JarCastingMailboxValidator Java Class
This Java class 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
To compile this class type the following:
javac com\mailboxvalidator\*.java
jar cf mailboxvalidator.jar com\mailboxvalidator\*.class
Dependencies
An API key is required for this class to function.
Go to http://www.mailboxvalidator.com/plans#api to sign up for a FREE API plan and you'll be given an API key.
Functions
SingleValidation(api_key)
Creates a new instance of the MailboxValidator object with the API key.
ValidateEmail(email_address)
Performs email validation on the supplied email address.
Return Fields
| Field Name | Description |
|---|---|
| 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 [email protected] or [email protected]. 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. |
DisposableEmail(email_address)
Check if the supplied email address is from a disposable email provider.
Return Fields
| Field Name | Description |
|---|---|
| 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. |
FreeEmail(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
import com.mailboxvalidator.*;
public class Main
{
public Main()
{
}
public static void main(String[] args)
{
try
{
SingleValidation mbv = new SingleValidation("PASTE_YOUR_API_KEY_HERE");
MBVResult rec = mbv.ValidateEmail("[email protected]");
// System.out.println(rec); // for dumping out all result fields
if (rec.getErrorMessage().equals("")) {
System.out.println("email_address: " + rec.getEmailAddress());
System.out.println("domain: " + rec.getDomain());
System.out.println("is_free: " + rec.getIsFree());
System.out.println("is_syntax: " + rec.getIsSyntax());
System.out.println("is_domain: " + rec.getIsDomain());
System.out.println("is_smtp: " + rec.getIsSMTP());
System.out.println("is_verified: " + rec.getIsVerified());
System.out.println("is_server_down: " + rec.getIsServerDown());
System.out.println("is_greylisted: " + rec.getIsGreylisted());
System.out.println("is_disposable: " + rec.getIsDisposable());
System.out.println("is_suppressed: " + rec.getIsSuppressed());
System.out.println("is_role: " + rec.getIsRole());
System.out.println("is_high_risk: " + rec.getIsHighRisk());
System.out.println("is_catchall: " + rec.getIsCatchall());
System.out.println("mailboxvalidator_score: " + rec.getMailboxValidatorScore());
System.out.println("time_taken: " + rec.getTimeTaken());
System.out.println("status: " + rec.getStatus());
System.out.println("credits_available: " + rec.getCreditsAvailable());
}
else {
System.out.println("error_code: " + rec.getErrorCode());
System.out.println("error_message: " + rec.getErrorMessage());
}
System.out.println("version: " + rec.getVersion());
}
catch(Exception e)
{
e.printStackTrace(System.out);
}
}
}
Check if an email is from a disposable email provider
import com.mailboxvalidator.*;
public class Main
{
public Main()
{
}
public static void main(String[] args)
{
try
{
SingleValidation mbv = new SingleValidation("PASTE_YOUR_API_KEY_HERE");
MBVResult rec = mbv.DisposableEmail("[email protected]");
// System.out.println(rec); // for dumping out all result fields
if (rec.getErrorMessage().equals("")) {
System.out.println("email_address: " + rec.getEmailAddress());
System.out.println("is_disposable: " + rec.getIsDisposable());
System.out.println("credits_available: " + rec.getCreditsAvailable());
}
else {
System.out.println("error_code: " + rec.getErrorCode());
System.out.println("error_message: " + rec.getErrorMessage());
}
System.out.println("version: " + rec.getVersion());
}
catch(Exception e)
{
e.printStackTrace(System.out);
}
}
}
Check if an email is from a free email provider
import com.mailboxvalidator.*;
public class Main
{
public Main()
{
}
public static void main(String[] args)
{
try
{
SingleValidation mbv = new SingleValidation("PASTE_YOUR_API_KEY_HERE");
MBVResult rec = mbv.FreeEmail("[email protected]");
// System.out.println(rec); // for dumping out all result fields
if (rec.getErrorMessage().equals("")) {
System.out.println("email_address: " + rec.getEmailAddress());
System.out.println("is_free: " + rec.getIsFree());
System.out.println("credits_available: " + rec.getCreditsAvailable());
}
else {
System.out.println("error_code: " + rec.getErrorCode());
System.out.println("error_message: " + rec.getErrorMessage());
}
System.out.println("version: " + rec.getVersion());
}
catch(Exception e)
{
e.printStackTrace(System.out);
}
}
}
Errors
| error_code | error_message |
|---|---|
| 100 | Missing parameter. |
| 101 | API key not found. |
| 102 | API key disabled. |
| 103 | API key expired. |
| 104 | Insufficient credits. |
| 105 | Unknown error. |
Copyright
Copyright (C) 2018-2020 by MailboxValidator.com, [email protected]