HunterPeople DataEnrichment

Verify email — catch-all, disposable and SMTP checks

hunter.people.email.verify

Check an email is real, deliverable and not a catch-all or disposable inbox

Price: $0.01225/callAt provider cost
Success rate: 100%Last 30 days · 32,702 calls
Latency p50: 865 msp95 5 s
Last verified: Jul 31, 2026Verified working

GEThttps://toolswitch.dev/v1/tools/hunter.people.email.verify?email=steli%40close.ioPreview

Uses platform quota
Synchronous response
Reads public data

Parameters

returns status (valid | invalid | accept_all | webmail | disposable | unknown), a score, and the individual SMTP/MX/gibberish checks behind it. May answer HTTP 202 while the check is still running — poll the same URL until it settles. Rate limit 10 req/s and 300 req/min, lower than the other routes

Parameter	Type	Required	Description	Example
Query parameters
`email`	string	Required	the address to verify	`steli@close.io`

Query parameters
emailstringRequired
the address to verify
Example: steli@close.io

Code samples

Replace $TOOLSWITCH_KEY with the key you created in the console.

Preview

curl -X GET 'https://toolswitch.dev/v1/tools/hunter.people.email.verify?email=steli%40close.io' \
  -H "X-Toolswitch-Key: $TOOLSWITCH_KEY"

import os
import requests

response = requests.request(
    "GET",
    "https://toolswitch.dev/v1/tools/hunter.people.email.verify?email=steli%40close.io",
    headers={"X-Toolswitch-Key": os.environ["TOOLSWITCH_KEY"]},
)
response.raise_for_status()
print(response.text)

const response = await fetch("https://toolswitch.dev/v1/tools/hunter.people.email.verify?email=steli%40close.io", {
  method: "GET",
  headers: {
    "X-Toolswitch-Key": process.env.TOOLSWITCH_KEY ?? "",
  },
});
if (!response.ok) throw new Error(`Request failed: ${response.status}`);
console.log(await response.text());

This gateway API is in preview; its URL and authentication may change. The example parameters are sample data. Calls are billed at $0.01225/call, including the service fee.