{"id":5539,"date":"2018-07-18T14:06:29","date_gmt":"2018-07-18T09:06:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/?p=5539"},"modified":"2018-07-18T14:06:29","modified_gmt":"2018-07-18T09:06:29","slug":"email-verification-api-by-whoisxmlapi-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/email-verification-api-by-whoisxmlapi-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Email Verification API by WhoisXMLAPI Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

Email holds a prime significance in the\u00a0digital world. The essence of the email\u00a0\u2014 communication<\/strong> \u2014 encloses countless use cases over the internet \u2014 purchases<\/strong>, promotions<\/strong>, invitations<\/strong>, newsletters<\/strong>, and what not. It’s hard to imagine the impact of the emails and an internet without it.<\/p>\n

Considering this amount of significance, the importance of factors related to email \u2014 security<\/strong>, reliability<\/strong>, accuracy<\/strong>, etc. \u2014 has grown over the time. That’s why we see a ton of tools and email services available over the internet. In fact, complete businesses have evolved around email applications.<\/p>\n

If you own a product<\/strong>, send a newsletter<\/strong>, or handle users<\/strong> like I do for myself and my clients, you would know that there’s a complete workflow for sending emails. There are certain factors to be considered while building and maintaining an email list. One of the key factors is email verification<\/strong>\u00a0which encapsulates a number of features in it.<\/p>\n

I always love to try new things and keep a variety of tools in my toolkit. It comes in handy while designing solutions with different requirements. Recently, while building an email workflow for the registered users, I came across an incredible Email Verification API by WhoIsXMLAPI<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

It’s a solid email validation API which makes use of an extensive WhoIs database<\/strong> combined with smart algorithms<\/strong> to validate the email addresses. It checks the given email address against multiple layers to verify it. Also, it fights the spam<\/strong> and disposable email addresses<\/strong> as well. Super cool, right?\u00a0\ud83d\udcaf<\/p>\n

After toying around with this API for a while, I am super excited to share it with you. I will be taking a deep dive into its functionalities, working, and performance. So, let’s get started!<\/p>\n

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Email Verification API<\/a> is a product of Whois API\u00a0Inc.<\/a> \u2014 one of the leading Whois API Webservices and data providers. WhoisAPI Inc. was launched over more than 8 years ago in Jan 2010<\/strong>. It is led by the incredible\u00a0Jonathan Zhang<\/a> the CEO of Whois API LLC. Currently, they have headquarters in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n

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During this period of less than a decade, Whois API Inc managed to serve the fortune 500 companies. They have an impressive list of clients including big names like\u00a0Apple<\/strong>, Cisco<\/strong>, AT&T<\/strong>, eBay<\/strong>, Amazon<\/strong>, IBM<\/strong>, and Symantec<\/strong>. They manage an extensive database of\u00a05<\/span>\u00a0billion+\u00a0<\/strong>historic WHOIS records<\/strong>,\u00a01.2<\/span>\u00a0billion+ domains<\/strong> and subdomains<\/strong>,\u00a02,864<\/span>+ TLDs & ccTLDs<\/strong>,\u00a08.7<\/span>\u00a0million+ IP netblocks<\/strong>, and\u00a099.5<\/span>% IP addresses<\/strong> in use.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n

Talking about their Email Verification API<\/a>, it currently serves a community of ~2500 satisfied customers\u00a0<\/strong>with\u00a030M+ e<\/strong><\/span>mail addresses verified<\/strong>. It provides the response of HTTP request both in XML & JSON format. You can perform email verification individually or in bulk.<\/p>\n

Apart from Email Verification API, they have got a great range of Whois products. A few of them are listed below:<\/p>\n