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IsUnusableName

Checks if a name is usable or whether it is Salacious, Random or Blank.

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Description

Checks to see if a name is usable or if it is Salacious, Random or Blank. This method returns a string indicating the status of the supplied name.

Credit Usage

Each request to this method consumes 1 SalaciousName credit.

Parameters

The following parameters can be supplied to this method

username

username

See the available authentication methods. If you are using username & password authentication, specify the username to authenticate as. If you are using API Key authentication and you are not using the JSON, Javascript or ADO APIs, use your API Key here with the prefix apikey-, e.g. apikey-ABCD-1234-EFGH-5678
password

password

If you are using username & password authentication, specify the password to use for authentication. Otherwise leave this blank.
name

name

Contains the name to check

options

options

An array of options that control further details of how this method operates. See the Advanced Options section below for more information.

Advanced Options

The following options can be specified as part of the option parameter. Each option is specified as a key/value pair. The list of available names is shown below, along with a description of the allowable values for that name.

Common Options
Name Description
ApplicationName

ApplicationName

Gives the name of the calling application - used to break down usage by application in the usage reports on the dashboard
Service-Specific Options
Name Description
UseRepeatedNameStatus

UseRepeatedNameStatus

Indicates whether the RepeatedName status code should be returned. When this option is not specified, for backwards compatibility the SalaciousName status code is returned instead.

AllowInitials

AllowInitials

Indicates whether names should be allowed that contain only initials, rather than a full first name. This will allow names that might otherwise be flagged as RandomName

Results

This method returns an object containing the following fields:

Status

Status

Indicates whether the method call was successful, or if some error occurred. If the Success field is true, the other results described below can be used to get the results of the method. If Success is false, some error occurred in calling the method, such as the authentication failed or the account is out of credits. The details of the error can be obtained from the ErrorMessage field, and any other results should be ignored
Result

Result

One of the following values indicating the detected status of the supplied name:

  • "" (empty string) - the name is not salacious
  • "IncompleteName" - not enough name information has been supplied
  • "RandomName" - the name appears to have been entered by hitting random keys
  • "SalaciousName" - the name is flagged against our blacklist of known salacious words
  • "RepeatedName" - the first name is repeated in the last name. This status code is only returned if the UseRepeatedNameStatus option is set to true.

Live Demo

name

Title

Forename

MiddleName

Surname

options
Name Value
Common Options
Service-Specific Options

Sample Code