---
title: "Email Validation"
method: POST
path: "/validate-single-email"
tags: ["People Enrichment"]
---

# Email Validation

`POST /validate-single-email`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.enrichley.io/api/v1`
- URL: `https://api.enrichley.io/api/v1/validate-single-email`
- Auth: API key in header `X-Api-Key`

Validate a single email address and return its validation and enrichment status. Response headers include rate limit and credits information: `x-ratelimit-limit`, `x-ratelimit-remaining`, `x-ratelimit-reset`, and `x-credits-remaining`.

## Request body

- object
  - `email` string, email, required: The email address to validate.

## Response `200`

Email validation and enrichment result.

- object
  - `email` string, email, required: The email address that was validated.
  - `valid` boolean: Whether the email is considered deliverable.
  - `result` 'ok' | 'catch_all_validated' | 'catch_all' | 'invalid' | 'unknown': High-level validation result. Possible values: - `ok` — the email is valid ✅ - `catch_all_validated` — the email is a catch-all but was validated ✅ - `catch_all` — the email is a catch-all ❌ - `invalid` — the email is invalid and should not be used ❌ - `unknown` — the validation status could not be retrieved ❌
  - `mx_domain` string: MX domain used by your recipient's email.
  - `email_type` string: Email type classification (for example, `business` or `personal`).
  - `mx_provider` string: MX provider used by your recpipient's email.
  - `credits_consumed` boolean: Whether this request consumed a credit.
  - `mx_secure_email_gateway` boolean: Whether your recipient's email is behind a secure email gateway.

## Other responses

- `400`: Invalid request or missing parameters.
- `401`: Invalid or missing API key.
- `429`: Rate limit exceeded.
- `500`: Server error.

---

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