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How to use Country Calling Codes

What Country Calling Codes takes in, which fields it returns and how credits are charged for each lookup.

Last updated 2026-10-22

What it does

Looks up a country by calling code (+44), ISO region (GB) or English country name and returns the calling code, every region that shares it, national number lengths, trunk and international dialing prefixes, example numbers and the leading digits of mobile and fixed-line numbers where the numbering plan defines them. Derived from open libphonenumber metadata and CLDR country names; it describes numbering-plan rules, not who is assigned a number.

What you send

Send these fields in the JSON body of the request.

Request fields for Country Calling Codes
FieldTypeRequiredLimits
querystringRequiredup to 64 characters

Request fields for Country Calling Codes

What it costs

1 credit per lookup (an unknown code, country or name is free).

What each outcome costs
CaseCharge
Found1 credit
Nothing found0 credits
Repeat inside 7 days0 credits
Errors and invalid requests0 credits

What each outcome costs

Run it

You can try it without an account in the free tool. The free tools share a limit per visitor.

From code, send a POST request to https://YOUR_API_HOST/v1/country-code with your API key.

curl -X POST https://YOUR_API_HOST/v1/country-code \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $LOOKVALID_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"query":"+44"}'

A request to Country Calling Codes

Full parameters and response fields are in the API reference. To run a list of values, use a bulk CSV job.

Good to know

  • A repeat of the same lookup within 7 days is served from your cache and costs 0 credits.
  • When the lookup finds nothing it returns found: false and costs 0 credits.
  • Invalid input and errors are never charged.
  • The API allows 200 requests per 10 seconds per key.

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