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email-validator-net
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A small library providing a wrapper for api.email-validator.net
npm install email-validator-net
# or
yarn add email-validator-net
ES6 or TypeScript usage:
import EmailValidator from 'email-validator-net'
// YOUR_API_KEY is a string
const validatorInstance = EmailValidator(YOUR_API_KEY)
// validatorInstance is a function and takes one argument
// argument must be a string
// validatorInstance returns a promise
const responseObject = await validatorInstance(EMAIL_TO_VALIDATE) // EMAIL_TO_VALIDATE is a string
// responseObject looks like this:
// {
// apiKey, // used apikey
// email, // validated email address
// statusCode, // statusCode of the service
// // => http://www.email-validator.net/email-verification-results.html
// statusString, // status as string
// fullResponse, // object with the full response from the service
// }
yarn test
FAQs
A wrapper for api.email-validator.net
We found that email-validator-net demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 2 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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