Verify Single Email

GET

verify

Verify Single Email

curl --request GET \
  --url https://api.orbisearch.com/v1/verify \
  --header 'X-API-Key: <api-key>'

import requests

url = "https://api.orbisearch.com/v1/verify"

headers = {"X-API-Key": "<api-key>"}

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {'X-API-Key': '<api-key>'}};

fetch('https://api.orbisearch.com/v1/verify', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.orbisearch.com/v1/verify",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "X-API-Key: <api-key>"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.orbisearch.com/v1/verify"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

	req.Header.Add("X-API-Key", "<api-key>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://api.orbisearch.com/v1/verify")
  .header("X-API-Key", "<api-key>")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.orbisearch.com/v1/verify")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["X-API-Key"] = '<api-key>'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "confidence": 99,
  "email": "jane.doe@acme.com",
  "email_provider": "Google Workspace",
  "explanation": "Safe to email. The mailbox exists and is deliverable.",
  "is_disposable": false,
  "is_domain_catch_all": false,
  "is_free": false,
  "is_role_account": false,
  "is_secure_email_gateway": false,
  "mx_record": "aspmx.l.google.com",
  "status": "safe",
  "substatus": "deliverable"
}

{
  "detail": "API key required in X-API-Key header"
}

{
  "detail": "Insufficient credits. You have 0.15 credits but need 0.2."
}

{
  "detail": "Missing required query parameter: email.",
  "errors": [
    {
      "loc": "query.email",
      "msg": "Missing required query parameter: email.",
      "type": "missing"
    }
  ]
}

{
  "detail": "Rate limit exceeded. Maximum 20 requests per second per API key. Contact us to discuss higher limits.",
  "code": "rate_limited"
}

Use this endpoint to verify a single email address in real-time. OrbiSearch checks DNS records, MX records, and the target mail server to determine whether the mailbox exists and is accepting mail. The response includes a status, a detailed substatus, a plain-English explanation, domain-level signals (mx_record, is_domain_catch_all, is_secure_email_gateway), and enrichment flags such as is_disposable and is_role_account. See the response schema for the meaning of each status and substatus value.

Rate limits

This endpoint is rate-limited to 20 requests per second per API key. Exceeding this limit returns a 429 Too Many Requests response. See errors for how to handle rate limit responses.

Authorizations

X-API-Key

string

header

required

API key for authentication

Query Parameters

string

required

Email address to verify.

Required string length: 3 - 320

Example:

"jane.doe@acme.com"

timeout

integer

default:97

Timeout in seconds (3-97).

Required range: 3 <= x <= 97

Example:

70

Response

Successful Response

Verification result for a single email address.

string

required

The email address that was verified.

Example:

"jane.doe@acme.com"

status

enum<string>

required

Overall verification status: safe (deliverable), risky (uncertain), invalid (undeliverable), unknown (verification failed).

Available options:

safe,

risky,

invalid,

unknown

Pattern: ^(safe|risky|invalid|unknown)$

Example:

"safe"

explanation

string

required

Plain-English explanation of the verification result.

Example:

"Safe to email. The mailbox exists and is deliverable."

email_provider

string

required

Email service provider (Google Workspace, Gmail, Microsoft Outlook, etc.).

Example:

"Google Workspace"

substatus

string | null

Specific reason for the status (e.g., deliverable, catch_all, policy_blocked, mailbox_not_found, invalid_syntax, greylisted, timeout).

Example:

"deliverable"

mx_record

string | null

The main mail server the domain uses to receive email. Null if the domain has no mail server configured — when that happens, substatus will be no_mx_records.

Example:

"aspmx.l.google.com"

is_domain_catch_all

boolean | null

True if the domain accepts mail for any username (catch-all). Null if we could not determine whether the domain is catch-all.

Example:

false

is_secure_email_gateway

boolean

default:false

True if the domain is protected by a secure email gateway — Proofpoint, Mimecast, Barracuda, or Trend Micro.

Example:

false

is_disposable

boolean | null

True if this is a temporary/disposable email service, false if not, null if unknown.

Example:

false

is_role_account

boolean | null

True if this is a generic role-based email (info@, support@, etc.), false if not, null if unknown.

Example:

false

is_free

boolean | null

True if this is from a free email provider (gmail.com, yahoo.com, etc.), false if not, null if unknown.

Example:

false

confidence

integer | null

How certain we are in the verdict on a 0–100 scale. Filter on this orthogonally to status. For safe results: 99 = high confidence deliverable; 98 = same, but the domain is fronted by a Secure Email Gateway (Mimecast/Proofpoint/Barracuda/TrendMicro) which may filter post-acceptance; 97 = directory hit without app reachability signal — the address exists but carries post-acceptance bounce risk. risky / invalid = 99 (certain in the negative verdict). unknown = 0 (we genuinely don't know). null when the score is unattributable (e.g. no tracked winning method on a safe verdict — defensive).

Required range: 0 <= x <= 100

Example:

99

Submit Bulk Verification Job

Verify Single Email

curl --request GET \
  --url https://api.orbisearch.com/v1/verify \
  --header 'X-API-Key: <api-key>'

import requests

url = "https://api.orbisearch.com/v1/verify"

headers = {"X-API-Key": "<api-key>"}

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {'X-API-Key': '<api-key>'}};

fetch('https://api.orbisearch.com/v1/verify', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.orbisearch.com/v1/verify",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "X-API-Key: <api-key>"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.orbisearch.com/v1/verify"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

	req.Header.Add("X-API-Key", "<api-key>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://api.orbisearch.com/v1/verify")
  .header("X-API-Key", "<api-key>")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.orbisearch.com/v1/verify")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["X-API-Key"] = '<api-key>'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "confidence": 99,
  "email": "jane.doe@acme.com",
  "email_provider": "Google Workspace",
  "explanation": "Safe to email. The mailbox exists and is deliverable.",
  "is_disposable": false,
  "is_domain_catch_all": false,
  "is_free": false,
  "is_role_account": false,
  "is_secure_email_gateway": false,
  "mx_record": "aspmx.l.google.com",
  "status": "safe",
  "substatus": "deliverable"
}

{
  "detail": "API key required in X-API-Key header"
}

{
  "detail": "Insufficient credits. You have 0.15 credits but need 0.2."
}

{
  "detail": "Missing required query parameter: email.",
  "errors": [
    {
      "loc": "query.email",
      "msg": "Missing required query parameter: email.",
      "type": "missing"
    }
  ]
}

{
  "detail": "Rate limit exceeded. Maximum 20 requests per second per API key. Contact us to discuss higher limits.",
  "code": "rate_limited"
}

Email validation

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