MEmelissa
Lookup Postal Codes

Lookup a postal code from geo location

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Send a GET request to lookup a postal code from geo location.

get/doLookupPostalCodes

Request

  • Base URL
    https://reversegeo.melissadata.net/v3/web/ReverseGeoCode
  • Auth
    none required

Query parameters

tstring

Transmission Reference - Serves as a unique identifier for this set of records.

idstring password required

Required. The License Key issued by Melissa.

latstring required

Required. The latitude geographic coordinate in decimal format.

longstring required

Required. The longitude geographic coordinate in decimal format.

distnumber

Maximum Distance - The requested maximum distance in miles.

recsnumber

Maximum Records - The requested number of records.

opt'Level:CarrierRoute' | 'Level:Plus4' | 'Level:PostalCode'

Options - Specify which options to use for the selected action. List of options in <OptionName>:<Parameter> format. Multiple options are delimited with a ,.

For example: OptionName:Parameter,OptionName:Parameter.

  • Level:< CarrierRoute | Plus4 | PostalCode > - This option specifies the level of data to search. Depending on which parameter you set for Level, you can return the ZIP, ZIP+4, or ZIP and Carrier Route with your records.
    • CarrierRoute - Two fields are returned for each record:
      • PostalCode: A 5-digit postal code
      • CarrierRoute: the nearest Carrier Route.
    • Plus4 - Two fields are returned for each record:
      • PostalCode: a 9-digit ZIP+4 Postal Code.
      • CarrierRoute: the nearest Carrier Route.
    • PostalCode - Default. Returns the nearest 5-digit Postal Code.
format'json' | 'xml'

The desired format of the response.

Headers

Accept'application/json' | 'application/xml' | '*/*' required

Format of the response.

Content-Type'application/json' | 'application/xml' required

Format of the request.

Response

Successful response

Versionstring

The current service version number.

TransmissionReferencestring

A pass-through of the input TransmissionReference field.

TransmissionResultsstring

Lists error codes from any errors caused by the most recent request as a whole. For more information, see Reverse GeoCoder Result Codes.

Resultsstring

Comma delimited status, error codes, and change codes for the record. For more information, see Reverse GeoCoder Result Codes.

TotalRecordsinteger

Total number of records.

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