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UPS Address validation using only Zipcode

I am using UPS API for address validation. I am very new to this API and have just started learning.

  1. I want to validate an address based on only zipcode i.e. I don't want to suppy the State name. It is not working in Test Integration environment. Any help?

  2. I want to validate address using only Street Address and Zipcode. I don't want to supply State & City name. Is that possible? So far not working.

If I provide both State & Zipcode it is working nice.

Solution

  • How committed are you to the UPS API? My experience is that if they don't have it in the API already, it won't happen soon. There are other APIs available that will let you verify an address based on only the address and the ZIP code. typically, it is not necessary to provide a city or state if you have the correct ZIP code. The minimum required for address validation is street address and zip code or street address and city/state. how many addresses to need to verify each month? If you don't need a whole lot, there are a number of free APIs available. National address server is one, SmartyStreets.com is another. (I work for SmartyStreets.com.)