Validator API Response Fields
Overview
These are the fields you will see when entering a Valid number into the validator API.
FIELD | RESPONSE |
|---|---|
Status | Valid |
Region | Home location |
CountryCode | The prefix of the entered number |
Type | The type of the device or service the number belongs to |
Country_Name | The country of the original network for the entered number |
Area | If a Mobile is identified this will be the country of the original network. If a Landline is identified then we will use the dialling code to identify the area |
Original_Network | The Network Operator that the number was originally assigned to |
Invalid Number
If you enter an Invalid number you will see this error message:
{ERR: "Invalid number"}Number Types
There’s large range of number types that could be returned in the Type response field. You can check the below table for a description on all possible number types.
TYPE | RESPONSE DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|
Mobile | A phone number for a phone that uses radio waves for transmissions. Also known as Cell Phone |
Landline | Refers to a number for a phone that uses wires from a fixed location such as in the home or office |
Landline or Mobile | Applicable when performing a Validator lookup on a number allocated to the North American Numbering Plan (Prefix 1). For more detailed information a full HLR Lookup is required |
Pager | Numbers allocated to a device that receives and displays numeric and/or receives and announces voice messages |
VoIP | Voice Over Internet Protocol - This allows the delivery of phone calls over the internet |
Toll Free | Also known as Freephone. This indicates that this number can be called at no cost |
Personal Number | This number type relates to a virtual telephone number which allows the user to route calls to this number to any other number anywhere in the world |
Shared Cost | Numbers that are billed to both the caller and the business that utilises them |
Premium Rate | These numbers cost a higher than normal price to call. They are often linked to organisations where services are provided by making the call. This allows the business providing the numbers to be funded via the calls it receives |
Emergency | A number that allows the caller to contact the local emergency services |
Voicemail | Numbers linked exclusively to a voicemail account |
Short Code | Numbers designed to be easier to read and remember than normal telephone numbers and are widely used for value-added services |
Unknown | An invalid phone number that does not fit into any of the above categories |
IMPORTANT - You cannot use the validator API to identify if a number belonging to the North American Numbering Plan is a Landline number or a Mobile number.
To do this you will need to perform a full HLR Lookup request which is chargeable.