# tyntec

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/tyntec/  
**Website:** https://www.tyntec.com  
**APIs profiled:** 7

tyntec is a CPaaS (Communications Platform as a Service) provider whose api.tyntec.com REST APIs let businesses verify, authenticate, and engage mobile consumers worldwide. The platform covers phone number verification and number information (Verify API plus HLR lookup and global number portability), SMS messaging, WhatsApp Business and other chat-app channels via the Conversations API, and two-factor authentication / one-time passwords via the 2FA API. tyntec is an authorized WhatsApp Business Solution Provider. All APIs authenticate with an account API key sent in the apikey request header; tyntec publishes OpenAPI definitions for them in the public tyntec/api-collection GitHub repository.

## Kin Score — 35.5 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 35.5).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 74.1 |
| Contract Quality | 60.1 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 34.2 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 23.8 |
| Commercial Clarity | 28.9 |
| Access Clarity | 28.9 |

Regulatory layer — **Telecommunications**: 16.7 (matched via tags).

## Agent readiness — 29.1 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Paid · Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: paid, trial: no (confidence: high).

## APIs (7)

- **tyntec 2FA Authentication API** — Programmatic two-factor authentication and one-time passwords. Send an OTP to a recipient number (POST /otp), validate the code the user enters (POST /otp/{otp-id}/validate retu...
- **tyntec SMS API** — Send and receive text messages over tyntec's global A2P SMS network. Send via POST /messaging/v1/sms, retrieve delivery status via GET /messaging/v1/messages/{requestId}, receiv...
- **tyntec Conversations API** — One API for WhatsApp Business, Viber, and SMS. Send single (POST /messages) or bulk (POST /bulks) messages, track delivery status and events, upload and manage media, configure ...
- **tyntec Number Information API** — HLR reachability/roaming and global number portability lookups (NIS).
- **tyntec Number Verification API** — Validate a phone number against reusable criteria templates (Verify API).
- **tyntec Service API** — Health and version metadata.
- **tyntec Verify Templates API** — Create and manage the criteria templates numbers are checked against.

## Agentic access (1)

- **Tyntec Agentic Access** — 10 operations · 3 acting

## Security (2)

- **Tyntec Authentication** — apiKey · 1 scheme
- **Tyntec Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **Tyntec Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Number Verification, CPaaS, SMS, WhatsApp, Phone Number Intelligence, HLR Lookup, Two-Factor Authentication, OTP, Messaging, Number Portability

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/tyntec/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.