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What is National Format

Twilio's Lookup API returns phone numbers in national format, a string containing the phone number formatted according to the most common style in the associated country.

North American Numbers

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For example, phone numbers in the United States are defined by the North American Numbering Plan(link takes you to an external page) (NANP) as ten-digit numbers consisting of:

  1. A three-digit Numbering Plan Area [local link] (NPA) code, commonly called an area code
  2. A seven-digit local number. The format is usually represented as NXX-NXX-XXXX where N is any digit from 2 through 9 and X is any digit from 0 through 9.

The national format returned by Twilio for NANP numbers is therefore (NXX) NXX-XXXX.