Validate VAT endpoint
The validate endpoint takes a VAT number in the request, checks if that number is valid, and if it is valid, returns addition details about the company associated with that VAT number.
Getting started
Base URL
Validation endpoint
The validate endpoint simply requires your unique API key and the VAT number you’d like to check:
This was a successful request, and the details below are included in the response:
Request parameters
Your unique API key. Note that each user has unique API keys for each of Abstract’s APIs, so your VAT Validation and Rates API key will not work for your IP Geolocation API, for example.
The VAT number to validate.
Response parameters
The API response is returned in a universal and lightweight JSON format.
The VAT number to validate.
Is true if the submitted VAT number is valid.
The name of the company associated with the VAT number.
The address of the company associated with the VAT number.
The country of the company associated with the VAT number.
The two letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of the country associated with the VAT number.