Validate U.S. Postal Address

get https://api.accurateappend.com/Services/V2/ValidateAddress/{licensekey}/

Verify and standardize input postal addresses to USPS standards.

- Parses input address into its individual elements, which may include house number, street name, street type, unit number, and more.
- Confirms deliverability using Delivery Point Validation (DPV).
- Corrects street and city name misspellings.
- Appends city and state in cases where only a street address and postal code are input.
- Appends postal code in cases where only city and state are input.
- Verifies whether delivery type is business or residential.
*- Appends time zone.

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HTTP Headers
The "content-type" in the HTTP header must be set to "application/json", otherwise an HTTP 400 Bad Request response will be returned.

AddressResult

Field name	Type	Description
Address	string	Formatted full street address
AddressRange	string	Parsed address range
StreetName	string	Parsed street name
Suffix	string	Parsed street suffix. i.e. St, Ave, Rd
PostDirection	string	Parsed street post direction
City	string	Parsed and corrected city
CountyName	string	County name
CountyFips	string	County FIP code
State	string	2 digit state abbreviation
Zip	string	5 digit postal code
Zip4	string	4 digit Zip extension
CountryCode	string	Country code
CarrierRoute	string	Carrier route number
CongressionalDistrict	string	Congressional district number
TimeZone	string	Time zone description
TimeZoneCode	string	Time zone code
AddressTypeCode	string	Address type code
Codes	array	Result

ValidateAddress Status Codes

This section lists the following types of status codes for the ValidateAddress method

Result Codes

Code	Description
A1	Address matched to postal database
A2	Street address match
A3	Non-USPS address
A4	Foreign postal code detected
A5	Address matched to CMRA
A6	Address has been updated by LACS
A7	Suite appended by Suite Link
A8	Address is vacant
A9	Alternate delivery
A10	DPV Error
A11	This address is deliverable by USPS only
A12	No suggestions
A13	Extraneous information found
A47	Last name reported at address

Application Error Codes

Code	Description
A14	Zip code error
A15	Unknown street error
A16	Component match error
A17	Non-deliverable address error
A18	Multiple match error
A19	Early warning system error
A20	Missing minimum address input error
A21	Suite range invalid error
A22	Suite range missing error
A23	Primary range invalid error
A24	Primary range missing error
A25	PO HC or RR box number invalid error
A26	PO HC or RR Box number missing error
A27	CMRA secondary missing error
A30	Suite range extraneous error

Correction Codes

Code	Description
A33	Zip code change
A34	State change
A35	City change
A36	Base alternate change
A37	Alias change
A38	Address1/address2 swap
A39	Address/company swap
A40	Plus4 change
A41	Urbanization Change
A42	Street name change
A43	Suffix change
A44	Street direction change
A45	Suite name change
A46	Suite range change

DPV Status Codes

Code	Description
DPV1	Address matched to postal database
DPV2	Address not matched to postal database
DPV3	Address matched to DPV database
DPV4	Input address house number matched to DPV but secondary number not matched
DPV5	Input address house number matched to DPV but address is missing secondary house number
DPV6	Input address house number missing
DPV7	Input address house number invalid
DPV8	Input address missing PO, RR, or HC box number
DPV9	Input address PO, RR or HC number invalid
DPV10	Input address matched to commercial mail handler
DPV11	Input address matched to commercial mail handler but secondary house number not present
DPV12	Address is a military address
DPV13	Address is a general delivery address
DPV14	Address was coded to a unique postal code

Address Type Codes

Code	Description
F	Firm or Company address
G	General Delivery address
H	High Rise or Business complex
P	PO Box address
R	Rural Route address
S	Street or Residential address

HTTP Error Messages

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