SendPulse Single Email Verification API

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: SendPulse Verifier Single Email Verification API
  version: 1.0.0
  description: API for email address verification and mailing list cleaning.
  x-ai-description: 'The Verifier API is a critical tool for maintaining high deliverability and protecting sender reputation.  It performs deep validation of email addresses to identify invalid, disposable, or high-risk contacts before they are used in campaigns.

    '
  license:
    name: Apache 2.0
    identifier: Apache-2.0
servers:
- url: https://api.sendpulse.com
  description: Production server
security:
- apiKey: []
- oauth2: []
tags:
- name: Single Email Verification
  description: Endpoints related to Single Email Verification.
paths:
  /verifier-service/send-single-to-verify:
    post:
      tags:
      - Single Email Verification
      summary: Verify a single email address
      operationId: verifySingleEmail
      description: Send one email address for real-time verification.
      x-ai-role: email_deliverability_expert
      x-ai-description: 'Enables on-the-fly validation for individual contacts.  Ideal for real-time signup forms or manual entry to ensure only valid data enters the system.

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      x-ai-reasoning-instructions:
      - Verify email syntax before sending.
      - Advise the user that this only initiates the check; results must be fetched separately.
      x-ai-responding-instructions:
      - Confirm the verification task is created.
      - Suggest fetching the result via `getSingleVerificationResult` next.
      x-ai-suggestions:
      - 'email: ''test@example.com'''
      x-ai-capabilities:
        security_info:
          data_handling:
          - ResourceStateUpdate
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              required:
              - email
              properties:
                email:
                  type: string
                  format: email
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Verification started
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ResultTrue'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
        '403':
          description: Forbidden
  /verifier-service/get-single-result:
    get:
      tags:
      - Single Email Verification
      summary: Get email address verification results
      operationId: getSingleVerificationResult
      description: Retrieve the verification result for a single email address.
      x-ai-role: email_deliverability_expert
      x-ai-description: Provides a detailed breakdown of an individual email's health and technical validity.
      x-ai-reasoning-instructions:
      - Check 'disposable' and 'gibberish' flags to detect bot or temporary accounts.
      - Analyze 'webmail' flag to distinguish personal from corporate addresses.
      - If status is not 1 (Valid), advise the user not to send to this address.
      x-ai-responding-instructions:
      - Clearly state if the email is 'Valid' or 'Invalid'.
      - Highlight specific risks like 'Disposable service detected' if applicable.
      x-ai-suggestions:
      - 'email: ''test@example.com'''
      x-ai-capabilities:
        security_info:
          data_handling:
          - InformationRetrieval
      parameters:
      - name: email
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          format: email
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Verification results
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  result:
                    type: boolean
                  data:
                    $ref: '#/components/schemas/SingleEmailResult'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
        '403':
          description: Forbidden
components:
  schemas:
    ResultTrue:
      type: object
      properties:
        result:
          type: boolean
          example: true
    SingleEmailResult:
      type: object
      properties:
        email:
          type: string
        checks:
          type: object
          properties:
            status:
              type: integer
            valid_format:
              type: integer
            disposable:
              type: integer
            webmail:
              type: integer
            gibberish:
              type: integer
            status_text:
              type: string
  securitySchemes:
    apiKey:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: API Key
      description: 'Static API Key authentication.  A long-lived token generated manually in the SendPulse account settings.

        '
      x-ai-description: 'Permanent authentication token. Ideal for simple integrations without token refresh logic.

        '
    oauth2:
      type: oauth2
      description: OAuth 2.0 Client Credentials flow for temporary access tokens.
      flows:
        clientCredentials:
          tokenUrl: https://api.sendpulse.com/oauth/access_token
          scopes: {}
      x-ai-description: 'Standard OAuth 2.0 flow using Client ID and Client Secret.  Provides temporary tokens (valid for 1 hour) for enhanced security.

        '