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diwakhat
Ace
11 years ago

Restrict users to register community site with non-corporate email addresses

Hi,   Any help regarding how to restrict users to register our community site unless they have a valid corporate email address to register? I tried using linkedin's company API (using oauth), but n...
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DougS
Khoros Oracle
11 years ago

oooh, that's a tough one.  I did a quick search and found this blog article which lists some APIs for checking an email address to see if it's a real email address (not sure if one of those will help or not):

 

http://blog.mashape.com/post/69006514021/list-of-25-email-validation-apis

 

Is there anything specific to Lithium customization (like how you might call out to an external API) that you would like more information about?

 

-Doug

  • diwakhat's avatar
    diwakhat
    Ace
    11 years ago

    Thanks for sharing this list; however I coundn't find any API that could verify if the email address is a corporate one or not.

     

    Yes, please share how to call out an external API.

     

    Thanks,

    Diwakar

    • PaoloT's avatar
      PaoloT
      Lithium Alumni (Retired)
      11 years ago

      Hi diwakhat 

       

      I guess it depends on the definiton of "corporate e-mail"  (which sounds very specific for what you are trying to accomplish). I don't think you will find an API that validates an arbitrary e-mail address as "corporate" - really depends on what that means precisely.

       

      In terms of calling an external API in Studio - have a look at this article

       

      Hope this helps,