Global Phone:Request

A request consists of a protocol to make a call to the service, detailing desired elements. The minimum required elements in a request are your Customer ID and at least one input phone number. Though not required, an input country name will greatly increase the chances of recognizing and verifying the phone number in question.

Global Phone supports REST and JSON protocols.

Field Names

This is a list of the request field names and their protocol naming conventions.

Field Name	Level	REST Abbreviation	JSON
Transmission Reference	Request	t	TransmissionReference
Customer ID	Request	id	CustomerID
Options	Request	opt	Options
Default Calling Code	Request	defaultCallingCode	DefaultCallingCode
Record ID	Record		RecordID
Phone Number	Record	phone	PhoneNumber
Country	Record	ctry	Country
Country Of Origin	Record	ctryOrg	CountryOfOrigin

Request Elements

The following elements set the basic options for each request. These apply to the entire request, not the individual records.

Transmission Reference

Optional.

This is a string value that serves as a unique identifier for this set of records. It is returned as sent.

Protocol	Syntax
JSON	“TransmissionReference”:”string"
REST	?t = {string}

Customer ID

Required.

This is a string value containing the identification number issued to the customer by Melissa Data for Global Phone.

If this element is absent, the Web Service will return an error. To receive a customer ID, please contact your Melissa Data sales representative at 1-800-MELISSA.

Protocol	Syntax
JSON	"CustomerID”:”string”
REST	&id = {string}

Options

Optional.

This is a string value containing the options set by the user. For more information on options available for this service, see Options.

Protocol	Syntax
JSON	"Options”:”string”
REST	?opt = {string}

Default Calling Code

Optional.

This is a string value containing the calling codes of a country to be used in case a country is not provided and the number does not contain the leading ‘+’ and calling code digits.

Protocol	Syntax
JSON	"DefaultCallingCode”:”string”
REST	?defaultCallingCode = {string}

Request Record Elements

JSON will only contain the Records element.

Protocol	Definition
JSON	Each phone number will be contained within [{}] under the Records element.
REST	The REST interface only allows a single record per request.

RecordID

Optional.

This is a string value containing a unique identifier for the current record. Use this to match the record submitted with the record returned. It will return what is inputted.

Protocol	Syntax
JSON	“RecordID”:”string”

PhoneNumber

Required.

The phone number to be verified

Protocol	Syntax
JSON	“PhoneNumber”:”string”
REST	&phone = {string}

Country

Optional.

The suspected country of the input phone number.

The service accepts the official country name or the ISO2 code.

Some territories will require a different ISO2 code than the one that is given to them. For more information, please see the FAQ.

Protocol	Syntax
JSON	“Country”:”string”
REST	&ctry = {string}

CountryOfOrigin

Optional.

The country from where the verification is being done. If the Country of Origin differs from the Country, then the outputted phone number will be changed to a callable format from the country of origin.

The service accepts the official country name or the ISO2 code. Some territories will require a different ISO2 code than the one that is given to them. For more information, please see the FAQ.

Protocol	Syntax
JSON	“CountryOfOrigin”:”string”
REST	&ctryOrg = {string}