Phone Lookup

This module implements an automatic lookup of a phone number from one of several public sources (although in the first release, only the API411® web service of WhitePages.com (www.w3data.com/xml) is implemented, covering telephone numbers and address in the US and Canada. Other services may also be added if the community is interested and there's support for the work.

Data for the module is stored in internal caching tables, and also in CiviCRM.

Most of these services are for-pay, or require you to sign some paperwork with the service. In addition to installing this module, you'll need to contract with the service and make any arrangements they require for obtaining permission to use their services and for making payment on the lookups that you use.

The module currently handles integration with the API411 web service and CiviCRM 1.6 or later, and implements an API that other modules can use to do phone number lookups. Read the source for details.

Much thanks to the Green Party of Canada for supporting this work and releasing it to the Drupal community. Much thanks also to the people at the W3 Data® division of WhitePages.com, who have agreed to allow code implementing their APIs to be released under the GPL.