feat: Add email verification endpoint at /v1/verify

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Dries Augustyns
2025-12-24 09:54:50 +01:00
parent 8f725c7c84
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import {promises as dns} from 'dns';
import {run} from '@zootools/email-spell-checker';
import disposable from 'disposable-email';
export interface EmailVerificationResult {
email: string;
valid: boolean;
isDisposable: boolean;
isTypo: boolean;
domainExists: boolean;
hasMxRecords: boolean;
suggestedEmail?: string;
reasons: string[];
}
export class EmailVerificationService {
/**
* Verify an email address
* - Checks if domain exists (DNS A/AAAA records)
* - Checks for MX records
* - Detects disposable email addresses
* - Suggests corrections for common typos
*/
static async verifyEmail(email: string): Promise<EmailVerificationResult> {
const result: EmailVerificationResult = {
email,
valid: true,
isDisposable: false,
isTypo: false,
domainExists: false,
hasMxRecords: false,
reasons: [],
};
// Extract domain from email
const emailParts = email.split('@');
if (emailParts.length !== 2) {
result.valid = false;
result.reasons.push('Invalid email format');
return result;
}
const domain = emailParts[1]!; // Safe to assert, we already validated length
// Check if email is from a disposable domain
// MailChecker.isValid returns false for disposable emails
result.isDisposable = disposable.validate(domain);
// Check for common typos and suggest corrections
const typoCheck = run({email});
if (typoCheck && typoCheck.address && typoCheck.address !== email) {
result.suggestedEmail = typoCheck.full;
result.reasons.push(`Possible typo detected, did you mean ${typoCheck.domain}?`);
result.isTypo = true;
}
// Check if domain exists (has any DNS records)
try {
await dns.resolve(domain, 'A');
result.domainExists = true;
} catch {
// Try AAAA records if A records fail
try {
await dns.resolve(domain, 'AAAA');
result.domainExists = true;
} catch {
result.domainExists = false;
result.valid = false;
result.reasons.push('Domain does not exist');
}
}
// Check MX records (only if domain exists)
if (result.domainExists) {
try {
const mxRecords = await dns.resolveMx(domain);
result.hasMxRecords = mxRecords && mxRecords.length > 0;
if (!result.hasMxRecords) {
result.valid = false;
result.reasons.push('No MX records found for domain');
}
} catch {
result.hasMxRecords = false;
result.valid = false;
result.reasons.push('No MX records found for domain');
}
}
// If no issues were found, add a success reason
if (result.valid && result.reasons.length === 0) {
result.reasons.push('Email appears to be valid');
}
return result;
}
}