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MailboxValidator Rust package
This Rust package enables user to easily validate if an email address is valid, a type of disposable email or free email.
This module can be useful in many types of projects, for example
- to validate an user's email during sign up
- to clean your mailing list prior to email sending
- to perform fraud check
- and so on
Installation
Just add mailboxvalidator = "1.1.0"
into your Cargo.toml.
Dependencies
An API key is required for this module to function.
Go to https://www.mailboxvalidator.com/plans#api to sign up for FREE API plan and you'll be given an API key.
Functions
validate_email(email_address)
Performs email validation on the supplied email address.
Return Fields
Field Name | Description |
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email_address | The input email address. |
domain | The domain of the email address. |
is_free | Whether the email address is from a free email provider like Gmail or Hotmail. Return values: True, False |
is_syntax | Whether the email address is syntactically correct. Return values: True, False |
is_domain | Whether the email address has a valid MX record in its DNS entries. Return values: True, False, - (- means not applicable) |
is_smtp | Whether the mail servers specified in the MX records are responding to connections. Return values: True, False, - (- means not applicable) |
is_verified | Whether the mail server confirms that the email address actually exist. Return values: True, False, - (- means not applicable) |
is_server_down | Whether the mail server is currently down or unresponsive. Return values: True, False, - (- means not applicable) |
is_greylisted | Whether the mail server employs greylisting where an email has to be sent a second time at a later time. Return values: True, False, - (- means not applicable) |
is_disposable | Whether the email address is a temporary one from a disposable email provider. Return values: True, False, - (- means not applicable) |
is_suppressed | Whether the email address is in our blacklist. Return values: True, False, - (- means not applicable) |
is_role | Whether the email address is a role-based email address like admin@example.net or webmaster@example.net. Return values: True, False, - (- means not applicable) |
is_high_risk | Whether the email address contains high risk keywords. Return values: True, False, - (- means not applicable) |
is_catchall | Whether the email address is a catch-all address. Return values: True, False, Unknown, - (- means not applicable) |
mailboxvalidator_score | Email address reputation score. Score > 0.70 means good; score > 0.40 means fair; score <= 0.40 means poor. |
time_taken | The time taken to get the results in seconds. |
status | Whether our system think the email address is valid based on all the previous fields. Return values: True, False |
credits_available | The number of credits left to perform validations. |
error_code | The error code if there is any error. See error table in the below section. |
error_message | The error message if there is any error. See error table in the below section. |
is_disposable_email(email_address)
Check if the supplied email address is from a disposable email provider.
Return Fields
Field Name | Description |
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email_address | The input email address. |
is_disposable | Whether the email address is a temporary one from a disposable email provider. Return values: True, False |
credits_available | The number of credits left to perform validations. |
error_code | The error code if there is any error. See error table in the below section. |
error_message | The error message if there is any error. See error table in the below section. |
is_free_email(email_address)
Check if the supplied email address is from a free email provider.
Return Fields
Field Name | Description |
---|---|
email_address | The input email address. |
is_free | Whether the email address is from a free email provider like Gmail or Hotmail. Return values: True, False |
credits_available | The number of credits left to perform validations. |
error_code | The error code if there is any error. See error table in the below section. |
error_message | The error message if there is any error. See error table below. |
Sample Codes
Validate email
use mailboxvalidator;
let validation_result = mailboxvalidator::validate_email("example@example.com",PASTE_API_KEY_HERE);
match validation_result {
Ok(num) => {
let ok_result = num;
println!("{:#?}", ok_result);
},
Err(err) => println!("{:#?}", err),
};
Check if an email is from a disposable email provider
use mailboxvalidator;
let validation_result = mailboxvalidator::is_disposable_email("example@example.com",PASTE_API_KEY_HERE);
match validation_result {
Ok(num) => {
let ok_result = num;
println!("{:#?}", ok_result);
},
Err(err) => println!("{:#?}", err),
};
Check if an email is from a free email provider
use mailboxvalidator;
let validation_result = mailboxvalidator::is_free_email("example@example.com",PASTE_API_KEY_HERE);
match validation_result {
Ok(num) => {
let ok_result = num;
println!("{:#?}", ok_result);
},
Err(err) => println!("{:#?}", err),
};
Errors
error_code | error_message |
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10000 | Missing parameter. |
10001 | API key not found. |
10002 | API key disabled. |
10003 | API key expired. |
10004 | Insufficient credits. |
10005 | Unknown error. |
Copyright
Copyright (C) 2018-2024 by MailboxValidator.com, support@mailboxvalidator.com
Dependencies
~4–16MB
~231K SLoC