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title: Tools
description: Utility endpoints and developer tools for API integration
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The tools are utility endpoints for the work around an integration: validation, testing, and
troubleshooting. Use them while you build against the API, and when you need to find out why
a request behaves the way it does.

## Tools entity

Tools in the API represent:

- **Developer utilities**: Helper endpoints for API integration and development workflows
- **Validation services**: Data validation, format checking, and input verification tools
- **Testing support**: Sandbox environments and testing utilities for safe development
- **Diagnostic tools**: API health checks, connectivity testing, and troubleshooting resources

## Key capabilities

- **API validation** — Validate data formats, API requests, and integration patterns before production deployment.
- **Testing environment** — Access sandbox environments and testing tools for safe API development and integration.
- **Health monitoring** — Monitor API health, connectivity status, and service availability through diagnostic endpoints.
- **Developer support** — Access developer resources, documentation helpers, and integration assistance tools.

## Tool categories

The API provides various utility tools:

- **Address validation**: Verify and standardize customer addresses
- **Number porting**: Check phone number portability and porting eligibility
- **Device information**: Retrieve device specifications and compatibility details
- **Network coverage**: Verify network coverage and service availability by location

## Common use cases

- **Integration testing** — Test API integrations safely using sandbox environments and validation tools.
- **Data validation** — Validate customer data, phone numbers, and service configurations before processing.
- **Health monitoring** — Monitor API health and service availability for production applications and integrations.
- **Development support** — Use the developer tools that make an integration and its troubleshooting faster.

## Related resources

Tools integrate with all API resources to provide:

- **Orders**: Address validation and device information for order processing
- **Subscriptions**: Number porting and network coverage verification
- **Customers**: Address validation for customer profile management
- **Inventory**: Device information for hardware allocation

## Next steps

- [Validate address](/api-reference/tools.md#tag/tools/POST/tools/validate-address) — Verify and standardize customer addresses
- [Check porting eligibility](/api-reference/tools.md#tag/tools/POST/tools/check-porting-eligibility) — Verify if a phone number can be ported
- [Get device info](/api-reference/tools.md#tag/tools/POST/tools/get-device-info) — Retrieve device specifications and details
- [Check network coverage](/api-reference/tools.md#tag/tools/POST/tools/check-network-coverage) — Verify network availability by location