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GET/v1/phonelookup

Look up carrier, line type, and network metadata for a phone number

Returns validity, country, region/location and formatting details for a phone `number`, with optional `country`. On this listing the carrier, line type, VoIP, disposable-number and MCC/MNC fields are returned as an upgrade-notice string rather than data. For format and validity checks only use /validatephone.

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Example code

// Using @orth/sdk - The simplest way to call APIs // Install: npm install @orth/sdk import Orthogonal from "@orth/sdk"; const orthogonal = new Orthogonal({ apiKey: process.env.ORTHOGONAL_API_KEY, }); const output = await orthogonal.run({ api: "api-ninjas", path: "/v1/phonelookup", query: { "number": "example" } }); console.log(output);

Query parameters

numberrequired
string

Phone number to look up. The leading '+' is optional. If country is not set, include the country code (e.g. 12065550100 or +12065550100).

country
string

2-letter ISO-3166 country code the phone number belongs to.

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