verify_email
Validate email addresses by checking format, domain, and deliverability. Returns detailed results including autocorrect suggestions, quality score, and SMTP server validity for accurate email verification.
Instructions
Validates an email address using an external email validation API.
This function checks the validity, deliverability, and other attributes of an email address.
It returns a detailed dictionary containing information about the email's format, domain,
and SMTP server.
Args:
email (str): The email address to validate.
Returns:
dict[str, Any]: A dictionary containing detailed validation results. The dictionary
includes the following keys:
- "email" (str): The email address being validated.
- "autocorrect" (str): Suggested autocorrection if the email is invalid or malformed.
- "deliverability" (str): The deliverability status of the email (e.g., "DELIVERABLE").
- "quality_score" (str): A score representing the quality of the email address.
- "is_valid_format" (dict): Whether the email is in a valid format.
- "value" (bool): True if the format is valid, False otherwise.
- "text" (str): A textual representation of the format validity (e.g., "TRUE").
- "is_free_email" (dict): Whether the email is from a free email provider.
- "value" (bool): True if the email is from a free provider, False otherwise.
- "text" (str): A textual representation (e.g., "TRUE").
- "is_disposable_email" (dict): Whether the email is from a disposable email service.
- "value" (bool): True if the email is disposable, False otherwise.
- "text" (str): A textual representation (e.g., "FALSE").
- "is_role_email" (dict): Whether the email is a role-based email (e.g., "admin@domain.com").
- "value" (bool): True if the email is role-based, False otherwise.
- "text" (str): A textual representation (e.g., "FALSE").
- "is_catchall_email" (dict): Whether the domain uses a catch-all email address.
- "value" (bool): True if the domain is catch-all, False otherwise.
- "text" (str): A textual representation (e.g., "FALSE").
- "is_mx_found" (dict): Whether MX records are found for the email domain.
- "value" (bool): True if MX records are found, False otherwise.
- "text" (str): A textual representation (e.g., "TRUE").
- "is_smtp_valid" (dict): Whether the SMTP server for the email domain is valid.
- "value" (bool): True if the SMTP server is valid, False otherwise.
- "text" (str): A textual representation (e.g., "TRUE").
Example:
>>> await verify_email("thanos@snap.io")
{
"email": "thanos@snap.io",
"autocorrect": "",
"deliverability": "UNDELIVERABLE",
"quality_score": "0.00",
"is_valid_format": {
"value": true,
"text": "TRUE"
},
"is_free_email": {
"value": false,
"text": "FALSE"
},
"is_disposable_email": {
"value": false,
"text": "FALSE"
},
"is_role_email": {
"value": false,
"text": "FALSE"
},
"is_catchall_email": {
"value": false,
"text": "FALSE"
},
"is_mx_found": {
"value": false,
"text": "FALSE"
},
"is_smtp_valid": {
"value": false,
"text": "FALSE"
}
}
Raises:
ValueError: If the API key is not found in the environment variables.
requests.exceptions.HTTPError: If the API request fails (e.g., 4xx or 5xx error).
Exception: For any other unexpected errors.
Input Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yes |
Input Schema (JSON Schema)
{
"properties": {
"email": {
"title": "Email",
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"email"
],
"title": "verify_emailArguments",
"type": "object"
}