Guides
Step-by-step, copy-paste guides for shipping location and validation on the Locanium APIs.
Auto-detect country, currency and language from a visitor's IP
One IP Geolocation call greets visitors in their own country, currency and locale — resolved server-side, before the page paints.
Read guideStop fake signups: validate emails before they hit your database
Catch disposable domains, typos and undeliverable addresses at signup with one Email Validation call — before they cost you a bounce or a fake account.
Format and verify international phone numbers before you send an SMS
Normalize any phone input to E.164, detect the line type, and drop unreachable numbers before you pay for an SMS that can't be delivered.
Validate EU VAT numbers and IBANs for a compliant B2B checkout
Verify VAT registrations against VIES and check IBANs structurally before you invoice — the two calls that keep a B2B checkout compliant and payouts flowing.
From coordinates to correct local time: timezone handling that never breaks
Turn a lat/long or IP into the right IANA timezone, UTC offset and DST state — so meetings, deadlines and reminders land at the right moment.