jonathanport / genuine-email-validator
A Laravel 5 Service to easily validate and verify if an Email Address is genuine or not. Uses the free MailboxLayer API (Quotas Apply).
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Type:laravel-service
Requires
- guzzlehttp/guzzle: ^6.3
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Last update: 2025-04-29 00:53:24 UTC
README
A simple Laravel 5 Service to easily validate and verify if an Email Address is genuine or not. Uses the free MailboxLayer API (Quotas Apply).
Requirements
- Laravel 5
- PHP 7
- Guzzle ^6.3
- Mailbox Layer Account
Installation
composer require JonathanPort/genuine-email-validator
Usage
Before using, make sure to add your Mailbox Layer API key into your project's .env under: MAILBOXLAYER_KEY. Alternatively, you can pass the key through to the class when making a new instance:
$service = new GenuineEmailValidator($key = 'YOUR_KEY_HERE');
To use the service, create a new instance of the service or pass the service as a controller method parameter via dependency injection.
The service contains two public methods:
<?php namespace App\Http\Controllers; use JonathanPort\GenuineEmailValidator\GenuineEmailValidator; class TestController extends Controller { public function test(GenuineEmailValidator $service) { // Returns Mailbox Feedback or false $service->emailAddressIsGenuine('hello@jonathanport.com'); // Returns standard Laravel Email Validator Instance $service->emailAddressIsValid('hello@jonathanport.com', $uniqueColumn = 'users'); } }
MailboxLayer API Usage Notes
Note: MailboxLayer is a free API but has a limited request quota. There should be enough monthly quota to get you by for dev testing but to use for a production site, I would strongly suggest upgrading to the "Basic Plan". It's $9.99 / mo with a 20% discount if paid for yearly. $9.99 gets you 5000 requests per month to play around with. Handy for new sites with limited traffic or small startup applicatons on a budget.
Use sparingly and avoid making any crazy loops that could eat up your request quota and you'll be fine.