# Validate & Format Phone Numbers - Offline Bulk E.164 (`tidybytetools/phone-number-validator-formatter`) Actor

Validate phone numbers and format them as E.164, international and national. Get country, line type, area and time zone. Offline — nothing is called or texted. $0.001 per number, no start fee. Works from Apify MCP and the API.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/tidybytetools/phone-number-validator-formatter.md
- **Developed by:** [Tidy Byte Tools](https://apify.com/tidybytetools) (community)
- **Categories:** Developer tools, Automation
- **Security:** Limited permissions
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 0.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.00 / 1,000 phone number checkeds

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

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

## Phone Number Validator & Formatter - Offline, Bulk, E.164

Check if phone numbers are valid and format them as E.164, international and national. Get country, line type, area and time zone. Offline, nothing is called or texted. $0.001 per number, no start fee.

### Website and local versions

- **[Website](https://tidybytetools.github.io/tools/phone-number-validator/)** — Tidy Byte Tools product page

### What it does

- Says if each number is valid and possible.
- Writes it 3 ways: +15551234567, international and national.
- Shows the country, line type (mobile, fixed line and more), area and time zones.
- Removes repeats for free.
- Works offline with Google's open phone rules. We never call or text anyone.

### Price

You pay **$0.001** per phone number checked (One unique number we checked. Blank lines and repeats are free.) There is no start fee from us. Apify adds its normal small platform cost.
Set a max cost for the run and we stop there. We never charge for work we did not save.

### How to use

1. Add links or paste your data.
2. Click **Start**.
3. Get results in the **Output** tab, or download them as CSV, Excel or JSON.

### Input

- **Phone numbers**: One number per line.
- **Or paste a list**: Paste many numbers, one per line.
- **Default country**: Two-letter code (like US, GB, DE) for numbers without a + country code.
- **Only show valid numbers**: Hide numbers that are not valid. They still count as checked.

### Example input

This is also the default sample, so a first run works if you just click Start.

```json
{
  "phoneNumbers": [
    "+1 650-253-0000",
    "(415) 555-2671",
    "020 7946 0958",
    "12345"
  ],
  "defaultCountry": "US",
  "onlyValid": false
}
```

### FAQ

**Does this call or text the number?**
No. It works offline with Google's open phone rules (libphonenumber). Nothing is called or texted.

**What is E.164?**
It is the international form, like `+15551234567`. You also get an international form with spaces and a national form.

**What if a number has no country code?**
Set the default country (a two-letter code like `US` or `GB`). Numbers that already start with `+` do not need this.

**Do I pay for invalid numbers or repeats?**
You pay $0.001 for each unique number we check, even if it is not valid. Blank lines and exact repeats are free.

**Is line type always right?**
Line type (mobile, fixed line, and so on) is a best guess from the number plan. It can be `unknown`. It is not a live lookup.

**Is there a free version of this Actor?**
Not for this exact tool. You can still try it with the sample numbers in the input form.

### Good to know

- Files up to 50 MB each.
- Your data is only used for your run.
- Made by Tidy Byte Tools. Questions? Open an issue on this Actor's page.

### More tools from Tidy Byte Tools

These Actors work well together:

- [PDF Table Extractor](https://apify.com/tidybytetools/pdf-table-pull) — PDF tables to CSV, Excel and JSON. $0.003 per page with a table.
- [PDF, Word and Web Page to Markdown](https://apify.com/tidybytetools/doc-to-markdown) — Clean Markdown and RAG chunks. $0.003 per file.
- [HTML Table Extractor](https://apify.com/tidybytetools/html-table-extractor) — Web tables to CSV and JSON. $0.0005 per data row.
- [Broken Link Checker](https://apify.com/tidybytetools/broken-link-checker) — Check site and sitemap links. $0.001 per link.
- [Markdown Chunker for RAG](https://apify.com/tidybytetools/markdown-rag-chunker) — Split Markdown by headings. $0.0001 per chunk.
- [CSV and Excel Data Cleaner](https://apify.com/tidybytetools/csv-excel-data-cleaner) — Dedupe and fix dates, emails and phones. $0.0005 per clean row.
- [JSON to CSV Converter](https://apify.com/tidybytetools/json-to-csv-flattener) — Flatten nested JSON for spreadsheets. $0.0001 per row.
- [CSV Encoding Fixer and Splitter](https://apify.com/tidybytetools/csv-encoding-fixer-splitter) — Fix garbled letters like é and split big files. $0.01 per file.
- [Phone Number Validator](https://apify.com/tidybytetools/phone-number-validator-formatter) — Check and format numbers offline. $0.001 per number.
- [LLM Token Counter](https://apify.com/tidybytetools/llm-token-counter) — Offline token and cost estimates for GPT, Claude and Gemini. $0.0005 per unique text.

Free local tools (no Apify account needed): [pdf-table-pull-lite](https://github.com/tidybytetools/pdf-table-pull-lite), [doc2md-lite](https://github.com/tidybytetools/doc2md-lite), [link-check-lite](https://github.com/tidybytetools/link-check-lite), [md-chunk-lite](https://github.com/tidybytetools/md-chunk-lite), [json-shaper-lite](https://github.com/tidybytetools/json-shaper-lite).

Website: <https://tidybytetools.github.io>. All Actors: [apify.com/tidybytetools](https://apify.com/tidybytetools).

### Agent tip

Validate phone numbers and format them as E.164, international and national. Get country, line type, area and time zone. Offline — nothing is called or texted. $0.001 per number, no start fee. Works from Apify MCP and the API.

# Actor input Schema

## `phoneNumbers` (type: `array`):

One number per line.

## `phoneText` (type: `string`):

Paste many numbers, one per line.

## `defaultCountry` (type: `string`):

Two-letter code (like US, GB, DE) for numbers without a + country code.

## `onlyValid` (type: `boolean`):

Hide numbers that are not valid. They still count as checked.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "phoneNumbers": [
    "+1 650-253-0000",
    "(415) 555-2671",
    "020 7946 0958",
    "12345"
  ],
  "defaultCountry": "US",
  "onlyValid": false
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

# 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 = {
    "phoneNumbers": [
        "+1 650-253-0000",
        "(415) 555-2671",
        "020 7946 0958",
        "12345"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("tidybytetools/phone-number-validator-formatter").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 = { "phoneNumbers": [
        "+1 650-253-0000",
        "(415) 555-2671",
        "020 7946 0958",
        "12345",
    ] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("tidybytetools/phone-number-validator-formatter").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 '{
  "phoneNumbers": [
    "+1 650-253-0000",
    "(415) 555-2671",
    "020 7946 0958",
    "12345"
  ]
}' |
apify call tidybytetools/phone-number-validator-formatter --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

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

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/jC32RlrEM9whQsujh/builds/4XGpzEIxfqQZf8kWe/openapi.json