Number Insight Advanced Webhook

This code snippet shows you how to code the webhook handler that receives the data returned by an asynchronous call to the Number Insight Advanced API. See the Number Insight Advanced code snippet to learn how to code the initial request for the insight data.

Before attempting to run the code examples, replace the variable placeholders:

KeyDescription
VONAGE_API_KEY

Your Vonage API key (see it on your dashboard).

VONAGE_API_SECRET

Your Vonage API secret (also available on your dashboard).

INSIGHT_NUMBER

The number you want to retrieve insight information for.

Prerequisites

npm install express body-parser

Write the code

Add the following to ni-advanced-async.js:

const app = require('express')();
const bodyParser = require('body-parser');

app.use(bodyParser.json());
app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({
  extended: true,
}));

const handleInsight = (request, response) => {
  console.log('params', Object.assign(request.query, request.body));
  response.status(204).send();
};

app.post('/webhooks/insight', handleInsight);

app.listen(3000);

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Run your code

Save this file to your machine and run it:

node ni-advanced-async.js

The response from the API contains the following data:

{
    "status": 0,
    "status_message": "Success",
    "lookup_outcome": 0,
    "lookup_outcome_message": "Success",
    "request_id": "75fa272e-4743-43f1-995e-a684901222d6",
    "international_format_number": "447700900000",
    "national_format_number": "07700 900000",
    "country_code": "GB",
    "country_code_iso3": "GBR",
    "country_name": "United Kingdom",
    "country_prefix": "44",
    "request_price": "0.03000000",
    "remaining_balance": "10.000000",
    "current_carrier": {
        "network_code": "23420",
        "name": "Hutchison 3G Ltd",
        "country": "GB",
        "network_type": "mobile"
    },
    "original_carrier": {
        "network_code": "23410",
        "name": "Telefonica UK Limited",
        "country": "GB",
        "network_type": "mobile"
    },
    "valid_number": "valid",
    "reachable": "reachable",
    "ported": "ported",
    "roaming": { "status": "not_roaming" }
}

For a description of each returned field and to see all possible values, see the Number Insights API documentation