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POST
people.email.verify

Authorizations

Authorization
string
header
required

API key: sk_live_…

Headers

Idempotency-Key
string

Optional. A retry with the same key returns the stored result.

Maximum string length: 255
Pramaan-Max-Price-Micro
string

Optional. The most this request may be priced at, in micro-USD (a whole number above 0). It replaces the capability's own price ceiling for this request, lower or higher. Sources that could cost more are left out; when none is left the answer is 400 with the lowest limit that would work.

Pattern: ^[1-9]\d{0,14}$
Pramaan-Second-Opinion
enum<string>

Optional. true: when the first answer is weak (for example an address on an accept-all domain), ask one more source. You pay for each source that answered. The response header X-Pramaan-Second-Opinion says when a second source was asked.

Available options:
true

Body

application/json
email
string
required

The email address to check.

Required string length: 1 - 320

Response

The result

email
string
required

The address that was checked.

deliverable
boolean
required

Whether the address accepts mail.

status
enum<string>
required

valid: accepts mail. invalid: bounces. accept_all: the domain accepts everything, so the address cannot be confirmed. unknown: could not be determined.

Available options:
valid,
invalid,
accept_all,
unknown
risk
enum<string>

Present only when the address should not be mailed even if it accepts mail. disposable: a throwaway mailbox. spam_trap: a trap that reports senders. do_not_mail: known to harm senders (complaints, suppression lists, role-only mailboxes). other: risky, with no clearer reason.

Available options:
disposable,
spam_trap,
do_not_mail,
other