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Stanley
Stanley

Reputation: 135

Can Twilio's Lookup API tell if a number is connected or not?

I saw that Twilio's Lookup API can tell you whether a phone number is landline, mobile, or voip, as well as what the carrier is. Is there any functionality or possibility of telling whether a number is disconnected or not, similar to what RealPhoneValidation does?

For example, I looked up a disconnected phone number in RealPhoneValidation and this was the output, versus the Twilio Lookup API only provided the line type and carrier.

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Upvotes: 1

Views: 826

Answers (1)

pygeek
pygeek

Reputation: 7414

Problem

By default, Twilio Lookup API does not provide information on phone number’s connection status with provider.

Solution

Twilio Lookup API allows for “addons”, one of which being the “payfone” addon that uses another service (payfone) to determine phone connection status.

References

Twilio Lookup API: https://www.twilio.com/docs/lookup/api

Twilio addons: https://www.twilio.com/docs/add-ons

Twilio Payfone addon: https://www.twilio.com/docs/add-ons/quickstart#using-the-payfone-lookups-add-on

Upvotes: 2

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