Validation

Validate an email address

Checks the format and, by default, that the domain has a real mail server (MX record). An invalid email is still a successful call (valid=false).

Costs 1 credit per call.

post/validate-email

Request

  • Base URL: https://api.cofferdock.com
  • URL: https://api.cofferdock.com/validate-email
  • Auth: API key in header x-api-key

Request body

emailstring required

The email address to check.

check_mxboolean

true (default) = also check that the domain can receive email (MX records).

Response

Result.

successboolean
validboolean
format_validboolean
mx_foundboolean nullable
domainstring nullable
reasonstring

Changes

No recorded changes to this operation across all 1 revision of this API.