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Validate SSN and Name

Validate a SSN

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Check if the Social Security Number is within the acceptable range, and match against the First and Last Name.

get/doLookup

Request

  • Base URL
    https://namessn.melissadata.net/v4/web/SSN
  • Auth
    none required

Query parameters

tstring

Transmission Reference - Serves as a unique request identifier.

idstring password required

Required. The License Key issued by Melissa.

ssnstring required

Required. This is a string value containing the Social Security Number. All hyphens are ignored when submitting the SSN. We recommended using only numbers when submitting the SSN.

firststring required

Required. The given (first) name.

laststring required

Required. The family (last) name.

fullstring

Required. This field can contain a full name. We will parse and check Names only if the First Name and Last Name fields are left blank.

formatstring

Sets the format of the response.

Headers

Accept'application/json' | '*/*' required

Format of the response.

Content-Type'application/json' | 'application/xml' required

Format of the request.

Response

Successful response

TransmissionResultsstring

Lists error codes from any errors caused by the most recent request as a whole. For more information, see SSN Name Match Result Codes.

TransmissionReferencestring

A pass-through of the input TransmissionReference field.

Versionstring

The current service version number.

TotalRecordsstring

Total number of records.

Changes