Postal code and ZIP code lookup API
Send a country and a postal code and get the matching places with state, county or district names and approximate coordinates.
What it does
Places, administrative areas, and approximate coordinates for a postal code in about 120 countries. Full codes in Canada, Ireland, the Netherlands, and the UK match their leading part.
- GET /v1/postal-codes/{country}/{code}
- GET /v1/postal-codes
Limits: No street-level address lookup or place-name search. Coordinates are area centroids. AR, BR, CA, CL, CN, IE, MT, NL, and GB hold only part of each code.
Use cases
- Auto-fill city and state in address forms.
- Check that a postal code exists before shipping.
- Group customers by region for reports.
Data sources and freshness
LiveAPI in-house postal-code dataset (proprietary).
Rebuilt from LiveAPI's maintained source data; the updated date is in every response.
Pricing
Every new account gets 100 free calls. Packs of 10,000 ($5), 100,000 ($15) and 250,000 calls ($29) never expire, or choose Unlimited for $39 a month. Only successful responses use a call. See pricing.
FAQ
Which countries are covered?
GET /v1/postal-codes lists every country currently present in LiveAPI's in-house dataset and its row count.
Are postal codes exact?
Yes. Spaces and punctuation are normalized for matching, while the original code is returned in the response.
Can I search by place name?
Not yet. Lookup is by postal code only.