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Amazon Phone Number Validate

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Spec sheet

Purpose
The service checks whether a phone number is valid and returns information about it.Read 8 Oct 2026 · docs.aws.amazon.com
Integrations
AWS documents using the API through the AWS CLI and SDKs, including SDKs for .NET, C++, Go, Java, JavaScript, Kotlin, PHP, Python, and Ruby.Read 8 Oct 2026 · docs.aws.amazon.com
API access
The resource accepts a POST request at /v1/phone/number/validate.Read 8 Oct 2026 · docs.aws.amazon.com
Channel selection
AWS describes using validation results to choose another messaging channel when a number cannot receive SMS.Read 8 Oct 2026 · docs.aws.amazon.com
Country code input
AWS says to include the phone number’s country code; the request can also include a two-character ISO country or region code.Read 8 Oct 2026 · docs.aws.amazon.com
Data freshness
AWS says returned data is based on information from telecommunications providers and others, and may be updated less frequently in some countries; a ported number may show its original carrier.Read 8 Oct 2026 · docs.aws.amazon.com
Data limitation
For numbers originating in the United States and Canada, the API no longer returns City, County, Timezone, or ZipCode.Read 8 Oct 2026 · docs.aws.amazon.com
Database cleanup
AWS describes validating existing contact databases and using the result to update endpoint channel types.Read 8 Oct 2026 · docs.aws.amazon.com
Line type
The response can identify a number as mobile, landline, VoIP, invalid, prepaid, or other.Read 8 Oct 2026 · docs.aws.amazon.com
Lookup details
The response can include the carrier and the country and location where the number was originally registered.Read 8 Oct 2026 · docs.aws.amazon.com
Number formatting
The response can include the phone number in E.164 and national formats.Read 8 Oct 2026 · docs.aws.amazon.com
Service transition
AWS says phone number validate APIs are unaffected by the Amazon Pinpoint end of support and are supported by AWS End User Messaging.Read 8 Oct 2026 · docs.aws.amazon.com
Support date
AWS states that Amazon Pinpoint support ends on October 30, 2026; after that date it says Amazon Pinpoint will no longer be usable, while phone number validate APIs are unaffected.Read 8 Oct 2026 · docs.aws.amazon.com
Web form use
AWS describes validating numbers submitted through a web form so the form can prompt users to replace invalid numbers.Read 8 Oct 2026 · docs.aws.amazon.com

Plans and prices

Phone Number Validate $0.01, paid once per request $0.006 for each request Read 8 Oct 2026 · aws.amazon.com

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