# Lookups

## Lookup Number

`lookups.lookup_number(LookupLookupNumberParams**kwargs)  -> LookupLookupNumberResponse`

**get** `/api/evaluate-service`

Determine if a phone number supports iMessage or SMS. Useful for checking if a number is an iPhone, if it is real, or which provider to use.

### Parameters

- `number: str`

  The number you want to evaluate in E.164 format

### Returns

- `class LookupLookupNumberResponse: …`

  - `number: Optional[str]`

    The number you evaluated in E.164 format

  - `service: Optional[Literal["iMessage", "SMS"]]`

    The service the number supports

    - `"iMessage"`

    - `"SMS"`

### Example

```python
import os
from sendblue_api import SendblueAPI

client = SendblueAPI(
    api_key=os.environ.get("SENDBLUE_API_API_KEY"),  # This is the default and can be omitted
    api_secret=os.environ.get("SENDBLUE_API_API_SECRET"),  # This is the default and can be omitted
)
response = client.lookups.lookup_number(
    number="+19999999999",
)
print(response.number)
```