Check an
onion address.
Verify the v3 format, version byte and SHA3-256 checksum. The checker never connects to the address. A passing checksum says nothing about trust or availability.
Awaiting inputA small check.
A small check.
A useful first step.
Catch a mistyped hostname before debugging your Tor connection.
Use it from your tools.
curl -sS https://onionlens.org/api/v1/onion/validate \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '{"address":"pjzhmrhqlmjvhb5eeqmgnil7oztrbqkt45hay4zsvj5e6dblnfezopyd.onion"}'Also available through validate_onion_address on the MCP endpoint. Encoding follows the Tor v3 address specification.