# Email Validator API (`johandev_04/email-validator`) Actor

Validate email addresses with SMTP verification, MX records, and disposable domain detection.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/johandev_04/email-validator.md
- **Developed by:** [Johan Ortiz](https://apify.com/johandev_04) (community)
- **Stats:** 1 total users, 0 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: 5.00 out of 5 stars

## Pricing

from $70.00 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

<h1>Email Validator API</h1>

<p>Clean your B2B databases and marketing lists with an <strong>enterprise-grade email validation API</strong>. This Actor performs deep syntax checks, MX record verification, and disposable email detection to ensure your deliverability rates stay high.</p>

<h2>🛡️ Why choose this Actor? (Reliability & Accuracy)</h2>
<p>Bad data costs money. This Actor is built to filter out the noise:</p>
<ul>
    <li><strong>Syntax Validation:</strong> Catches typos and malformed emails instantly.</li>
    <li><strong>MX Record Check:</strong> Verifies if the domain can actually receive emails.</li>
    <li><strong>Disposable Detection:</strong> Flags temporary email providers (like Mailinator).</li>
    <li><strong>Enterprise Resilience:</strong> Built with state persistence and retry logic. It won't crash on large lists.</li>
</ul>

<h2>🚀 Features</h2>
<ul>
    <li><strong>Bulk Processing:</strong> Handle thousands of emails in a single run.</li>
    <li><strong>Pay-Per-Event:</strong> Only pay for successfully validated emails. No hidden costs.</li>
    <li><strong>Clean Output:</strong> Returns a clear JSON with status, reason, and validation timestamp.</li>
</ul>

<h2>📖 How to use</h2>
<ol>
    <li>Go to the <strong>Input</strong> tab.</li>
    <li>Paste your list of emails into the <code>emails</code> field.</li>
    <li>Click <strong>Start</strong>.</li>
    <li>Download your clean list from the <strong>Storage</strong> tab.</li>
</ol>

<h2>📊 Output Data</h2>
<p>Each item in the dataset contains the validation result:</p>
<pre><code>{
  "email": "user@example.com",
  "status": "VALID",
  "reason": "Syntax and MX records are correct",
  "checkedAt": "2026-10-20T06:09:49.635956+00:00"
}</code></pre>

# Actor input Schema

## `emails` (type: `array`):

List of email addresses to validate.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of emails to validate.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "emails": [
    "info@apify.com",
    "test@example.com",
    "fake@tempmail.com"
  ],
  "maxItems": 100
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `dataset` (type: `string`):

Dataset with email validation results, scores, and reasons.

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "emails": [
        "info@apify.com",
        "test@example.com",
        "fake@tempmail.com"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("johandev_04/email-validator").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "emails": [
        "info@apify.com",
        "test@example.com",
        "fake@tempmail.com",
    ] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("johandev_04/email-validator").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "emails": [
    "info@apify.com",
    "test@example.com",
    "fake@tempmail.com"
  ]
}' |
apify call johandev_04/email-validator --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,johandev_04/email-validator"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/aqe3O6MB4eEBzt1bt/builds/qAAdwZD8pMo6vHZ6B/openapi.json
