Phone ID - Tutorial: Perform a number deactivation check
This tutorial explains how to check whether a phone number was deactivated using the Phone ID Number Deactivation identity attribute. You can use the check to decide whether to send someone an SMS or Voice message. If someone's number is not active, you can save the cost of attempting to send a message.
NOTE:
To add Number Deactivation to your account, contact a Telesign expert. This feature is available for full-service accounts only.
Before you begin
Make sure you have the following ready:
- Authentication credentials - Your Telesign Customer ID and API Key. If you don't have these already, see How do I find my Customer ID and API Key?
- Identity attribute enabled - Make sure the Contact Match identity attribute is enabled by Telesign. If it is not yet enabled, contact a Telesign expert.
- Telesign Full-service SDK: Install the Full-service SDK in your preferred language. Select the language here, and you will be directed to GitHub where you can access the source code and installation instructions.
Make Number Deactivation request
This section walks you through the sample code below:
- Open the project file.
- Include the appropriate part of the TeleSign SDK and any additional language-specific functions you may need.
var TeleSignSDK = require('telesignenterprisesdk');
package com.telesign.enterprise.example.phoneid_number_deactivation;
import com.telesign.RestClient;
import com.telesign.enterprise.PhoneIdClient;
from __future__ import print_function
from telesignenterprise.phoneid import PhoneIdClient
require 'telesignenterprise'
<?php
require __DIR__ . "/../../vendor/autoload.php";
use telesign\enterprise\sdk\phoneid\PhoneIdClient;
using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;
using System;
using Telesign;
- Insert values for each of these variables:
- customer_id / customerId - Your Telesign assigned Customer ID.
- api_key / apiKey - Your Telesign assigned API Key.
- phone_number / phoneNumber - The phone number you want to request information for. This should be a string with no spaces or special characters. Use the complete number, including the country code. For example:16505551212.
- ucid - A string that specifies one of the use case codes. Use case codes provide information about what kind of transaction you are performing.
console.log("## phoneid.numberDeactivation ##");
const customerId = process.env.CUSTOMER_ID || "FFFFFFFF-EEEE-DDDD-1234-AB1234567890";
const apiKey = process.env.API_KEY || "ABC12345yusumoN6BYsBVkh+yRJ5czgsnCehZaOYldPJdmFh6NeX8kunZ2zU1YWaUw/0wV6xfw==";
const phoneNumber = process.env.PHONE_NUMBER || "11234567890";
const ucid = "ATCK";
public class CheckPhoneNumberDeactivated {
public static void main(String[] args) {
String customerId = "FFFFFFFF-EEEE-DDDD-1234-AB1234567890";
String apiKey = "EXAMPLE----ABC12345yusumoN6BYsBVkh+yRJ5czgsnCehZaOYldPJdmFh6NeX8kunZ2zU1YWaUw/0wV6xfw==";
String phoneNumber = "Your test phone number with no special characters or spaces.";
String ucid = "ATCK";
customer_id = "FFFFFFFF-EEEE-DDDD-1234-AB1234567890"
api_key = "EXAMPLE----ABC12345yusumoN6BYsBVkh+yRJ5czgsnCehZaOYldPJdmFh6NeX8kunZ2zU1YWaUw/0wV6xfw=="
phone_number = "Your test phone number with no special characters or spaces."
ucid = "ATCK"
customer_id = 'FFFFFFFF-EEEE-DDDD-1234-AB1234567890'
api_key = 'EXAMPLE----ABC12345yusumoN6BYsBVkh+yRJ5czgsnCehZaOYldPJdmFh6NeX8kunZ2zU1YWaUw/0wV6xfw=='
phone_number = 'Your test phone number with no special characters or spaces.'
