Interesting phone number validation API

[nospam]

I've recently found a new API which will allow users to inspect and validate phone numbers, just sharing it here with the group
https://apilayer.com/marketplace/number_verification-api

Lookups AND number validation can be performed as follows:

curl --request GET 'https://api.apilayer.com/number_verification/validate?number=14158586273' \
--header 'apikey: YOUR API KEY'

example 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"
}

A free account gives you 100 lookups per month

[Ed Attfield]

There is a similar tool inside NCID which returns information about a phone number, though it may not be as up-to-date as the API call to this commercial service.

The NTYPE field will be empty for an invalid number:

 + ncidnumberinfo  14158586273
 *FNMBR*415-858-6273*NTYPE*FIX/CELL*CTRY*US*LOCA*California*CARI*NEW CINGULAR WIRELESS PCS, LLC
 + ncidnumberinfo  14150586273
 *FNMBR*415-058-6273*NTYPE*-*CTRY*ZZ*LOCA*-*CARI*-
 +

[bgr_bgr]

It is quite possible that this API uses the same original data as ncid ...
Another thing to consider is that by using this online API to validate incoming calls ,
One is actually sharing the list of incoming calls with the company (who ever that is , that is providing this online service ) . (Not great for privacy... ).
On the other hand , the NCID tool is fully local , but only updated every release .
(Althought manual updates are possible for "advanced" users ) .