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Validate & Enrich Phone Numbers in Google Sheets with RapidAPI

πŸ“ž Phone Number Validator with Google Sheets

Validate and enrich phone numbers from Google Sheets using the phone number validator API.


πŸ“Œ Use Case: Contact Validation & Enrichment

Automatically check if phone numbers are valid and enrich them with metadata (country, location, timezone). Ideal for CRMs, lead management, and contact cleanup workflows.


πŸ—‚οΈ Google Sheets Columns

Column Name Description
phone The original phone number to validate (input column).
is_valid Result from API indicating if the phone number is valid ( true / false ).
country Country where the phone number is registered (eg "US").
location More specific location info, such as city or region.
timezone The primary timezone associated with the phone number.

🎯 Benefits

  • βœ… Accurate Contact Data – Identify invalid or fake phone numbers automatically.
  • 🌐 Geolocation Enrichment – ​​Add country, location, and timezone for better segmentation.
  • πŸ” Full Automation – No manual lookups or copying data between tools.
  • πŸ“Š Live Google Sheets Sync – Enriched data is updated directly into your spreadsheet.

🧠 Workflow Nodes Explained

Node Purpose
🟒 Manual Trigger Starts the workflow manually from n8n.
πŸ“„ Google Sheets (Read) Fetches phone numbers from your spreadsheet using a Service Account.
πŸ” Split In Batches Loops over each row one at a time to handle individual API requests.
🌐 HTTP Request Sends phone number to phone number validator via RapidAPI and receives validation + metadata.
πŸ“₯ Google Sheets (Update) Writes the response back into the matching row using the phone field.

πŸ›°οΈ API Used: phone number validator

We use the phone number validator API from RapidAPI to:

  • Validate phone numbers (real or fake?)
  • Identify the country , location , and timezone

It's fast, reliable, and great for cleaning large datasets or qualifying leads before outreach.


🧰 Prerequisites

  • πŸ“„ A Google Sheet with a column named phone
  • πŸ” RapidAPI key with access to phone number validator
  • πŸ”§ Google Service Account credentials set up in n8n

πŸš€ How to Use

  1. πŸ”— Link your Google Sheet and configure authentication
  2. πŸ”‘ Add your RapidAPI key in the HTTP node headers
  3. ▢️ Click "Execute Workflow"
  4. 🧠 Each phone number is validated and enriched
  5. πŸ“Š Results are written back to your Google Sheet

πŸ“Ž Tags

phone validation , rapidapi , google sheets , data enrichment , phone number validator , crm automation , lead cleaning , timezone lookup

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