Options

  • Available options for ValidateName. These options can be submitted as a comma separated list of values for the Options input.
Option Description
NoSwap Disables automatic name swap detection (Eg. Smith John) would not be corrected to John Smith.
PreserveCasing Instructs the service to preserve the casing of the input.
DoLeetTranslate Instructs the service to perform Leet translation. Example: h3110 = hello

Notes

Note Description
FirstAndLastNameSwapped Indicates a swap of the input data happened.
InputContainsForeignCharacters Indicates that foreign characters were found in the input.
InputTranslated Indicates that the input was translated to English.
LeetSpeakTranslated Indicates that the input was translated from Leet-speak.
AbbreviatedName Indicates if the input is an abbreviated name such as “A. Johnson” or “Mark S.”
UnknownOrigin Indicates if one or more names are of unknown origin.
OptionNotFound Indicates if one or more Options input values were not found. Meaning that the value was invalid. Refer to the list of Options and/or check the spelling of the value(s).

Warnings

Warning Description
UnableToParseName Input was not a name or had issues being parsed.
MatchesVulgarWordsLow Input potentially contains vulgarity.
MatchesVulgarWordsHigh Input has vulgarity.
MatchesBogusNameLow Input might be bogus.
MatchesBogusNameHigh Input is likely bogus
MatchesCelebrityNameLow Input might be a celebrity.
MatchesCelebrityNameHigh Input matches a celebrity.
MatchesBusinessLow Input might be a business.
MatchesBusinessHigh Input has strong business indicators.
MatchesDictionaryWordsLow Input might be dictionary words.
MatchesDictionaryWordsHigh Input has dictionary words.
MatchesNegativeSentimentLow Input has some negative sentiment.
MatchesNegativeSentimentHigh Input has strong negative sentiment.
MatchesGarbageLow Input may contain garbage.
MatchesGarbageHigh Input contains strong garbage patterns.