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Exotel Numbers API

Look up telecom metadata for phone numbers.

Exotel Numbers API is one of 6 APIs that Exotel publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Numbers. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and an API reference.

This API exposes 1 operation across 1 path, and defines 1 schema. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.3, at version 1.0.

Requests are made against 2 base URLs: https://api.exotel.com, https://api.in.exotel.com.

1 operations 1 paths 1 schemas 1 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.3
API Version
1.0
Base URL
https://api.exotel.com/v1/Accounts
Authentication
HTTP Basic
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Exotel Numbers API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP basic authentication (basicAuth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • basicAuth — HTTP Basic authentication. Username = API Key, Password = API Token (both from Exotel Dashboard - Settings - API Settings). May also be embedded in the URL as…

Paths & Operations 1

Across 1 path, the API surfaces 1 operation — 1 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Numbers 1

Look up telecom metadata for phone numbers.

GET
/v1/Accounts/{sid}/Numbers/{Number}.json
Get phone-number metadata
getNumberMetadata 2 params → 200401404

Schemas 1

The contract defines 1 schema that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed is NumberMetadata (7 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

NumberMetadata
object
Modeled from documented number-lookup fields.
7 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

exotel-numbers-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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