ValidateEmailAddress_v2

The ValidateEmailAddress_v2 service determines whether an email address is valid. It can fix common typos to return a valid email address. It also identifies problematic email addresses, including email addresses that:

Belong to a spamtrap or honeypot
Contain a disposable or invalid domain
Contain derogatory words
Has an email server that is configured to accept all emails at its domain.

It can also identify whether it can find the additional information associated with it, which includes list of all known social profiles of the contact or a list of interests that have been attributed to the contact, along with the level of interest.

Resource URL

https://OnDemandServer/soap/ValidateEmailAddress_v2

For a list of Spectrum OnDemand servers, see Connecting to Spectrum OnDemand Servers.

Example

The following shows a SOAP request:

<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:val="http://www.pb.com/spectrum/services/ValidateEmailAddress_v2">
   <soapenv:Header/>
   <soapenv:Body>
      <val:ValidateEmailAddress_v2Request>
         <val:options>
            <val:NameSocialCheck>Y</val:NameSocialCheck>
         </val:options>
         <val:Input>
            <val:Input>
               <val:EmailAddress>support@precisely.co</val:EmailAddress>
            </val:Input>
         </val:Input>
      </val:ValidateEmailAddress_v2Request>
   </soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope>

This would be the response:

<soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
   <soap:Body>
      <ns3:ValidateEmailAddress_v2Response xmlns:ns2="http://spectrum.pb.com/" xmlns:ns3="http://www.pb.com/spectrum/services/ValidateEmailAddress_v2">
         <ns3:Output>
            <ns3:Output>
               <ns3:EmailAddress.Input>support@precisely.co</ns3:EmailAddress.Input>
               <ns3:Status/>
               <ns3:Status.Code/>
               <ns3:Status.Description/>
               <ns3:EmailAddress>support@precisely.com</ns3:EmailAddress>
               <ns3:Deliverable>Y</ns3:Deliverable>
               <ns3:Risky>N</ns3:Risky>
               <ns3:CatchAll>N</ns3:CatchAll>
               <ns3:NameFound>N</ns3:NameFound>
               <ns3:SocialInfoFound>N</ns3:SocialInfoFound>
               <ns3:SyntaxValid>Y</ns3:SyntaxValid>
               <ns3:Safe>Y</ns3:Safe>
               <ns3:EmailCleansed>Y</ns3:EmailCleansed>
               <ns3:ResultCode>VALID_CONFIRMED</ns3:ResultCode>
               <ns3:user_fields/>
            </ns3:Output>
         </ns3:Output>
      </ns3:ValidateEmailAddress_v2Response>
   </soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>