The validatePhone method is designed to validate and standardize phone numbers. It checks the provided phone number against external validation sources and returns validation advice along with a formatted and categorized phone number. This method works best when paired with the saveValidationResult method to store validation outcomes in Salesforce.

Method Signature

Method Name: validatePhone

global recordval.PhoneValidationOutput_v1 validatePhone(recordval.PhoneValidationInput_v1 phoneInput)

Parameters

Type	Variable	Description
PhoneValidationInput_v1	`phoneInput`	The structured input object containing phone number validation data.

Output

Return type: PhoneValidationOutput_v1

Save Validation Result

The saveValidationResult method allows to save the outcome of an address validation (status, status message, advice) directly to a Salesforce record, ensuring the results are easily accessible and tied to the appropriate record. For implementation details, see the saveValidationResult Class Reference

Apex Example

// Initialize the Record Validation API
recordval.RecordValidationAPI_v1 api = new recordval.RecordValidationAPI_v1();
System.debug('Record Validation API initialized.');

Id leadId = '00QAa00000JinjeMAB'; // Replace with a valid Lead ID
System.debug('Lead ID: ' + leadId);

// Query the Lead record to retrieve the phone number
Lead leadRecord = [SELECT Id, Phone FROM Lead WHERE Id = :leadId LIMIT 1];
if (leadRecord == null || String.isEmpty(leadRecord.Phone)) {
    System.debug('No phone number found for Lead ID: ' + leadId);
    return;
}
System.debug('Phone number retrieved from Lead: ' + leadRecord.Phone);

// Create the phone validation input
recordval.PhoneValidationInput_v1 input = new recordval.PhoneValidationInput_v1();
input.phoneNumber = leadRecord.Phone; // Use phone number from Lead record
input.country = 'NL'; // Provide country code 
input.format = recordval.PhoneFormat_v1.INTERNATIONAL; // Use the correct PhoneFormat_v1 reference
input.note = 'Testing phone validation for a Lead';
System.debug('Phone Validation Input prepared: ' + input);

// Execute phone validation
recordval.PhoneValidationOutput_v1 output;
try {
    output = api.validatePhone(input);
    System.debug('Phone validation executed successfully.');
} catch (Exception e) {
    System.debug('Phone validation failed: ' + e.getMessage());
    return;
}

// Log validation results
System.debug('Validation Advice: ' + output.getAdvice());
System.debug('Validated Phone Number: ' + output.phoneNumber);
System.debug('Country Code: ' + output.countryCode);
System.debug('Phone Type: ' + output.getPhoneType());

// Log the detailed status information
if (output.status != null) {
    System.debug('Status Details:');
    System.debug('Status Code: ' + output.status.code);
    System.debug('Status Message: ' + output.status.message);
    System.debug('Credit Used: ' + output.status.credit);
} else {
    System.debug('No status information was returned.');
}

// Store the validation result on the Lead
recordval.rv2SaveValidationResultInput_v1 saveRequest = new recordval.rv2SaveValidationResultInput_v1();
saveRequest.setRecordId(leadId);
saveRequest.setValidationResult('Phone', output);

recordval.rv2SaveValidationResultOutput_v1 saveResult;
try {
    saveResult = api.saveValidationResult(saveRequest);
    if (saveResult.success) {
        System.debug('Phone validation result saved successfully for Lead ID: ' + saveResult.recordId);
    } else {
        System.debug('Failed to save phone validation result.');
    }
} catch (Exception e) {
    System.debug('Error saving phone validation result: ' + e.getMessage());
}

// Update the Lead with the validated phone number if available
if (output.phoneNumber != null && output.phoneNumber != leadRecord.Phone) {
    try {
        leadRecord.Phone = output.phoneNumber;
        update leadRecord;
        System.debug('Lead phone number updated to: ' + leadRecord.Phone);
    } catch (Exception e) {
        System.debug('Error updating Lead phone number: ' + e.getMessage());
    }
} else {
    System.debug('No update needed: Validated phone number matches the existing one.');
}