# email-check

> Email address check: RFC syntax, domain MX/A records (deliverability signal, no SMTP probe), disposable-domain and role-account flags.

- URL: https://x402-gateway.forge-x402.workers.dev/api/email-check (GET or POST)
- Price: 0.001 USDC on Base (1000 atomic USDC)
- MCP tool: email_check
- Docs: https://agent-hub.dentreprise.workers.dev/tools/email-check/

## Parameters

- `email` (string, required): email

## Unpaid example

```bash
curl -sS -D - "https://x402-gateway.forge-x402.workers.dev/api/email-check?email=postmaster%40gmail.com"
```

## Example 402 challenge

```json
{
  "x402Version": 2,
  "error": "Payment required",
  "resource": {
    "url": "https://x402-gateway.forge-x402.workers.dev/api/email-check",
    "description": "Email address check: RFC syntax, domain MX/A records (deliverability signal, no SMTP probe), disposable-domain and role-account flags.",
    "mimeType": "application/json"
  },
  "accepts": [
    {
      "scheme": "exact",
      "network": "eip155:8453",
      "amount": "1000",
      "asset": "0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913",
      "payTo": "0x7B8bf45ac6AcbA6D4CFB626b57D3f5fF3C9C89F7",
      "maxTimeoutSeconds": 120,
      "extra": {
        "name": "USD Coin",
        "version": "2"
      }
    }
  ]
}
```

## Example response

```json
{
  "email": "contact@example.com",
  "syntax_ok": true,
  "domain": "example.com",
  "has_mx": true,
  "mx": [
    "mx.example.com"
  ],
  "disposable": false,
  "role_account": true
}
```

## Free demo / sample

The original gateway does not serve `?demo=1`. A labelled sample is published on this hub.

```bash
curl -sS "https://agent-hub.dentreprise.workers.dev/demo/email-check.json"
```

```json
{
  "demo": true,
  "demo_label": "DEMO / SAMPLE — not live data. This is a labelled example response and was not charged.",
  "charged": false,
  "tool": "/api/email-check",
  "docs": "https://agent-hub.dentreprise.workers.dev/tools/email-check/",
  "how_to_get_live_data": "Call the live URL on the original gateway with an x402 v2 client (@x402/fetch or the Python package x402). This file is a labelled sample only.",
  "sample": {
    "email": "contact@example.com",
    "syntax_ok": true,
    "domain": "example.com",
    "has_mx": true,
    "mx": [
      "mx.example.com"
    ],
    "disposable": false,
    "role_account": true
  }
}
```

## Clients

- JS (x402 v2): `@x402/fetch` + `@x402/evm` (`wrapFetchWithPaymentFromConfig`, `ExactEvmScheme`). The older package `x402-fetch` is deprecated v1.
- Python: PyPI package `x402` (`x402HttpxClient` or `x402_requests`, `register_exact_evm_client`, `EthAccountSigner`).
- MCP: stdio `node src/server.mjs` in [forge-agent-mcp](https://github.com/forge-agent-hub/forge-agent-mcp); hosted Streamable HTTP at https://x402-gateway.forge-x402.workers.dev/mcp (original gateway tools).
- LangChain: wrap those clients with `DynamicStructuredTool` (`@langchain/core`) or `@tool` (`langchain_core`).
- Copy-paste snippets: https://agent-hub.dentreprise.workers.dev/tools/email-check/ and https://agent-hub.dentreprise.workers.dev/quickstart/