Phone Number Validation by IP Address API

Introduction

This API provides a similar validation check as the Phone Number Validation API by using the user’s IP address.

This API can be useful when you want to avoid asking for too many input parameters from a user during form submission.

Example Response

The response is only available in JSON format. The below response should be expected for the following request:


https://api.bigdatacloud.net/data/phone-number-validate-by-ip


Awaiting request submission...

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Request Format

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Parameter Your Input Value Description
number Phone number to validate
ip IPv4 IP address in a string or numeric format. If omitted, the caller’s IP address is assumed. The default country of the phone number formatting will be determined by the IP address geolocation
localityLanguage

Preferred language for locality names in ISO 639-1 format, such as 'en' for English, 'es' for Spanish etc. Please note: 148 common world languages are supported, but not all languages are available for every location. If requested language is not available for a requested location it will default to English, if no English is available, the native, local names will be provided
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The live query

https://api.bigdatacloud.net/data/phone-number-validate-by-ip


CURL Example

curl -X GET --header 'Accept: application/json' 'https://api.bigdatacloud.net/data/phone-number-validate-by-ip'


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Response

Awaiting request submission...

Response Format

Field

Data type

Description

isValid

boolean

Indicates if the number is valid

e164Format

string

The number formatted in E164 standard format

internationalFormat

string

The number formatted in International dialing format

nationalFormat

string

The number formatted in local dial format

location

string

Estimated location localised to the language as defined by ‘localityLanguage’ request parameter

lineType

string

Line type detected. Possible values:

  • FIXED_LINE
  • MOBILE
  • FIXED_LINE_OR_MOBILE
  • TOLL_FREE
  • PREMIUM_RATE
  • SHARED_COST
  • VOIP
  • PERSONAL_NUMBER
  • PAGER
  • UAN
  • VOICEMAIL
  • UNKNOWN

country

<Country> object

Detected Country info

API Endpoint

Endpoint: /data/phone-number-validate-by-ip
Full URL: https://api.bigdatacloud.net/data/phone-number-validate-by-ip

Data Objects

Country object

Field

Data type

Description

isoAlpha2

string

ISO 3166-1 Alpha-2 code

isoAlpha3

string

ISO 3166-1 Alpha-3 code

m49Code

16 bit integer

United Nations M.49 code

name

string

Country name localised to the language as defined by ‘localityLanguage’ request parameter

isoName

string

ISO 3166-1 Country name

isoAdminLanguages

Array of <Language> objects

Administrative languages as defined by ISO 3166-1 standard

unRegion

string

Region name as defined by the United Nations

currency

<Currency> object

Currency as defined by ISO 4217 standard

wbRegion

<WbNode> object

Region name as defined by the World Bank

wbIncomeLevel

<WbNode> object

Income level as defined by the World Bank

callingCode

string

Calling code

countryFlagEmoji

string

Country emoji

wikidataId

string

Wikidata item identifier, if available

geonameId

integer

A unique identifier as is given by GeoNames.org

continents

Array of <Continent> object

The list of Continents the Country is located at

Language object

Field

Data type

Description

isoAlpha2

string

ISO 3166-1 Alpha-2 code

isoAlpha3

string

ISO 3166-1 Alpha-3 code

isoName

string

ISO 3166-1 Language name

nativeName

string

Language native name

Currency object

Field

Data type

Description

numericCode

string

ISO 4217 standard numeric code

code

string

ISO 4217 standard code

Name

string

ISO 4217 English name

minorUnits

byte

ISO 4217 minor units as the currency exponent  (e.g. 2 = 1/100)

WbNode object

Field

Data type

Description

id

string

Identification number

iso2Code

string

ISO 2 letters code

value

string

Value

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