Phone ID - Identity attributes: Porting Status
NOTE:
To add this feature to your account, contact a Telesign expert. This feature is available for full-service accounts only.
The Porting Status identity attribute allows you to find out if a phone number was ported or not and what carrier currently has the number. The information you get in a response includes the current MCC (mobile country code) and the current MNC (mobile network code).
Example request and responses for Porting Status
Request
POST https://rest-ww.telesign.com/v1/phoneid/15555551212 HTTP/1.1
Authorization: Basic 12345678-9ABC-DEF0-1234-56789ABCDEF0:vjE/ZDfPvDkuGNsuqCFFO4neYIs=
Date: Thu, 08 Nov 2018 14:11:09 GMT
Content-Type: application/json
{
"addons": {
"porting_status": {}
}
}
Response body - success
{
"porting_status": {
"mcc_current": "310",
"mnc_current": "01",
"ported": true,
"status": {
"code": 2800,
"description": "Request successfully completed"
}
}
}
Response body - timeout
{
"porting_status": {
"status": {
"code": 2811,
"description": "Request processing timeout.",
}
}
}
Response body - out of coverage
{
"porting_status": {
"status": {
"code": 2803,
"description": "Phone number out of porting_status identity attribute coverage."
}
}
}
NOTE:
Out of coverage means the device is too far from a cellular antenna, in a restricted area that blocks signals, or it may be off.
Porting Status request parameters
| Parameter | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| addons | object | This parameter allows you to receive information returned from your enabled identity attributes. Contact our Customer Support Team to add this feature. |
| addons.porting_status | string | Include this parameter to initiate use of the Porting Status identity attribute. |
Porting Status response properties
| Property | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| reference_id | string | A 32-digit hex value used to identify the web service requests. The value is unique to each web service request and is randomly generated by Telesign. |
| phone_type | string | One of the phone type codes. |
| description | string | Text describing the phone type. |
| porting_status | object | |
| porting_status.mcc_current | string | The mobile country code (MCC) for the current carrier associated with the device. The MNC is used in conjunction with the MCC to uniquely identify a carrier. |
| porting_status.mnc_current | string | The mobile network code (MNC) for the current carrier associated with the device. The MNC is used in conjunction with the MCC to uniquely identify a carrier. |
| porting_status.ported | boolean | Indicates whether the number was ported or not. |
| porting_status.status | object | |
| porting_status.status.code | string | A numeric code indicating the processing status of your request. |
| porting_status.status.description | string | Text description of the status. |
Updated 5 months ago