# Email Validator - Bulk Email Verification (`vulnv/email-validator`) Actor

Validate the deliverability of email addresses in bulk from a simple list input.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/vulnv/email-validator.md
- **Developed by:** [VulnV](https://apify.com/vulnv) (community)
- **Categories:** Developer tools, Lead generation, Social media
- **Features:** Limited permissions
- **Stats:** 153 total users, 20 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

from $2.00 / 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.

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

## Email Validator

Validate email addresses in bulk and return a clear result for each input.

This Actor accepts an array of email addresses, checks each one, and stores the results in a structured dataset. It is designed for enrichment workflows, lead cleanup, CRM hygiene, and pre-send validation.

### What It Does

- Validates multiple email addresses in one run
- Returns one result item per input email
- Separates valid, invalid, malformed, and failed checks
- Normalizes emails to lowercase in the output
- Produces clean JSON output for exports and downstream automation

### Input

Provide an `emails` array:

```json
{
  "emails": [
    "hello@example.com",
    "sales@example.org",
    "bad-email-format"
  ]
}
```

### Output

Each input email produces one dataset item.

#### Valid email

```json
{
  "input_email": "hello@example.com",
  "email": "hello@example.com",
  "checked": true,
  "is_valid": true,
  "status": "valid",
  "provider": "google_workspace",
  "error": null
}
```

#### Invalid email

```json
{
  "input_email": "nobody@example.org",
  "email": "nobody@example.org",
  "checked": true,
  "is_valid": false,
  "status": "invalid",
  "provider": "google_workspace",
  "error": null
}
```

#### Invalid format

```json
{
  "index": 2,
  "input_email": "bad-email-format",
  "email": "bad-email-format",
  "checked": false,
  "is_valid": false,
  "status": "invalid_format",
  "provider": null,
  "error": "Email format is invalid."
}
```

#### Validation error

```json
{
  "input_email": "ops@example.com",
  "email": "ops@example.com",
  "checked": false,
  "is_valid": false,
  "status": "error",
  "provider": null,
  "error": "Validation request timed out."
}
```

### Status Values

- `valid`: the email passed validation
- `invalid`: the email was checked and did not pass validation
- `invalid_format`: the email was rejected before validation because the input format was not valid
- `error`: the email could not be checked because of a runtime or request issue

### Common Use Cases

- Clean contact lists before outreach
- Validate imported CRM or CSV data
- Improve lead quality before enrichment
- Reduce bounce risk in outbound workflows
- Filter malformed emails from user-submitted data

### Dataset & Export

All results are stored in the default Apify dataset.

You can export the output as:

- JSON
- CSV
- Excel

### Notes

- The Actor expects `emails` to be an array of strings
- Empty arrays are rejected
- Invalidly formatted emails are included in the dataset with `status: "invalid_format"`
- Output may include a `provider` field when available from the validation response

### Quick Start

1. Add your email addresses to the `emails` array
2. Run the Actor
3. Review the dataset
4. Export or connect the results to your workflow

### 💰 Pricing

Pay-per-event: charged **per result returned** in the dataset. No monthly fees.

### 🛠️ Our Other Scrapers

Clean your list, then put it to work:

- **[LinkedIn Email Finder](https://apify.com/vulnv/linkedin-email-finder)** — find business emails for LinkedIn profiles.
- **[LinkedIn Profile Detail Scraper + Email](https://apify.com/vulnv/linkedin-profile-detail)** — full profile data with optional email.
- **[LinkedIn Profile Batch Scraper + Email](https://apify.com/vulnv/linkedin-profile-batch)** — up to 1,000 profiles per run.
- **[LinkedIn Company Detail Scraper](https://apify.com/vulnv/linkedin-company-detail)** — full company profiles for ABM and account research.

📬 **Custom fields, higher volume, or a managed data pipeline?** Email us at <apify@vulnv.com> — we build bespoke scrapers and managed feeds for teams. Questions and feature requests welcome too, or visit our [Apify profile](https://apify.com/vulnv).

# Actor input Schema

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

Enter the email addresses you want to validate.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "emails": [
    "hello@example.com"
  ]
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

Default dataset items, one validation result per input email.

# 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": [
        "hello@example.com"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("vulnv/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": ["hello@example.com"] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("vulnv/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": [
    "hello@example.com"
  ]
}' |
apify call vulnv/email-validator --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,vulnv/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/P4M2mVe2FOO2vg6Rf/builds/vBB7Kq9ggQn8mlZNX/openapi.json