Single Verification
Single verification let you verify single emails and catch additional information relate to the email.
Our API can be easily integrated into your signup or onboarding process with just one request.
Billing
Each verification performed over the Single
endpoints cost 1 credit. Duplicate verifications requests and bad syntax data are included.
GET
https://app.truemail.io/api/v1/verify/single?access_token={api_key}&email={email}
Query Parameters
Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
string | Email address to validate. | |
access_token | string | Application api token |
address_info | number | Include additional email information to response. |
timeout | number | Maximum time in seconds after which you get a response. |
Get single verify status
GET
https://app.truemail.io/api/v1/verify/status?access_token={api_key}&email_id={email_id}
This endpoint enables you to get a single verify status.
Query Parameters
Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
access_token | string | Application api token |
email_id | number | Email id. |
The Timeout Parameter
The timeout parameter informs the API for how much time it needs to verify an email before giving up and coming back with an unknown
result code. The total request time can exceed this timeout, as network latency is not taken into consideration. This can be helpful when verifying emails at the point of entry to prevent long wait times for your users.
Usage Guidelines
Please be sure to review our usage guidelines for the API here.
Handling Aliases
When verifying emails that contain aliases that use a +
character extra consideration needs to be taken when encoding these for x-www-form-urlencoded
content-types. Make sure this character is being encoded as %2B
, as the +
character is treated as a non-breaking space when the string is decoded.
Result Codes
The result
property contains a string that correlates to a result codes listed in the table below. For detailed information about result codes visit our help center.
Result Code | Description |
valid | Verified as real address |
invalid | Verified as not valid |
disposable | A temporary, disposable address |
catchall | A domain wide-setting, also known as Accept-all |
unknown | The server cannot be reached |
Flags
The flags give you extra data that was found out about the domain during verification. Below is a list of common flags you can face.
Flag | Description |
has_dns | The input has one or more DNS records associated with the hostname. |
has_dns_mx | The input has mail exchanger DNS records configured. |
bad_syntax | The input given doesn't appear to be an email. |
disposable_email | The input given is a disposable email. |
spelling_mistake | The input was misspelled |
role_account | This email is a role-based email address |
connect_fails | Unable to connect to remote host. |
international_host | INT designated domain names. |
accepts_all | Remote host accepts mail at any address. |
contains_alias | The email address supplied contains an address part and an alias part. |
acedemic_host | The input given is a acedemic email. |
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