As you type in an address, a message will appear in the dropdown.
The following response codes can be returned by the API:
| Status Code | Reason phrase | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 200 | Success | Request processed successfully. |
| 204 | No Content | Request processed successfully, but there is no content to be returned. |
| 400 | Bad Request | Request failed due to malformed syntax. |
| 401 | Unauthorized | Auth-Token provided is incorrect. Sign in to the Self Service Portal to find the right token. |
| 403 | Forbidden | Request is not authorized to use this service. |
| 404 | Not Found | Request is not found. |
| 406 | Not Acceptable | Request is not in an acceptable format. |
| 408 | Request Timeout | Your request has timed out (the web server failed to respond in the specified time frame). Try submitting another request. If the issue persists, contact us. |
| 415 | Unsupported Media Type | You've specified an invalid Content-Type header. Try submitting another call and make sure you specify a valid Content-Type value. |
| 429 | Too many requests | Too many requests were sent. To protect all customers, your account has been temporarily throttled. Check our rate limiting for more details. |
| 500 | Internal Server Error | An unexpected server error was encountered. Try submitting another request. If the issue persists, contact us. |
| 503 | Service Unavailable | Service unavailable. Check service status for up-to-date information. |
| Validation Message | Description |
|---|---|
| Validated | Request processed successfully. |
| Manual entry by user | A user has entered an unvalidated address. |
Time stamps will tell you at what time the address was validated.
| API confidence | API Verbose | Validation Message shown | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| verified | verified | The mailbox exists and is verified. | The mailbox exists, is reachable, and is not known to be illegitimate or disposable. |
| undeliverable | mailboxDisabled | The mailbox is disabled. | The mailbox is disabled. |
| mailboxDoesNotExist | The mailbox does not exist. | The mailbox does not exist. | |
| mailboxFull | The mailbox is full. | The mailbox is full. | |
| syntaxFailure | The email syntax is incorrect. | The syntax of the specified email address is incorrect. | |
| unreachable | unreachable | No response from domain. | The domain is not responding to validation requests or does not have any active mail servers. |
| illegitimate | illegitimate | Technical role account or inactive. | Seed, spamtrap, black hole, technical role account or inactive domain. |
| roleAccount | Role account. i.e. support@, sales@, info@ | Role accounts such as support@, sales@, info@ etc. | |
| typoDomain | Likely domain typo. | The domain of the email address you've provided was close to a common domain and, although it exists, it is highly unlikely to be correct. | |
| localPartSpamTrap | Potential spam trap. | Known local portions of the email address that may indicate spam traps. | |
| Profanity | The email address contains profanity. | The email address contains profanity. | |
| disposable | disposable | Domain is administered by a disposable email provider. | The domain is administered by a disposable email provider (e.g. Mailinator). |
| unknown | unknown | Unable to determine mailbox status. | We were unable to conclusively verify or invalidate the email address. |
| timeout | Domain took too long to respond. | The request timed out due to the host domain not responding in time. | |
| acceptAll | Domain does not provide mailbox status. | The domain is accept-all, so the email address cannot be validated. | |
| relayDenied | Mail exchanger.issue. | The result was validated at the incorrect mail exchanger. | |
| BLANK | Rate limit exceeded. | You are submitting requests at a faster rate than allowed by the email service providers for the domains you are checking. |
Time stamps will tell you at what time the email was validated.
There are several types of phones that are available. All phone types can be viewed in our Phone validation documentation.
If the response code is 200, you will also see a confidence level. All confidence levels can be viewed in our Phone validation documentation.
The validation message will be a combination of phone type and the confidence. For example: Type: Mobile. Status:Veified
Time stamps will tell you at what time the phone number was validated.
