Email Status API

API ID 5321

The Email Status API validates emails in real time, reduces bounces and guarantees clean lists, verifying syntax, DNS, SMTP, and detecting disposable or role-based emails.

100% uptime 968 ms avg response

API Documentation

Endpoints

Request

Send the email in the email parameter to receive its status, SMTP validation, if it is disposable, and if it belongs to a role account.

Endpoint ID: 6881
GET https://docs.zylalabs.com/api/5321/email+status+api/6881/check+email+status
INPUT PARAMETERS

Check Email Status — Endpoint Features

Object Description
email Required

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INPUT PARAMETERS

email
API EXAMPLE RESPONSE
JSON
{"address":"[email protected]","status":"valid","catch_all":false,"role":false,"disposable":false,"account":"example.user","domain":"gmail.com","mx_record":"alt3.gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com.","mx_found":true}
Check Email Status — CODE SNIPPETS

curl --location --request GET 'https://zylalabs.com/api/5321/email+status+api/6881/[email protected]' --header 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY' 


    

API Access Key & Authentication

After signing up, every developer is assigned a personal API access key, a unique combination of letters and digits provided to access to our API endpoint. To authenticate with the Email Status API simply include your bearer token in the Authorization header.

Headers
Header Description
Authorization Required Should be Bearer access_key. See "Your API Access Key" above when you are subscribed.

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Overview

About the API: 

Email Status API allows developers to maintain a low hard bounce rate and a clean email list. This solution offers real-time verification, confirming the validity of email addresses before they are sent. The API validates each email by checking syntax, DNS status, SMTP response, and many other factors, detecting temporary addresses and role accounts such as “admin@” or “info@” that often generate spam complaints. The API response includes a comprehensive analysis of the status of the mailbox, specifying whether it is valid, invalid, catch-all or unknown, and whether it is a disposable or role account. In addition, it helps to avoid catch-all addresses that can result in bounces. Email Status API is an ideal tool for optimizing marketing campaigns, ensuring email effectiveness and maintaining reliable contact with the audience. Its integration is fast and effective, allowing marketing teams to automate validation and ensure long-term deliverability.

Email Status API FAQs

Send a mail in the email parameter, and get its status, including whether it is valid, disposable or role.

The Email Status it is an API that verifies emails to optimize deliverability and avoid bounces with SMTP and DNS validation.

Receives an email; returns validity status, role, and bounce or catch-all details.

Validation of mailing lists for marketing purposes. Reduction of bounces in email campaigns. Detection of temporary emails and role accounts.

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The API uses API keys for authentication. To access the API, include your API key in the request header. The API key is provided upon registration and should be kept secure.

The API returns detailed information about the age and history of a domain, including years, months and days since its creation, as well as expiration and update dates.

The Email Status API returns data regarding the validity of an email address, including its status (valid, invalid, catch-all, unknown), whether it is disposable or a role account, and additional details like the domain and MX record.

Key fields in the response include "address" (the email checked), "status" (validity status), "catch_all" (boolean for catch-all addresses), "role" (boolean for role accounts), "disposable" (boolean for temporary emails), and "mx_record" (mail exchange server details).

The response data is structured in JSON format, with key-value pairs representing the email address checked and its corresponding validation results, making it easy to parse and utilize programmatically.

The API provides information on email validity, SMTP response, DNS status, whether the email is disposable, if it belongs to a role account, and details about the associated domain and MX records.

Data accuracy is maintained through continuous updates and checks against multiple sources, including DNS and SMTP servers, ensuring that the validation process reflects the most current status of email addresses.

The primary parameter for the Email Status API is "email," which should contain the email address you wish to validate. Additional parameters may be included in future updates for enhanced functionality.

Users can leverage the returned data to filter out invalid or disposable emails from their mailing lists, ensuring higher deliverability rates and reducing the risk of spam complaints in their email campaigns.

Typical use cases include validating email addresses before sending marketing campaigns, cleaning up existing email lists, and preventing bounces by identifying temporary or role-based accounts.

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