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Kickbox

Kickbox is an email verification and list cleaning service that helps senders improve deliverability by detecting invalid, disposable, role-based, and risky email addresses before they enter mailing lists. The platform offers real-time single verification, bulk batch verification, and a deliverability monitoring suite. Kickbox provides a simple HTTPS REST API authenticated by API key returning structured verification results with reason codes.

Kickbox publishes 4 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Account API, Batch API, Open API, and 1 more. Tagged areas include Email Verification, Email Validation, Deliverability, Data Quality, and Email.

Kickbox’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, pricing, signup flow, support, engineering blog, and 6 more developer resources.

30.3/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 28/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-05 · rubric v0.9.1
AccessSelf serve
5 APIs
Email VerificationEmail ValidationDeliverabilityData QualityEmail

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Composite quality — 30.3/100 · thin
Contract Quality 14.9 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 5.2 / 20
Commercial Clarity 2.1 / 20
Operational Transparency 0.7 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 7.4 / 10
Agent readiness — 28/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
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APIs 5

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Kickbox Email Verification API

REST API for verifying the deliverability of email addresses in real time. Returns a result (deliverable, undeliverable, risky, unknown), a reason code, plus flags for role addr...

Kickbox Account API

Account balance and metadata.

Kickbox Batch API

Bulk CSV email verification.

Kickbox Open API

Free disposable-domain lookup (no auth).

Kickbox Verification API

Real-time email verification.

Open Collections 1

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Kickbox Authentication

http · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Kickbox Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Kickbox Agentic Access

5 operations · 1 acting

5 operations · 1 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Agent Surfaces 2

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Commercial 1

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Company 3

The organization behind the API

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑
aid: kickbox
name: Kickbox
description: Kickbox is an email verification and list cleaning service that helps senders improve deliverability by detecting
  invalid, disposable, role-based, and risky email addresses before they enter mailing lists. The platform offers real-time
  single verification, bulk batch verification, and a deliverability monitoring suite. Kickbox provides a simple HTTPS REST
  API authenticated by API key returning structured verification results with reason codes.
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Self-serve signup
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/kickbox.png
tags:
- Email Verification
- Email Validation
- Deliverability
- Data Quality
- Email
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/kickbox/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-05-11'
modified: '2026-05-11'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: kickbox:verification-api
  name: Kickbox Email Verification API
  description: REST API for verifying the deliverability of email addresses in real time. Returns a result (deliverable, undeliverable,
    risky, unknown), a reason code, plus flags for role addresses, disposable domains, and free email providers. Authentication
    uses an API key supplied as a query string parameter or in the Authorization header. Sandbox mode is available for testing
    without consuming credits.
  humanURL: https://docs.kickbox.com
  baseURL: https://api.kickbox.com/v2
  tags:
  - Email Verification
  - Deliverability
  - Validation
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.kickbox.com
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.kickbox.com/reference/single-verification
  - type: PHP SDK
    url: https://github.com/kickboxio/kickbox-php
  - type: Python SDK
    url: https://github.com/kickboxio/kickbox-python
- aid: kickbox:kickbox-account-api
  name: Kickbox Account API
  description: Account balance and metadata.
  humanURL: https://docs.kickbox.com
  baseURL: https://api.kickbox.com/v2
  tags:
  - Account
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/kickbox-account-api-openapi.yml
- aid: kickbox:kickbox-batch-api
  name: Kickbox Batch API
  description: Bulk CSV email verification.
  humanURL: https://docs.kickbox.com
  baseURL: https://api.kickbox.com/v2
  tags:
  - Batch
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/kickbox-batch-api-openapi.yml
- aid: kickbox:kickbox-open-api
  name: Kickbox Open API
  description: Free disposable-domain lookup (no auth).
  humanURL: https://docs.kickbox.com
  baseURL: https://api.kickbox.com/v2
  tags:
  - Open
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/kickbox-open-api-openapi.yml
- aid: kickbox:kickbox-verification-api
  name: Kickbox Verification API
  description: Real-time email verification.
  humanURL: https://docs.kickbox.com
  baseURL: https://api.kickbox.com/v2
  tags:
  - Verification
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/kickbox-verification-api-openapi.yml
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/kickbox-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/kickbox-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/kickbox-authentication.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/kickbox
- type: Website
  url: https://kickbox.com
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.kickbox.com
- type: Pricing
  url: https://kickbox.com/pricing
- type: Signup
  url: https://app.kickbox.com/signup
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/kickboxio
- type: Support
  url: https://kickbox.com/support
- type: LlmsText
  url: https://docs.kickbox.com/llms.txt
- type: Blog
  url: https://blog.kickbox.com/rss/
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com