Contact Validator

OVERVIEW

Perform validation on the email address and/or phone number and apply a tag to a contact record, and tag based on whether it is valid or not. You can also update the email address or phone number with a fully qualified format if it is found.

INTEGRATIONS NEEDED FOR CONTACT VALIDATOR

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Mailgun

Twilio

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Contact Validator Configuration Options

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Select your Validation type

In this section, you will find the options for building your tool. Follow along in your PlusThis app, or by viewing the numbered step in the screenshots.

1

Email Validation

By default, this toggle is set to "off". If you would like to validate the Email address of your contacts, switch the toggle to "on".  
2

Phone Validation

By default, this toggle is set to "off". If you would like to validate the phone numbers of your contacts, switch the toggle to "on".  

Setting Up Email Validation

3

Apply this tag if the field is blank

In the drop-down, select a tag to be applied if the field is blank.

If you do not have a tag created already, you can create a tag by typing the name of the desired tag in the tag selector and the hitting "Add.... ".  
4

Apply this tag if the email address is invalid

In the drop-down, select a tag to be applied if the email address is invalid.

5

Apply this tag if the email address is valid

In the drop-down, select a tag to be applied if the email address is valid.

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Phone Validation

6

Which Phone field should be Validated?

In the drop-down, select which phone field you would like to validate.  
7

Attempt validation with default country code(s).

By default, this toggle will be set to "Off". Phone validation requires a fully-qualified phone number (must include country code). By default, PlusThis will try the number as-is, but we can also try it with configurable country codes if you do not have the country code stored in the field. Switch the toggle to "Yes" if you would like to select country codes to attempt the validation with.  
8

Update Phone Number with its fully-qualified format.

By default, this toggle will be set to "Off". To update the phone number in the field with it's fully-qualified format (to include the country code), switch this toggle over to "Yes".  
9

Apply this tag if the field is blank:

In the drop-down, select a tag to be applied if the field is blank.
10

Apply this tag if the phone number is invalid:

In the drop-down, select a tag to be applied if the field is invalid.

11

Apply this tag if the phone number is valid:

In the drop-down, select a tag to be applied if the field is valid.

Optional Phone Validation Settings and Saving

12

Apply this tag if the phone number is a mobile number:

In the drop-down, select a tag to be applied if the field is a Mobile Phone Number.

13

Apply this tag if the phone number is a VOIP number:

In the drop-down, select a tag to be applied if the field is a VOIP Phone Number.

14

Apply this tag if the phone number is a landline number:

In the drop-down, select a tag to be applied if the field is a Landline Phone Number.

15

Apply this tag after validation has completed:

If you would like to apply a tag after the Validation has been completed, in the drop-down, select which tag you would like to apply.  
16

Tool Name

Enter a name for your tool in this field. The name is solely for use inside of PlusThis, and will not be visible to customers. 

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"Need to Know" Items for Contact Validator

Twilio will bill you for each lookup when 1 or more of the Phone Type Lookup options is enabled. Please refer to Twilio for up-to-date pricing on Connection Lookups.

You must be on at least a Foundation Mailgun plan to integrate with PlusThis. Please refer to Mailgun for up-to-date pricing on Validations.

Twilio has been informed that they cannot provide carrier or portability details about Canadian numbers. This means PlusThis will not receive the data needed to process these premium phone validation for Canadian numbers. You can learn more about this here.

FAQs / Tips

Implementation Types

Webhook

Run your tool virtually anywhere in your automation using a Webhook element.

1
Copy the Webhook URL from PlusThis.
2
Open the automation that you’d like to add the webhook to. The webhook can be placed virtually anywhere in your automation.
3
Click the Plus where you would like to add the webhook. Choose ‘Conditions and Workflow’ from the left hand menu. From there, choose Webhook from the list.
4
Paste the PlusThis Webhook in the pop up and click save.

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