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BounceBan / Verify email (waits for result)

This API is recommended for Clay, N8N, and any other services that use one single HTTP request for email verification). Note: This endpoint uses a different base URL than other BounceBan APIs. The full URL for this API is https://api-waterfall.bounceban.com/v1/verify/single.

With this API, you don't need to send a seperate api (/v1/verify/single/status) call to poll for verification result. Instead you just send the same request again if it times out. The API times out with status code 408 if verification is not completed within the specified timeout period (default 80 seconds, configurable via the timeout parameter). In this case, you should send the same request again - retries within 30 mins of the initial verification request for the same email won't

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No verification date is claimed. No response capture is claimed.

Request parameters

  • disable_catchall_verify query · optional

    (Optional) Defaults to `0`. When set to `1`, BounceBan performs only basic SMTP verification. This may leave catch-all emails or those protected by ESGs (Email Security Gateways) unverified. For these addresses, the API will return `result: 'unknown'

  • email query · required

    The email that needs to get verified.

  • mode query · optional

    (Optional) Setting the verification mode for the verification job. Default mode is `regular`.<br> > `regular`: The default option for email verification. It does not assume that the domain of the email owner's current company website matches the doma

  • timeout query · optional

    (Optional) The timeout duration in seconds for the verification request. The API will return a 408 timeout status code if verification is not completed within this timeframe. Default is 80 seconds.<br><br> **Important**: Make sure the timeout value i

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