Look up phone number
This endpoint allows you to look up validity and formatting
information about a number. You can optionally lookup additional
information about the number such as carrier and caller ID data.
#### Permissions
No API token scope is required to make a successful request to this endpoint.
[Learn more about API scopes](/docs/platform/your-signalwire-api-space).
Authentication
AuthorizationBasic
SignalWire Basic Authentication using Project ID and API Token.
The client sends HTTP requests with the Authorization header containing
the word Basic followed by a space and a base64-encoded string of project_id:token.
The project ID will be used as the username and the API token as the password.
Example:
```
Authorization: Basic base64(project_id:token)
```
Path parameters
e164_number
The phone number in E.164 format.
Query parameters
include
Further number information to include in the response, some of which are billable. You can specify: carrier (Lookup full carrier information for the number), cnam (Lookup Caller ID information for the number). Separate multiple values with a comma: include=carrier,cnam.
Response
The request has succeeded.
country_code_number
The Country code associated with the number.
national_number
Number in the countries national format.
possible_number
Whether the number supplied is a possible number.
valid_number
Whether the number supplied is a valid number.
national_number_formatted
The E164 number formatted in national format.
international_number_formatted
The E164 number formatted in international format.
e164
The number in E164 format.
location
The location of the number based on its area code and NPA.
country_code
The ISO3166 alpha 2 country code associated with the number.
timezones
The time zones associated with the number.
number_type
The type of number based on its area code and NPA.
carrier
Carrier information. Adding include=carrier to your request will do a live lookup to determine the current carrier information about this number.
cnam
Caller ID information. Adding include=cnam to your request will do a live lookup to determine the current caller ID information about this number.
Errors
401
Unauthorized Error
404
Not Found Error
500
Internal Server Error