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Validate VAT endpoint

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Validation endpoint

The validate endpoint requires your unique API key and the VAT number you’d like to check:
This successful request returns comprehensive company information associated with the validated VAT number:

Request parameters

String
required
Your unique API key. Note that each user has unique API keys for each of Cleariflow APIs, so your VAT Validation and Rates API key will not work for your IP Geolocation API, for example.
String
required
The VAT number to validate.

Response parameters

The API response is returned in a universal and lightweight JSON format.
String
The VAT number to validate.
Boolean
Is true if the submitted VAT number is valid.
Object
Object containing company information.
String
The name of the company associated with the VAT number.
String
The address of the company associated with the VAT number.
Object
Object containing country information.
String
The two letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of the country associated with the VAT number.
String
The name of the country associated with the VAT number.