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Email Validation

ZeroBounce

Validate an email address and return deliverability, status and risk information.

Current price
$0.0273/call
Availability
Ready to run
Last accepted verification
Not available

What this API does

Single real-time verification returning valid / catch-all / disposable / role / abuse flags so a skill can rank leads, not just filter. 1 credit per email.

Agents select this operation with tool ID zerobounce.email-validation, then inspect its current executable contract before a run.

Public input and output shape

Input

emailstring · required

Email address used as the lookup or verification target.

format: email

ip_addressstring · optional

Value supplied for ip address.

Output

emailstring

Email address used as the lookup or verification target.

flagsobject

Returned flags value.

statusstring

Returned status value.

sub_statusstring

Returned sub status value.

Example request and output

This reviewed worked example is shared with inspect. Inspect also returns the current executable schema and price estimate before a paid run.

Request

{
  "tool_id": "zerobounce.email-validation",
  "input": {
    "email": "support@zerobounce.net"
  }
}

Output

{
  "email": "support@zerobounce.net",
  "flags": {
    "role": false,
    "abuse": false,
    "valid": true,
    "catch_all": false,
    "disposable": false,
    "do_not_mail": false
  },
  "status": "valid",
  "sub_status": ""
}
Teaching errors and limitations

No listing-specific teaching errors are published. Inspect the tool before running to receive the current schema and error guidance.

Updated
18 August 2026

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