vonage-number-insight
Vonage Number Insight package
Decision gist · record as of 2026-08-14
Yes. The package is actively maintained, has low install friction, carries a permissive license, and integrates cleanly into the Vonage SDK ecosystem. It has no known vulnerabilities and supports current Python versions. Install it if you need to query Vonage's Number Insight API; avoid it if you don't have a Vonage account or need a different phone number validation provider.AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page — verify before relying
Before you install
- Requires a vonage_client instance (typically created via the main vonage package) and valid Vonage API credentials.
- Low install friction with a pure Python wheel distribution.
- The package is actively maintained with a recent commit on 2026-07-20 and has three straightforward runtime dependencies (vonage-http-client, vonage-utils, pydantic).
License · maintenance · safety
permissive license (permissive) — Licensed under Apache Software License (permissive), which allows commercial use, modification, and distribution with minimal restrictions—suitable for most production scenarios.
last release 2025-05-09 (462 days) · last repo commit 2026-07-20 · 213 stars
0 known vulnerabilities (OSV.dev, 2026-08-14) · 335,249 downloads/mo, #7,478 on PyPI
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Verify before relying
from vonage_number_insight import BasicInsightRequest
response = vonage_client.number_insight.basic_number_insight(
BasicInsightRequest(number='12345678900')
)
print(response.model_dump(exclude_none=True))- Whether the vonage-http-client and vonage-utils dependencies are stable and well-maintained.
- Specific rate limits or quotas imposed by Vonage's Number Insight API.
- Whether caller name (cnam) lookups incur charges beyond standard API pricing.
What it is and what it does
Vonage Number Insight is a Python client library for Vonage's Number Insight API that retrieves structured information about phone numbers. It offers three tiers of insight—basic (country and carrier), standard (adds location and number type), and advanced (adds roaming and portability data)—with both synchronous and asynchronous request patterns. The package is designed to integrate with the main vonage SDK and uses pydantic for request/response validation, making it straightforward to query phone number metadata for validation, enrichment, or fraud detection workflows.
The package supports optional caller name (CNAM) lookups on standard and advanced requests, though these may incur additional charges. Asynchronous advanced requests are recommended to avoid timeouts in production. It requires Python 3.9 or later and depends on vonage-http-client and vonage-utils for HTTP communication and utility functions.
Use it for
- Validate phone numbers and retrieve carrier/location data during user registration or account verification.
- Enrich customer records with phone number metadata (country, carrier, number type) for segmentation or compliance.
- Detect roaming or ported numbers in real-time for fraud prevention or risk assessment workflows.
- Retrieve caller name information for inbound call screening or contact enrichment (with additional charges).
- Build async pipelines for bulk phone number analysis without blocking on API latency.
Worth the install?
AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page. Verify before relying on it.
Yes.
The package is actively maintained, has low install friction, carries a permissive license, and integrates cleanly into the Vonage SDK ecosystem. It has no known vulnerabilities and supports current Python versions. Install it if you need to query Vonage's Number Insight API; avoid it if you don't have a Vonage account or need a different phone number validation provider.
Install
vonage-number-insight on PyPI
Before you install
Low install friction with a pure Python wheel distribution. The package is actively maintained with a recent commit on 2026-07-20 and has three straightforward runtime dependencies (vonage-http-client, vonage-utils, pydantic).
Requires a vonage_client instance (typically created via the main vonage package) and valid Vonage API credentials.
License in practice
Licensed under Apache Software License (permissive), which allows commercial use, modification, and distribution with minimal restrictions—suitable for most production scenarios.
Quickstart
from vonage_number_insight import BasicInsightRequest
response = vonage_client.number_insight.basic_number_insight(
BasicInsightRequest(number='12345678900')
)
print(response.model_dump(exclude_none=True))Verify before relying
- Whether the vonage-http-client and vonage-utils dependencies are stable and well-maintained.
- Specific rate limits or quotas imposed by Vonage's Number Insight API.
- Whether caller name (cnam) lookups incur charges beyond standard API pricing.
Package facts
| License | permissive license permissive |
| Python support | Supports the current Python release >=3.9 |
| Install friction | Low. Pure-Python wheel |
| Runtime dependencies | 3 packagesvonage-http-clientvonage-utilspydantic |
| Maintenance | Actively maintained 462 days since the last release |
| Last repo commit | |
| First released | |
| Downloads | 335,249 / month, #7,478 on PyPI 30-day window, as of 2026-08-14 |
| Known vulnerabilities | None known OSV.dev, checked 2026-08-14 |
| Classifiers | License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software LicenseProgramming Language :: PythonProgramming Language :: Python :: 3Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9 |
Evidence: vonage_number_insight-1.0.7-py3-none-any.whl
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