Attempts to validate the domain, account, and type of an email address. Note: only old everythinglocation keys will work with this service. Resource URL: https://api.everythinglocation.com/email/verify
Please note that we don’t support API connections using HTTP - all calls should use HTTPS.

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Resource Information

  • Preferred method: GET, POST
  • Response formats: JSON, XML, HTML
  • Requires authentication? Yes, valid API key
  • Chargeable? Yes

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Request Parameters

NameDescription
lqtkey (Required)A valid API key with sufficient credit available to process the requested transactions.

Example: BFtd2UpC8Gl1jU1pPnDZIVpoz2XnBMyWEfVcAfoI
email (Required)The full email address to be submitted for verification. This endpoint supports only one email address per call.

Example: …email=john.doe@everythinglocation.com

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Response Parameters

NameDescription
StatusThe result of your call. “OK” indicates success, any other status indicates an error.

Example: “Status”:“OK”
email[]The array containing the response. Each result will contain the following fields:
  • email: the email address as entered at input
  • host_domain: the domain part of the input email address
  • email_status: can be valid, invalid, accept_all, or unknown
  • secondary_status (not returned when empty): possible field values include:
  • role_address
  • disposable
  • email_address_invalid (if email_status = invalid)
  • email_domain_invalid (if email_status = invalid)
  • email_account_invalid (if email_status = invalid)

When email_status = unknown, the process on the given record is not charged.

Sample JSON output[] is enclosed below.

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Example Request

GET http://api.everythinglocation.com/email/verify
?lqtkey=BFtd2UpC8Gl1jU1pPnDZIVpoz2XnBMyWEfVcAfoI
&email=john.doe@everythinglocation.com

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Example Response

200 OK
Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf8
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2016 12:09:25 GMT
Server: Apache
X-Powered-By: PHP/5.4.16
Content-Length: 1912
Connection: keep-alive
{
   "Status" : "OK",
   "email" : [
      {
         "email" : "john.doe@everythinglocation.com",
         "host_domain" : "everythinglocation.com",
         "email_status" : "valid"
      }
   ]
}