API Reference

Verify Email Address

Verify the validity and deliverability of an email address. Returns status, sub-status, and detailed verification metadata.

Use this to check if an email address is real and deliverable before you send. Reduces bounce rates and protects your sender reputation.

3 credits per request.

Quick example

curl -G "https://api.webscraperapi.ai/v1/verify_email_address" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $WEBSCRAPERAPI_API_KEY" \
  --data-urlencode "email_address=test@example.com" \
  --data-urlencode "output=json"

Verify emails before cold outreach to avoid bounces. High bounce rates can get your domain flagged by email providers.

Full API reference

GET
/v1/verify_email_address

Query Parameters

email_address*string

The email address to verify.

Length1 <= length
output?|

Output format.

Default"markdown"
timeout_ms?|

Request timeout in milliseconds.

Response Body

application/json

application/json

curl -X GET "https://api.webscraperapi.ai/v1/verify_email_address?email_address=string"
null
{
  "detail": [
    {
      "loc": [
        "string"
      ],
      "msg": "string",
      "type": "string"
    }
  ]
}