Validate & Enrich Phone Numbers in Google Sheets with RapidAPI

📞 Phone Number Validator with Google Sheets

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

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📌 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.

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🗂️ 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 (e.g. "US").

location

More specific location info, such as city or region.

timezone

The primary timezone associated with the phone number.

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🎯 Benefits

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

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🧠 Workflow Nodes Explained

Node

Purpose

🟢 Manual Trigger

Starts the workflow manually from n8n.

📄 Google Sheets (Read)

Fetches phone numbers from your spreadsheet using a Service Account.

🔁 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.

📥 Google Sheets (Update)

Writes the response back into the matching row using the phone field.

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🛰️ 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.

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🧰 Prerequisites

• 📄 A Google Sheet with a column named phone
• 🔐 RapidAPI key with access to phone number validator
• 🔧 Google Service Account credentials set up in n8n

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🚀 How to Use

1. 🔗 Link your Google Sheet and configure authentication
2. 🔑 Add your RapidAPI key in the HTTP node headers
3. ▶️ Click "Execute Workflow"
4. 🧠 Each phone number is validated and enriched
5. 📊 Results are written back to your Google Sheet

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📎 Tags

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