How to Validate Phone Numbers in GoHighLevel Using RealValidito API
If you use GoHighLevel (GHL) for your marketing campaigns, you already know how important clean phone data is. Sending SMS messages or making calls to bad numbers, VoIP lines, or contacts on the Do Not Call (DNC) Registry wastes your budget — and worse, it can expose you to serious TCPA liability.
This guide shows you exactly how to integrate RealValidito with GoHighLevel to automatically validate phone numbers inside your GHL workflows — no code required.
Why Phone Validation Matters in GoHighLevel
GoHighLevel is one of the most powerful CRM and automation platforms for agencies and marketers. But it has one blind spot: it doesn’t validate the quality of phone numbers that enter your system.
Without phone validation, your GHL workflows may be:
- Sending SMS to landline numbers that can never receive texts
- Calling VoIP numbers often linked to spam or fraud
- Contacting numbers on the National DNC Registry — a TCPA violation
- Wasting credits on invalid or disconnected numbers
- Risking SMS carrier filtering due to high bounce rates
RealValidito solves all of this by providing a real-time API that checks every phone number before it enters your campaign.
What RealValidito Checks
Every RealValidito API call returns the following data points in under 200ms:
- Is Valid — whether the number is a real, active US or Canada phone number
- Line Type — Mobile, Landline, VoIP, Toll-Free, or Unknown
- Carrier — the network carrier (T-Mobile, Verizon, AT&T, etc.)
- DNC Status — whether the number is on the National Do Not Call Registry
- TCPA Litigator Flag — whether the number is linked to known TCPA lawsuit filers
- Location — city, state, ZIP code, and country
With this data, your GHL workflow can automatically route, tag, or remove contacts based on their phone quality — all in real time.
How to Set Up RealValidito in GoHighLevel
Step 1 — Get Your RealValidito Integration Key
- Create a free RealValidito account — you get 1,000 free credits, no credit card required.
- Log in and go to Account Settings from the top navigation menu.
- Scroll to the GoHighLevel & Zapier Integration section.
- Click Generate Key and copy your
rv_live_...key immediately.
Your key is used to authenticate every API request. Keep it secure — anyone with this key can consume your credits.
Step 2 — Set Up the Webhook in Your GHL Workflow
- In GoHighLevel, open or create a Workflow.
- Add a new action and select Webhook / HTTP Request.
- Set the Method to POST.
- Set the URL to:
https://app.realvalidito.com/ghlapi/phone_dnc_lookup - Under Headers, add:
Authorization: Bearer rv_live_your_key_here Content-Type: application/json - Under Body, set:
{"phone": "{{contact.phone}}"}
This sends the contact’s phone number to RealValidito and receives back full validation data including line type, DNC status, and TCPA flag.
Step 3 — Map the Response Fields
After the webhook fires, map these response fields to custom contact fields in GHL:
is_valid→ Phone Valid (true/false)line_type→ Phone Line Type (Mobile / Landline / VoIP)is_dnc→ DNC Status (true/false)is_tcpa→ TCPA Litigator (true/false)carrier→ Phone Carrier
Step 4 — Add IF/ELSE Branches to Route Contacts
Now add condition branches in your workflow:
- ✅ Send to SMS Campaign:
is_valid = trueANDis_dnc = falseANDline_type = Mobile - 📞 Send to Call Queue:
is_valid = trueANDis_dnc = falseANDline_type = Landline - ❌ Remove / Tag as Invalid:
is_valid = falseORis_dnc = trueORis_tcpa = true
This gives you a fully automated, TCPA-compliant lead filtering system inside GoHighLevel.
API Response Example
Here is what RealValidito returns for a single phone number lookup:
{
"status": "success",
"phone": "8005551234",
"is_valid": true,
"line_type": "Mobile",
"carrier": "T-Mobile",
"state": "CA",
"city": "Los Angeles",
"country": "US",
"zip": "90001",
"is_tcpa": false,
"is_dnc": false
}
The response arrives in under 200ms — fast enough to run inside a live workflow without slowing down your automation.
Available Endpoints for GoHighLevel
RealValidito provides three dedicated endpoints for GHL integration:
- Phone Lookup only —
POST /ghlapi/phone_lookup— validates line type, carrier, location (1 phone credit) - DNC Lookup only —
POST /ghlapi/dnc_lookup— checks DNC and TCPA status (1 DNC credit) - Combined Phone + DNC —
POST /ghlapi/phone_dnc_lookup— all data in one call (recommended)
Full documentation is available at the RealValidito API docs — GoHighLevel Integration.
Pricing
RealValidito credits are affordable and never expire:
- New accounts get 1,000 free credits — no credit card required
- View full pricing and credit packages
Start Validating Phone Numbers in GoHighLevel Today
Stop wasting credits on bad numbers and eliminate TCPA risk from your GHL campaigns. With RealValidito dedicated GoHighLevel integration, you can validate every lead phone number automatically — in real time, inside your existing workflows.
Get 1,000 Free Credits — No Credit Card Required
Questions? Contact us at realvalidito.com/contact-us or check the full GoHighLevel API documentation.