ucid = 'ATCK'
$customer_id = "FFFFFFFF-EEEE-DDDD-1234-AB1234567890";
$api_key = "EXAMPLE----ABC12345yusumoN6BYsBVkh+yRJ5czgsnCehZaOYldPJdmFh6NeX8kunZ2zU1YWaUw/0wV6xfw==";
$phone_number = "Your test phone number with no special characters or spaces.";
$ucid = "ATCK";
namespace TelesignEnterprise.Example.PhoneNumberDeactivation
{
public class CheckPhoneNumberDeactivated
{
public static void Main(string[] args)
{
string customerId = "FFFFFFFF-EEEE-DDDD-1234-AB1234567890";
string apiKey = "EXAMPLEABC12345yusumoN6BYsBVkh+yRJ5czgsnCehZaOYldPJdmFh6NeX8kunZ2zU1YWaUw/0wV6xfw==";
string phoneNumber = "Your test phone number with no special characters or spaces.";
string ucid = "ATCK";
- Instantiate a PhoneIdClient object and pass it your Customer ID and API Key. For Node.js, it is just client.
const client = new TeleSignSDK(customerId, apiKey);
try {
PhoneIdClient phoneIdClient = new PhoneIdClient(customerId, apiKey);
phoneid = PhoneIdClient(customer_id, api_key)
phoneid_client = TelesignEnterprise::PhoneIdClient.new(customer_id, api_key)
$phoneid = new PhoneIdClient($customer_id, $api_key);
try
{
PhoneIdClient phoneIdClient = new PhoneIdClient(customerId, apiKey);
- Perform a number deactivation check, and store the results in the variable
response
/telesignResponse
. For Node.js, you use this step to create a function to handle the callback after you send a request for a number deactivation check.
function phoneidCallback(error, responseBody) {
if (error === null) {
if (responseBody.hasOwnProperty('number_deactivation')) {
console.log(`PhoneID response for phone number: ${phoneNumber}` +
` => phone number: ${responseBody['number_deactivation']['number']}` +
`, last deactivated: ${responseBody['number_deactivation']['last_deactivated']}`);
} else {
console.log(`Phone number ${phoneNumber} has not been deactivated.`);
console.log(responseBody);
}
} else {
console.error("Unable to send phoneID numberDeactivation. " + error);
}
}
RestClient.TelesignResponse telesignResponse = phoneIdClient.numberDeactivation(phoneNumber, ucid, null);
response = phoneid.number_deactivation(phone_number, ucid)
response = phoneid_client.number_deactivation(phone_number, ucid)
$response = $phoneid->numberDeactivation($phone_number, $ucid);
RestClient.TelesignResponse telesignResponse = phoneIdClient.NumberDeactivation(phoneNumber, ucid);
- The results stored in the
response
/telesignResponse
variable are provided to you in this step. For node.js, this is where you send the request. You pass in thephoneidCallback
function you created to handle the response.
client.phoneid.numberDeactivation(phoneidCallback, phoneNumber, ucid);
if (telesignResponse.ok) {
if (!telesignResponse.json.getAsJsonObject("number_deactivation").get("last_deactivated").isJsonNull()) {
System.out.println(String.format("Phone number %s was last deactivated %s.",
telesignResponse.json.getAsJsonObject("number_deactivation").get("number").getAsString(),
telesignResponse.json.getAsJsonObject("number_deactivation").get("last_deactivated").getAsString()));
} else {
System.out.println(String.format("Phone number %s has not been deactivated.",
telesignResponse.json.getAsJsonObject("number_deactivation").get("number").getAsString()));
}
}
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
if response.ok:
if response.json['number_deactivation']['last_deactivated']:
print("Phone number {} was last deactivated {}.".format(
response.json['number_deactivation']['number'],
response.json['number_deactivation']['last_deactivated']))
else:
print("Phone number {} has not been deactivated.".format(response.json['number_deactivation']['number']))
if response.ok
if response.json['number_deactivation']['last_deactivated']
puts 'Phone number %s was last deactivated %s.' %
[response.json['number_deactivation']['number'],
response.json['number_deactivation']['last_deactivated']]
else
puts 'Phone number %s has not been deactivated.' %
response.json['number_deactivation']['number']
end
end
if ($response->ok) {
if ($response->json['number_deactivation']['last_deactivated']) {
echo "Phone number {$response->json["number_deactivation"]["number"]}"
. " was last deactivated {$response->json["number_deactivation"]["last_deactivated"]}.";
}
else {
echo "Phone number {$response->json['number_deactivation']['number']} has not been deactivated.";
}
}
if (telesignResponse.OK)
{
if (telesignResponse.Json["number_deactivation"]["last_deactivated"].Type != JTokenType.Null)
{
Console.WriteLine(string.Format("Phone number {0} was last deactivated {1}.",
telesignResponse.Json["number_deactivation"]["number"],
telesignResponse.Json["number_deactivation"]["last_deactivated"]));
}
else
{
Console.WriteLine(string.Format("Phone number {0} has not been deactivated.",
telesignResponse.Json["number_deactivation"]["number"]));
}
}
}
catch (Exception e)
{
Console.WriteLine(e);
}
Console.WriteLine("Press any key to quit.");
Console.ReadKey();
}
}
}
- Switch from your editor to the terminal and run the file.
