Email check and vaildation

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name: apipick-email-validation description: Validate email addresses using the apipick Email Validator API. Performs syntax checking, MX record verification, and disposable/throwaway email detection. Use when the user wants to verify an email address, check if an email domain exists and can receive mail, detect disposable or temporary emails, or validate email format. Requires an apipick API key (x-api-key). Get a free key at https://www.apipick.com. metadata: openclaw: requires: env: - APIPICK_API_KEY primaryEnv: APIPICK_API_KEY

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apipick Email Validator

Validate email addresses with syntax check, MX record lookup, and disposable email detection.

Endpoint

POST https://www.apipick.com/api/check-email

Authentication: x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY header required. Get a free API key at https://www.apipick.com/dashboard/api-keys

Request

{"email": "user@example.com"}

Response

{
  "success": true,
  "code": 200,
  "message": "Email validation complete",
  "data": {
    "email": "user@example.com",
    "valid": true,
    "syntax_valid": true,
    "mx_valid": true,
    "disposable": false,
    "domain": "example.com",
    "normalized": "user@example.com",
    "reason": null
  },
  "credits_used": 1,
  "remaining_credits": 99
}

Key fields:

valid: true only when both syntax_valid AND mx_valid are true

disposable: true if the domain is a known throwaway email service

reason: explanation when validation fails (null on success)

normalized: canonical lowercase form of the email

Error Codes

| Code | Meaning | |------|---------| | 400 | Invalid request | | 401 | Missing or invalid API key | | 402 | Insufficient credits |

Cost: 1 credit per request

Usage Pattern

1. Use $APIPICK_API_KEY env var as the x-api-key header value; if not set, ask the user for their apipick API key 2. Make the POST request with the email address 3. Report the valid status and flag if disposable is true 4. Show reason when validation fails

See references/api_reference.md for full response field descriptions.