# Validate Phone Number

Validates any given phone number and returns its carrier and location information

Request Method: GET
Request URL: https://api.numlookupapi.com/v1/validate/[[ phone_number ]]

# Request Parameters

Parameter Type Mandatory Description
apikey string Your API Key
phone_number string, Path Parameter The phone number you want to query (Either: including the country prefix, or without and you specify the country_code)
country_code string An ISO Alpha 2 Country Code for the phone number (e.g. US)

# Sample Response

{
    "valid": true,
    "number": "14158586273",
    "local_format": "4158586273",
    "international_format": "+14158586273",
    "country_prefix": "+1",
    "country_code": "US",
    "country_name": "United States of America",
    "location": "Novato",
    "carrier": "AT&T Mobility LLC",
    "line_type": "mobile"
}

Possible line_type values

landline
mobile
satellite
paging
special_services
premium_rate
toll_free
N/A