Quick Verification

Single Email — Validate instantly

Send one email, get the result back immediately. No polling.

Server timeout is 100 seconds. If it times out, you get a 408, and the credit is deducted. within 24 hours of the initial request, resending the same request is free and returns the same verification.

post/validate_email

Request

  • Base URL: https://api.scrubby.io
  • URL: https://api.scrubby.io/validate_email
  • Auth: API key in header x-api-key

Request body

emailstring email required

The email address to validate.

Example request

{
  "email": "john.doe@company.com"
}

Response

Validation complete. Read the result field.

emailstring

The email that was validated.

result'Valid' | 'Invalid' | 'Risky' | 'Unknown'

Valid = safe to send. Invalid = do not send. Risky = deliverable but risky. Unknown = could not be determined.

statusstring

Detailed status code (e.g. OK, HARD_BOUNCE, SOFT_BOUNCE).

quick_status'OK' | 'HARD_BOUNCE' | 'SOFT_BOUNCE' | 'UNKNOWN'

OK = safe. HARD_BOUNCE = invalid. SOFT_BOUNCE = temporarily undeliverable. UNKNOWN = undetermined.

credits_usedinteger

Credits consumed by this request.

remaining_creditsinteger

Credits left in your account.

retry_after_secondsinteger

Seconds to wait before retrying. 0 means no retry needed.

Example response

{
  "email": "john.doe@company.com",
  "result": "Valid",
  "status": "OK",
  "quick_status": "OK",
  "credits_used": 1,
  "remaining_credits": 99
}

Changes

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