Phone Checker XML API

The API returns a validation code, a validation description and phone properties in XML format for the phone number and country code provided as input.

Usage
Simply perform a GET call using this url with the API parameters described below:
https://tls.bankaccountchecker.com/listener.php?key=<your_api_key>&password=<your_password>&output=xml&type=phone&phone=01709473017&country=GB
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API parameters
Parameter Required Default Value
key Yes N/A API key provided with your account. Alternatively, use the 'guest' key but you will be restricted by the number of call per 24 hours.
password Yes N/A Password associated with the API key.
output No json json, xml
type Yes N/A phone
phone Yes N/A The phone number you want to check.
country Yes N/A The country iso3166 2 characters code to check the phone number against Each country have different validations rule. Supported codes are US, AG, AI, AS, BB, BM, BS, CA, DM, DO, GD, GU, JM, KN, KY, LC, MP, MS, PR, SX, TC, TT, VC, VG, VI, RU, KZ, EG, ZA, GR, NL, BE, FR, ES, HU, IT, VA, RO, CH, AT, GB, GG, IM, JE, DK, SE, NO, SJ, PL, DE, PE, MX, CU, AR, BR, CL, CO, VE, MY, AU, CC, CX, ID, PH, NZ, SG, TH, JP, KR, VN, CN, TR, IN, PK, AF, LK, MM, IR, SS, MA, EH, DZ, TN, LY, GM, SN, MR, ML, GN, CI, BF, NE, TG, BJ, MU, LR, SL, GH, NG, TD, CF, CM, CV, ST, GQ, GA, CG, CD, AO, GW, IO, AC, SC, SD, RW, ET, SO, DJ, KE, TZ, UG, BI, MZ, ZM, MG, RE, YT, ZW, NA, MW, LS, BW, SZ, KM, SH, TA, ER, AW, FO, GL, GI, PT, LU, IE, IS, AL, MT, CY, FI, AX, BG, LT, LV, EE, MD, AM, BY, AD, MC, SM, UA, RS, ME, XK, HR, SI, BA, MK, CZ, SK, LI, FK, BZ, GT, SV, HN, NI, CR, PA, PM, HT, GP, BL, MF, BO, GY, EC, GF, PY, MQ, SR, UY, CW, BQ, TL, NF, BN, NR, PG, TO, SB, VU, FJ, PW, WF, CK, NU, WS, KI, NC, TV, PF, TK, FM, MH, KP, HK, MO, KH, LA, BD, TW, MV, LB, JO, SY, IQ, KW, SA, YE, OM, PS, AE, IL, BH, QA, BT, MN, NP, TJ, TM, AZ, GE, KG, UZ.
Output
This is a sample of the output you will get in XML:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<bankaccountchecker>
    <resultCode>01</resultCode>
    <resultDescription>phone is valid</resultDescription>
    <phoneProperties>
        <formatted_E164>+441709473017</formatted_E164>
        <formatted_national>01709 473017</formatted_national>
        <formatted_international>+44 1709 473017</formatted_international>
        <geolocation>Rotherham</geolocation>
        <carrier/>
        <type>FIXED_LINE</type>
        <time_zones>
            <time_zone>Europe/London</time_zone>
        </time_zones>
    </phoneProperties>
</bankaccountchecker>
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