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Email Avatar Checker API: Mixed-Domain Avatar Lookup

Upload a mixed list of email addresses and have them routed by domain automatically. Returns whether each address has a public avatar and the avatar URL, along with the display name when the provider exposes one. Covers Gmail, Yandex and Mail.ru along with their alias domains; addresses on other domains are not submitted and are not delivered. The task uses the standard asynchronous batch workflow.

Input format

Upload a text file with one email addresses per line. Normalize values before upload; for phone numbers, E.164 format is recommended.

user@example.com
another@example.com

Create a task

POST https://api.numberchecker.ai/v1/tasks

Terminal window
curl --location 'https://api.numberchecker.ai/v1/tasks' \
--header 'X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY' \
--form 'file=@"./input.txt"' \
--form 'task_type="email_avatar"'

The API returns a task ID. Keep this ID and use it to poll the task status.

Upload response

{
"task_id": "d4g8o46p2jvh04o9uolg",
"status": "pending",
"total": 5000,
"estimated_amount": {
"amount": "0.500000",
"currency": "USD"
},
"message": "Task created successfully"
}

Check task status

POST https://api.numberchecker.ai/v1/gettasks

Terminal window
curl --location 'https://api.numberchecker.ai/v1/gettasks' \
--header 'X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY' \
--form 'task_id="d4g8o46p2jvh04o9uolg"'

Poll until status becomes exported. Do not treat pending or processing as a completed result.

Processing response

{
"task_id": "d4g8o46p2jvh04o9uolg",
"status": "processing",
"total": 5000,
"success": 2500,
"failure": 0
}

Exported response

{
"task_id": "d4g8o46p2jvh04o9uolg",
"status": "exported",
"total": 5000,
"success": 5000,
"failure": 0,
"result_url": "https://example-link-to-results.zip",
"actual_amount": {
"amount": "2.000000",
"currency": "USD"
}
}

Result Fields

FieldDescriptionExample
emailInput email address from the submitted file.user@example.com
activatedWhether the address has a public avatar.yes
avatarAvatar image URL when available; empty when the account uses a default placeholder.https://…
nameDisplay name when the provider exposes one; otherwise empty.John Doe

Result file handling

Download the file from result_url only after the task is exported. Preserve the returned column names when processing the file downstream.

Response fields

FieldDescription
created_atTimestamp when the task was created.
updated_atTimestamp of the latest task status update.
task_idUnique task identifier.
statuspending, processing, exported, or failed.
totalTotal input values processed.
successValues processed successfully.
failureValues that failed processing.
result_urlDownload URL when the task is exported.
actual_amountFinal settled amount, when available.
estimated_amountEstimated amount returned when the task is created.

Status codes

StatusDescription
200Request successful.
202Task created successfully and estimated charge applied.
400Invalid file, unsupported task type, or too few valid entries.
401Missing or invalid API key.
402Insufficient account balance.
403Product not available for your account (discontinued or whitelist-only); contact support.
404Task not found.
413Uploaded file is too large.
500Internal server error; retry later.
503Product temporarily unavailable (paused for maintenance); nothing is charged, retry later.

Operational notes

  • The task is asynchronous; use the task ID for status polling.
  • Check product-specific input limits before uploading.
  • Failed rows are reported in the exported result and reflected in the task counters.
  • The fields above are based on the current live sample and may change when the upstream export schema changes.