Telephone Validation • Data8 Web Services API Documentation

Telephone Validation

Verifies if a telephone number passes validation checks.

Description

Data8's Telephone Validation service validates the telephone numbers provided in the data at the level requested.

Telephone numbers can be validated at syntax level or have a full real-time check performed.

This service is costed on a per lookup basis.

Required Data

This service requires the following data to be available before it can be used:

Telephone Number

Upload Options

The following options can be configured for this service at the upload stage.

Name	Description
Output Additional Location and Provider Details	Output Additional Location and Provider Details Outputs additional columns indicating the country, type, provider and location of each number wherever possible.

Download Options

There are no options that can be configured for this service at the download stage.

Output Columns

This service adds the following columns to your output data.

Name	Description
Telephone Validation Flag	Telephone Validation Flag The following validation flags are used: VALID - The telephone number is potentially valid. INVALID - The telephone number is invalid. NOCOVERAGE- We do not have telephone number validation coverage for the required country. AMBIGUOUS - The telephone number is a potentially valid UK landline number but we receive an ambiguous result from the telephone network when trying to validate it fully. NUMBERCHANGED - The number is invalid, but calling the number may give a pre-recorded message indicating the new number that should be used instead. UNAVAILABLE - The telephone number is a valid mobile number but is currently unavailable - may be turned off or out of network coverage. If multiple telephone numbers are on the input data then a "Telephone Validation Flag" field will be populated for each.
Telephone Validation Country Code	Telephone Validation Country Code Only present if the "Output additional Location and Provider details" option is selected. Provides the two letter country code where the associated telephone number is located. If multiple telephone numbers are on the input data then a "Telephone Validation Country Code" field will be populated for each.
Telephone Validation Country Name	Telephone Validation Country Name Only present if the "Output additional Location and Provider details" option is selected. Provides the full name of the country where the associated telephone number is located. If multiple telephone numbers are on the input data then a "Telephone Validation Country Name" field will be populated for each.
Number Type	Number Type Only present if the "Output additional Location and Provider details" option is selected. Provides an indication of whether the associated telephone number is a landline, mobile, non geographic, special or unknown. If multiple telephone numbers are on the input data then a "Number Type" field will be populated for each.
Telephone Validation Location	Telephone Validation Location Only present if the "Output additional Location and Provider details" option is selected. Provides a more precise location of where the telephone number is located. If multiple telephone numbers are on the input data then a "Telephone Validation Location" field will be populated for each.
Telephone Validation Provider	Telephone Validation Provider Only present if the "Output additional Location and Provider details" option is selected. Provides details of the company who owns the associated telephone number. If multiple telephone numbers are on the input data then a "Telephone Validation Provider" field will be populated for each.