @param properties The required properties.
+ */
+export function assertProperties(
+    record: Record<string, unknown>,
+    properties: string[]
+): void {
+    const missing = findMissingProperties(record, properties);
+    if (missing.length > 0) {
+        throw `record is missing the following required properties:
+         ${missing.join(",")}`;
+    }
+}
+
+/**
+ * An utility function which checks which of the given properties the provided
+ * record is missing.
+ *
+ * @param record  The record to check.
+ * @param properties The requird properties.
+ *
+ * @return An array with all missing properties.
+ */
+export function findMissingProperties(
+    record: Record<string, unknown>,
+    properties: string[]
+): string[] {
+    const keys = Object.keys(record);
+    return properties.filter((property) => !keys.includes(property));
+}