mailboxvalidator-nodejs

MailboxValidator Node.js Module

MailboxValidator Node.js module enable users to block disposal email, detect free email and validate if an email is valid.

This module can be used in many types of projects such as:

• validating a user's email during sign up
• cleaning your mailing list prior to an email marketing campaign
• a form of fraud check

Installation

To install this module type the following:

npm install mailboxvalidator-nodejs

Dependencies

An api key is required for this module to function.

Go to https://www.mailboxvalidator.com/plans#api to sign up for FREE API plan and you'll be given an API key.

Usage for validation email

let mbv = require("mailboxvalidator-nodejs");

mbv.MailboxValidator_init("YOUR_API_KEY");

mbv.MailboxValidator_single_query("[e-mail]")
.then((data) => {
	console.log("email_address: " + data.email_address);
	console.log("domain: " + data.domain);
	console.log("is_free: " + data.is_free);
	console.log("is_syntax: " + data.is_syntax);
	console.log("is_domain: " + data.is_domain);
	console.log("is_smtp: " + data.is_smtp);
	console.log("is_verified: " + data.is_verified);
	console.log("is_server_down: " + data.is_server_down);
	console.log("is_greylisted: " + data.is_greylisted);
	console.log("is_disposable: " + data.is_disposable);
	console.log("is_suppressed: " + data.is_suppressed);
	console.log("is_role: " + data.is_role);
	console.log("is_high_risk: " + data.is_high_risk);
	console.log("is_catchall: " + data.is_catchall);
	console.log("mailboxvalidator_score: " + data.mailboxvalidator_score);
	console.log("time_taken: " + data.time_taken);
	console.log("status: " + data.status);
	console.log("credits_available: " + data.credits_available);})
.catch((error) => {
	console.log(error)
});

Functions

MailboxValidator_init(api_key)

Creates a new instance of the MailboxValidator object with the API key.

MailboxValidator_single_query(email_address)

Performs email validation on the supplied email address and returns a Promise.

Result Fields

email_address

The input email address.

domain

The domain of the email address.

is_free

Whether the email address is from a free email provider like Gmail or Hotmail.

Return values: true, false

is_syntax

Whether the email address is syntactically correct.

Return values: true, false

is_domain

Whether the email address has a valid MX record in its DNS entries.

Return values: true, false, null   (null means not applicable)

is_smtp

Whether the mail servers specified in the MX records are responding to connections.

Return values: true, false, null   (null means not applicable)

is_verified

Whether the mail server confirms that the email address actually exist.

Return values: true, false, null   (null means not applicable)

is_server_down

Whether the mail server is currently down or unresponsive.

Return values: true, false, null   (null means not applicable)

is_greylisted

Whether the mail server employs greylisting where an email has to be sent a second time at a later time.

Return values: true, false, null   (null means not applicable)

is_disposable

Whether the email address is a temporary one from a disposable email provider.

Return values: true, false, null   (null means not applicable)

is_suppressed

Whether the email address is in our blacklist.

Return values: true, false, null   (null means not applicable)

is_role

Whether the email address is a role-based email address like [e-mail] or [e-mail].

Return values: true, false, null   (null means not applicable)

is_high_risk

Whether the email address contains high risk keywords.

Return values: true, false, null   (null means not applicable)

is_catchall

Whether the email address is a catch-all address.

Return values: true, false, null   (null means not applicable)

mailboxvalidator_score

Email address reputation score.

Score > 0.70 means good; score > 0.40 means fair; score <= 0.40 means poor.

time_taken

The time taken to get the results in seconds.

status

Whether our system think the email address is valid based on all the previous fields.

Return values: true, false

credits_available

The number of credits left to perform validations.

Usage for checking if the email is from a disposable email provider

let mbv = require("mailboxvalidator-nodejs");

mbv.MailboxValidator_init("YOUR_API_KEY");

mbv.MailboxValidator_disposable_email("[e-mail]")
.then((data) => {
	console.log("email_address: " + data.email_address);
	console.log("is_disposable: " + data.is_disposable);
	console.log("credits_available: " + data.credits_available);
})
.catch((error) => {
	console.log(error)
});

Functions

MailboxValidator_init(api_key)

Creates a new instance of the MailboxValidator object with the API key.

MailboxValidator_disposable_email(email_address)

Performs disposable email check on the supplied email address and returns a Promise.

Result Fields

email_address

The input email address.

is_disposable

Whether the email address is a temporary one from a disposable email provider.

Return values: true, false

credits_available

The number of credits left to perform validations.

Usage for checking if the email is from a free email provider

let mbv = require("mailboxvalidator-nodejs");

mbv.MailboxValidator_init("YOUR_API_KEY");

mbv.MailboxValidator_free_email("[e-mail]")
.then((data) => {
	console.log("email_address: " + data.email_address);
	console.log("is_free: " + data.is_free);
	console.log("credits_available: " + data.credits_available);})
.catch((error) => {
	console.log(error)
});

Functions

MailboxValidator_init(api_key)

Creates a new instance of the MailboxValidator object with the API key.

MailboxValidator_free_email(email_address)

Performs free email check on the supplied email address and returns a Promise.

Result Fields

email_address

The input email address.

is_free

Whether the email address is from a free email provider like Gmail or Hotmail.

Return values: true, false

credits_available

The number of credits left to perform validations.

Copyright

Copyright (C) 2023 by MailboxValidator.com, [e-mail]