node phone_id.js
You should receive a response containing details about whether your phone number is active or not. You can use these results to make decisions about what to do with the phone number. For example, if someone is trying to sign up for an account with an inactive number, you might require them to sign up using a different number. Or, if you needed to send the provided number a code via text or voice message, you might opt not to send the message since it will not reach a deactivated number.
Sample Code
var TeleSignSDK = require('telesignenterprisesdk');
console.log("## phoneid.numberDeactivation ##");
const customerId = process.env.CUSTOMER_ID || "FFFFFFFF-EEEE-DDDD-1234-AB1234567890";
const apiKey = process.env.API_KEY || "ABC12345yusumoN6BYsBVkh+yRJ5czgsnCehZaOYldPJdmFh6NeX8kunZ2zU1YWaUw/0wV6xfw==";
const phoneNumber = process.env.PHONE_NUMBER || "11234567890";
const ucid = "ATCK";
const client = new TeleSignSDK(customerId, apiKey);
function phoneidCallback(error, responseBody) {
if (error === null) {
if (responseBody.hasOwnProperty('number_deactivation')) {
console.log(`PhoneID response for phone number: ${phoneNumber}` +
` => phone number: ${responseBody['number_deactivation']['number']}` +
`, last deactivated: ${responseBody['number_deactivation']['last_deactivated']}`);
} else {
console.log(`Phone number ${phoneNumber} has not been deactivated.`);
console.log(responseBody);
}
} else {
console.error("Unable to send phoneID numberDeactivation. " + error);
}
}
client.phoneid.numberDeactivation(phoneidCallback, phoneNumber, ucid);
package com.telesign.enterprise.example.phoneid_number_deactivation;
import com.telesign.RestClient;
import com.telesign.enterprise.PhoneIdClient;
public class CheckPhoneNumberDeactivated {
public static void main(String[] args) {
String customerId = "FFFFFFFF-EEEE-DDDD-1234-AB1234567890";
String apiKey = "EXAMPLE----ABC12345yusumoN6BYsBVkh+yRJ5czgsnCehZaOYldPJdmFh6NeX8kunZ2zU1YWaUw/0wV6xfw==";
String phoneNumber = "Your test phone number with no special characters or spaces.";
String ucid = "ATCK";
try {
PhoneIdClient phoneIdClient = new PhoneIdClient(customerId, apiKey);
RestClient.TelesignResponse telesignResponse = phoneIdClient.numberDeactivation(phoneNumber, ucid, null);
if (telesignResponse.ok) {
if (!telesignResponse.json.getAsJsonObject("number_deactivation").get("last_deactivated").isJsonNull()) {
System.out.println(String.format("Phone number %s was last deactivated %s.",
telesignResponse.json.getAsJsonObject("number_deactivation").get("number").getAsString(),
telesignResponse.json.getAsJsonObject("number_deactivation").get("last_deactivated").getAsString()));
} else {
System.out.println(String.format("Phone number %s has not been deactivated.",
telesignResponse.json.getAsJsonObject("number_deactivation").get("number").getAsString()));
}
}
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
from __future__ import print_function
from telesignenterprise.phoneid import PhoneIdClient
customer_id = "FFFFFFFF-EEEE-DDDD-1234-AB1234567890"
api_key = "EXAMPLE----ABC12345yusumoN6BYsBVkh+yRJ5czgsnCehZaOYldPJdmFh6NeX8kunZ2zU1YWaUw/0wV6xfw=="
phone_number = "Your test phone number with no special characters or spaces."
