HubSpot Ideas

CBN

API access to check email against Global Bounce list (before creating contact)

Background:
Users can sign up to our SaaS platform for a free trial. To keep friction as low as possible we send a link to the email account they enter while they access the free trial directly.

In some cases they enter emails that are on HubSpot's global bounce list. This is a good indicator that they will not receive the email.

 

To prevent creating accounts with known HubSpot bounces we want to check the email before creating the contact.

 

Requirement
Through the API I can submit an email address and check if this is on the global bounce list or not. This way I can validate the email before they create a free trial account.

 

The response contains at least the following values

- email (email format)

- global bounced (bool)

- on list since (timestamp)

 

The API request must accept a single email or a list of emails. The emails must be checked for being formatted as valid emails.

 

Notes

The API for timeline does not work as it only records for my portal (https://legacydocs.hubspot.com/docs/methods/email/get_subscriptions_timeline)