mailgun-validate

mailgun-validate

Simple email validation for node.js using Mailgun's API. Performs

• Syntax checks (RFC defined grammar)
• DNS validation
• Spell checks
• Email Service Provider (ESP) specific local-part grammar (if available).

You will need to sign up at mailgun.net for a public API key.

A PHP version is also available here: github.com/kehers/MG_Email.

Installation

npm install mailgun-validate

Use

var Validator = require('mailgun-validate');
 
var validator = new Validator('mail-gun-pub-key');
validator.validate('[e-mail]', function(err, response) {
    if (err) {
        // Validation error
        // Log and fallback to regular expressions
        return;
    }
 
    /* response = {
            "is_valid": true,
            "address": "[e-mail]",
            "parts": {
                "display_name": null,
                "local_part": "foo",
                "domain": "mailgun.net",
            },
            "did_you_mean": null
        }//*/
 
    if (response.is_valid) {
        // Email valid
    }
    else {
        // Email invalid
        if (response.did_you_mean) {
            // Did your mean response.did_you_mean?
        }
    }
})

Licence

MIT