ucid = "ATCK"
phoneid = PhoneIdClient(customer_id, api_key)
response = phoneid.number_deactivation(phone_number, ucid)
if response.ok:
if response.json['number_deactivation']['last_deactivated']:
print("Phone number {} was last deactivated {}.".format(
response.json['number_deactivation']['number'],
response.json['number_deactivation']['last_deactivated']))
else:
print("Phone number {} has not been deactivated.".format(response.json['number_deactivation']['number']))
require 'telesignenterprise'
customer_id = 'FFFFFFFF-EEEE-DDDD-1234-AB1234567890'
api_key = 'EXAMPLE----ABC12345yusumoN6BYsBVkh+yRJ5czgsnCehZaOYldPJdmFh6NeX8kunZ2zU1YWaUw/0wV6xfw=='
phone_number = 'Your test phone number with no special characters or spaces.'
ucid = 'ATCK'
phoneid_client = TelesignEnterprise::PhoneIdClient.new(customer_id, api_key)
response = phoneid_client.number_deactivation(phone_number, ucid)
if response.ok
if response.json['number_deactivation']['last_deactivated']
puts 'Phone number %s was last deactivated %s.' %
[response.json['number_deactivation']['number'],
response.json['number_deactivation']['last_deactivated']]
else
puts 'Phone number %s has not been deactivated.' %
response.json['number_deactivation']['number']
end
end
<?php
require __DIR__ . "/../../vendor/autoload.php";
use telesign\enterprise\sdk\phoneid\PhoneIdClient;
$customer_id = "FFFFFFFF-EEEE-DDDD-1234-AB1234567890";
$api_key = "EXAMPLE----ABC12345yusumoN6BYsBVkh+yRJ5czgsnCehZaOYldPJdmFh6NeX8kunZ2zU1YWaUw/0wV6xfw==";
$phone_number = "Your test phone number with no special characters or spaces.";
$ucid = "ATCK";
$phoneid = new PhoneIdClient($customer_id, $api_key);
$response = $phoneid->numberDeactivation($phone_number, $ucid);
if ($response->ok) {
if ($response->json['number_deactivation']['last_deactivated']) {
echo "Phone number {$response->json["number_deactivation"]["number"]}"
. " was last deactivated {$response->json["number_deactivation"]["last_deactivated"]}.";
}
else {
echo "Phone number {$response->json['number_deactivation']['number']} has not been deactivated.";
}
}
using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;
using System;
using Telesign;
namespace TelesignEnterprise.Example.PhoneNumberDeactivation
{
public class CheckPhoneNumberDeactivated
{
public static void Main(string[] args)
{
string customerId = "FFFFFFFF-EEEE-DDDD-1234-AB1234567890";
string apiKey = "EXAMPLEABC12345yusumoN6BYsBVkh+yRJ5czgsnCehZaOYldPJdmFh6NeX8kunZ2zU1YWaUw/0wV6xfw==";
string phoneNumber = "Your test phone number with no special characters or spaces.";
string ucid = "ATCK";
try
{
PhoneIdClient phoneIdClient = new PhoneIdClient(customerId, apiKey);
RestClient.TelesignResponse telesignResponse = phoneIdClient.NumberDeactivation(phoneNumber, ucid);
if (telesignResponse.OK)
{
if (telesignResponse.Json["number_deactivation"]["last_deactivated"].Type != JTokenType.Null)
{
Console.WriteLine(string.Format("Phone number {0} was last deactivated {1}.",
telesignResponse.Json["number_deactivation"]["number"],
telesignResponse.Json["number_deactivation"]["last_deactivated"]));
}
else
{
Console.WriteLine(string.Format("Phone number {0} has not been deactivated.",
telesignResponse.Json["number_deactivation"]["number"]));
}
}
}
catch (Exception e)
{
Console.WriteLine(e);
}
Console.WriteLine("Press any key to quit.");
Console.ReadKey();
}
}
}
curl -X GET https://rest-ww.telesign.com/v1/phoneid/number_deactivation/15555551212 -u "CUSTOMER ID":"API KEY"
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