briteverify.php

#!/usr/bin/php
<?php
$apikey="<PUT YOUR KEY HERE>";

/*
* Make sure args are passed
*/
if($argc!=2) {
	print "Usage: ".$argv[0]." emailaddress@domain.com\n";
	exit(1);
}

/* 
* Set up cURL
*/
$c=curl_init("http://api.briteverify.com/emails/verify.js?apikey=$apikey&email[address]=".urlencode($argv[1]));
curl_setopt($c, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
curl_setopt($c, CURLOPT_FAILONERROR, false);
curl_setopt($c, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, 5);

/*
* Run cURL, parse info, and close it
*/
$results=curl_exec($c);
$info=curl_getinfo($c);
curl_close($c);

/*
* decode the JSON results 
*/
$answer=json_decode($results);


/* 
* Make sure you have a valid HTTP status code, and it parsed into the expected JSON object
*/
if($info['http_code'] && isset($answer->email)) {
	print "The email ".$argv[1]." has a status of: ".$answer->email->status."\n";
	
	if($answer->email->status=="invalid") {
		print "Address is invalid, encourage your user to correct his or her address\n";
	} else {
		print "Permit the user through\n";
	}
	
} else {
	print "Could not talk to BV servers - allow the address through as 'unknown'\n";
}