---
title: "Validate an email address (real-time SMTP probe)"
method: POST
path: "/api/v1/email/validate"
---

# Validate an email address (real-time SMTP probe)

`POST /api/v1/email/validate`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://www.startuphub.ai`
- URL: `https://www.startuphub.ai/api/v1/email/validate`
- Auth: API key in header `x-api-key`

## Request body

- object
  - `email` string, email, required

## Response `200`

Validation verdict + signals

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[API](https://skmtc.dev/startuphub/apis/startuphub-ai-api.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/startuphub/apis/startuphub-ai-api/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/startuphub/apis/startuphub-ai-api/revisions/efec594a9fb1?raw)