Temp Mail Detector API Documentation

Overview

The Temp Mail Detector API allows website owners to check if an email provided is a temporary or disposable email provider.

Important: When implementing this API, you should never send us your customers’ full email. We only validate the domain, and where a full email is provided, we strip away the user part before processing the request.

Important: Due to sub-domains (sub.test.com) and multi-level country codes (sub.test.co.uk), you should split your email string using @ and send the full domain in your request.

Endpoint /check

Checks if an email address is a temporary or disposable email address.

URL

POST https://api.tempmaildetector.com/check

Headers

• Content-Type: application/json
• Authorization: {YOUR_API_KEY}

Request Body

The request body should be in JSON format and contain the following parameter:

• domain (string, required): The domain (also known as the host) of the email address to be checked.

{
  "domain": "host.com"
}

cURL Example Request

curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.tempmaildetector.com/check \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --header 'Authorization: {YOUR_API_KEY}' \
  --data '{"domain":"host.com"}'

Example Response

{
  "domain": "host.com",
  "score": 90,
  "meta": {
    "block_list": false,
    "domain_age": 0,
    "website_resolves": false,
    "accepts_all_addresses": false,
    "valid_email_security": false
  }
}

Field Descriptions

Key	Type	Description
domain	string	The domain provided.
score	int	A risk score from 0 - 100.
meta	object	Meta object containing additional information about the domain provided.
meta.block_list	bool	Indicates if the domain is already in the block list.
meta.domain_age	int	Domain age in years. -1 indicates that a WHOIS did not provide a creation date.
meta.website_resolves	bool	Indicates if the email domain has a resolvable website.
meta.accepts_all_addresses	bool	Indicates if the email domain accepts any email address.
meta.valid_email_security	bool	Indicates if the email domain has valid email security measures in place.

Error Handling

The API will return appropriate HTTP status codes to indicate success or failure of the request. Common status codes include:

• 200 OK: The request was successful.
• 400 Bad Request: The request was malformed or missing required parameters.
• 401 Unauthorized: The API key provided is invalid or missing.
• 402 Payment Required: Your account has run out of lookups.
• 500 Internal Server Error: An error occurred on the server.

Good to know:

• invalid_domain_or_mx is returned when an invalid domain such as gmail.cim is provided or a mail server could not be found.
• error_processing_domain is returned when a domain could not be processed, or a malformed domain is provided.
• no_lookups_remaining is returned when your key has run out of lookups.

Ensure to handle these responses appropriately in your application.

Terms of Service and GDPR disclaimer

You may wish to update your Terms of Service and GDPR statements outlining that you make use of a 3rd party to manage email reputation:

Our website uses TempMailDetector.com as a Data Processor to identify and block temporary or disposable email addresses during sign-up. This helps prevent abuse and is processed under our legitimate interest in maintaining service integrity (GDPR Art. 6(1)(f)).

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