Verify an email address — catch-all and risk status
zerobounce.people.email.verifyCheck mailbox deliverability and risk status in real time
- Price
- $0.0138/successAt list price
- Success rate
- 100%Last 30 days · 47,732 calls
- Latency p50
- 366 msp95 4.1 s
- Last verified
- Sep 17, 2026Verified working
GEThttps://toolswitch.dev/v1/tools/zerobounce.people.email.verify?email=valid%40example.com&timeout=10Beta- Uses platform quota
- Synchronous response
- Reads public data
Parameters
Returns valid, invalid, catch-all, unknown, spamtrap, abuse or do_not_mail. Unknown is a routed miss and is not charged. The platform tool omits Activity Data and Verify+ switches so its price remains one validation credit per non-unknown result. Use documented example.com sandbox addresses for free tests.
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Query parameters | ||||
email | string | Required | valid@example.com | |
timeout | integer | Optional | seconds before an unknown/greylisted result | 10 |
ip_address | string | Optional | optional signup IP address for location fields | |
- Query parameters
emailstringRequiredExample:
valid@example.comtimeoutintegerOptionalseconds before an unknown/greylisted result
Example:
10ip_addressstringOptionaloptional signup IP address for location fields
Code samples
Replace $TOOLSWITCH_KEY with the key you created in the console.
Beta
curl -X GET 'https://toolswitch.dev/v1/tools/zerobounce.people.email.verify?email=valid%40example.com&timeout=10' \
-H "X-Toolswitch-Key: $TOOLSWITCH_KEY"import os
import requests
response = requests.request(
"GET",
"https://toolswitch.dev/v1/tools/zerobounce.people.email.verify?email=valid%40example.com&timeout=10",
headers={"X-Toolswitch-Key": os.environ["TOOLSWITCH_KEY"]},
)
response.raise_for_status()
print(response.text)const response = await fetch("https://toolswitch.dev/v1/tools/zerobounce.people.email.verify?email=valid%40example.com&timeout=10", {
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 beta; its URL and authentication may change. The example parameters are sample data. Calls are billed at $0.0138/success, including the service fee.