---
title: "Validate a single email"
method: POST
path: "/v1/validate-email/single"
tags: ["Validation"]
---

# Validate a single email

`POST /v1/validate-email/single`

Checks if a given email is likely to bounce using a waterfall of strategies. Works for catch-all email addresses, which are increasingly common yet hard for other APIs to validate.

<span>⚡ <strong>Rate limit:</strong> 10 requests per 1 minute</span>

<span>💰 <strong>Cost:</strong> 1 credit per email validation&nbsp;<span title="Pricing shown is default pricing. Actual pricing may vary.">ⓘ</span></span>

## Request body

- object
  - `apiKey` string, required — Your Fiber API key
  - `email` string, email, required — The email address to validate.

## Response `200`

Default Response

- object
  - `output` object, required
    - `email` string, email, required — The email address that was validated.
    - `is_catch_all` boolean, required — Whether the address is a catch-all email.
    - `is_role_based` boolean, required — Whether the address is role-based (e.g. 'sales@' or 'hello@') rather than a personal email.
    - `is_disposable` boolean, required — Whether the address uses a disposable email provider.
    - `is_consumer` boolean, required — Whether the address uses a consumer email service (e.g. Gmail, Outlook) rather than a commercial service.
    - `email_provider` string, required — The email provider.
    - `verdict` 'ok' | 'undeliverable' | 'risky' | 'inconclusive', required — The final estimate of whether the email is likely to be correct and deliverable.
    - `deliverability_score` integer, required — The deliverability score out of 100. Higher scores are better.
  - `chargeInfo` union, required
    - object — Credits were charged immediately for this operation
      - `method` 'charged-now', required
      - `creditsCharged` number, required
      - `lowCreditAlert` object, nullable — Contains a link to get more credits, a warning message, and the remaining credit count.
        - `getMoreCreditsUrl` string, uri, required — URL to top up credits or restart billing cycle to get fresh credits.
        - `message` string, required — Human-readable credits warning.
        - `availableCredits` number, required — Number of credits remaining in the current billing period.
    - object — Credits will be charged after the operation completes
      - `method` 'charging-later', required
      - `message` string, required
      - `lowCreditAlert` object, nullable — Contains a link to get more credits, a warning message, and the remaining credit count.
        - `getMoreCreditsUrl` string, uri, required — URL to top up credits or restart billing cycle to get fresh credits.
        - `message` string, required — Human-readable credits warning.
        - `availableCredits` number, required — Number of credits remaining in the current billing period.
    - object — Credits that were charged for an asynchronous operation
      - `method` 'charged-for-async-process', required
      - `creditsCharged` number, required
      - `message` string, required
      - `lowCreditAlert` object, nullable — Contains a link to get more credits, a warning message, and the remaining credit count.
        - `getMoreCreditsUrl` string, uri, required — URL to top up credits or restart billing cycle to get fresh credits.
        - `message` string, required — Human-readable credits warning.
        - `availableCredits` number, required — Number of credits remaining in the current billing period.
    - object — No credits were charged for this operation
      - `method` 'free', required
      - `message` string, required
      - `lowCreditAlert` object, nullable — Contains a link to get more credits, a warning message, and the remaining credit count.
        - `getMoreCreditsUrl` string, uri, required — URL to top up credits or restart billing cycle to get fresh credits.
        - `message` string, required — Human-readable credits warning.
        - `availableCredits` number, required — Number of credits remaining in the current billing period.
    - object — Credits were refunded for this operation
      - `method` 'credits-refunded', required
      - `creditsRefunded` number, required
      - `message` string, required
      - `lowCreditAlert` object, nullable — Contains a link to get more credits, a warning message, and the remaining credit count.
        - `getMoreCreditsUrl` string, uri, required — URL to top up credits or restart billing cycle to get fresh credits.
        - `message` string, required — Human-readable credits warning.
        - `availableCredits` number, required — Number of credits remaining in the current billing period.
  - `warnings` object[], nullable — Warnings about extraneous fields in request
    - `field` string, required — Full path to extraneous field (e.g., 'searchParams.ExtraField')
    - `message` string, required — Warning message
  - `advice` string[], nullable — Tips, recommendations, and suggestions for using this API effectively.

## Other responses

- `400` — Default Response
- `401` — Default Response
- `402` — Default Response
- `403` — Default Response
- `404` — Default Response
- `422` — Default Response
- `429` — Default Response
- `500` — Default Response
- `503` — Default Response

---

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