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Validate Phone API

The Validate Phone API allows you to check whether a given phone number is valid and return its metadata.

API Status

Online - All Systems Operational

/v1/validatephone GET

https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/validatephone

Returns metadata (including whether it is valid) for a given phone number.

Parameters

  • number  required

    Phone number to check. If country is not set, the 3-digit country code prefix needs to be included.

  • country  optional

    2-letter ISO-3166 country code the phone number belongs to.

Headers

  • X-Api-Key  required

    API Key associated with your account.

Sample Request Live Demo!

number
https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/validatephone?number=+12065550100

Headers

X-Api-KeyLog in or sign up to get your API Key

Sample Response

JSON
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 { "is_valid": true, "is_formatted_properly": true, "country": "United States", "location": "Washington State", "timezones": [ "America/Los_Angeles" ], "format_national": "(206) 555-0100", "format_international": "+1 206-555-0100", "format_e164": "+12065550100", "country_code": 1 }

Code Examples

1 2 curl -X GET "https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/validatephone?number=%2B12065550100" \ -H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

If your programming language is not listed in the Code Example above, you can still make API calls by using a HTTP request library written in your programming language and following the above documentation.