China Phone Checker

Validate Chinese mobile phone numbers using the apipick China Phone Checker API. Returns carrier (China Mobile/Telecom/Unicom), province, city, zip code, and area code. Use when the user wants to verify a Chinese phone number, look up carrier information for a Chinese mobile number, or get geographic information associated with a Chinese phone number. Requires an apipick API key (x-api-key). Get a free key at https://www.apipick.com.

apipick China Phone Checker

Validate Chinese mobile numbers and retrieve carrier and geographic data.

Endpoint

text

POST https://www.apipick.com/api/check-china-phone

Authentication: x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY header required. Get a free API key at https://www.apipick.com/dashboard/api-keys

Request

json

{"phone_number": "13800138000"}

Supported formats: 13800138000 / [phone] / 008613800138000

Response

json

{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "phone": "13800138000",
    "phone_type": "China Mobile",
    "province": "Beijing",
    "city": "Beijing",
    "zip_code": "100000",
    "area_code": "010"
  }
}

phone_type values: China Mobile, China Telecom, China Unicom

Error Codes

Code	Meaning
400	Invalid phone number format
401	Missing or invalid API key
402	Insufficient credits
500	Server error

Cost: 1 credit per request

Usage Pattern

1. Use $APIPICK_API_KEY env var as the x-api-key header value; if not set, ask the user for their apipick API key
2. Make the POST request with the phone number
3. Present carrier and geographic results clearly

See references/api_reference.md for full response field descriptions.