Bird

Bird Lookup API

Inspect a recipient before sending. Phone-number lookups return carrier, portability, number type, reachability, roaming, SIM-change, and fraud-risk data when requested. Email lookups return deliverability, confidence, failure reasons, and suggested corrections for likely misspellings.

GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 4

POST /v1/lookup/phone-number Create a phone number lookup #
GET /v1/lookup/phone-number/{number} Get a phone number lookup by URL #
POST /v1/lookup/email Create an email address lookup #
GET /v1/lookup/email/{address} Get an email address lookup by URL #

Documentation

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Documentation
https://docs.bird.com/api/channels-api/api-reference/messaging
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Documentation
https://bird.com/docs
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APIReference
https://bird.com/docs/api
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Documentation
https://developers.messagebird.com/api/sms-messaging/
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Documentation
https://developers.messagebird.com/api/voice-calling/
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Documentation
https://developers.messagebird.com/api/voice-messaging/
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Documentation
https://developers.messagebird.com/api/conversations/
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Documentation
https://developers.messagebird.com/api/whatsapp
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Documentation
https://developers.messagebird.com/api/verify/
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Documentation
https://developers.messagebird.com/api/lookup/
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Documentation
https://developers.messagebird.com/api/hlr/
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Documentation
https://developers.messagebird.com/api/contacts/
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Documentation
https://developers.messagebird.com/api/numbers/
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Documentation
https://developers.messagebird.com/api/balance/
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Documentation
https://developers.messagebird.com/api/integrations/

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/bird/refs/heads/main/openapi/bird-lookup-api-openapi.yml
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AsyncAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/bird/refs/heads/main/asyncapi/messagebird-conversations-asyncapi.yml

Other Resources

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Webhooks
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/bird/refs/heads/main/asyncapi/messagebird-bird-webhooks.yml
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ToolCrosswalk
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/bird/refs/heads/main/mcp/messagebird-tool-crosswalk.yml
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DataModel
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/bird/refs/heads/main/data-model/messagebird-data-model.yml

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OpenAPI Specification

bird-lookup-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Bird Lookup API
  version: 1.0.0
  description: 'The Bird API: one REST API for email, SMS, WhatsApp, verification, and

    Realtime.'
servers:
- url: https://{region}.platform.bird.com
  description: 'Regional API endpoint. Use the host for the region your organization is hosted in. Official Bird SDKs and the CLI select it automatically from your API key, so you rarely need to set it by hand.

    '
  variables:
    region:
      default: us1
      enum:
      - us1
      - eu1
      description: The region your organization's data is hosted in.
- url: https://platform.bird.com
  description: Region-independent endpoint for authentication and account administration.
- url: http://localhost:8080
  description: Local development.
security:
- BearerAuth: []
tags:


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