ZipCodes Web Service

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GetZipCodeCoordinates

Returns a centroid point of the zip code in both radians and degrees. Parameters: zip - 5 digit zip code or Canadian postal code (M3H, M3H 6A7).

Test

To test the operation using the HTTP POST protocol, click the 'Invoke' button.

SOAP 1.1 (show / hide)

The following is a sample SOAP 1.1 request and response. The placeholders shown need to be replaced with actual values.

POST /geosvc_api/ZipCodeLookup.asmx HTTP/1.1
Host: api.geosvc.com
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: length
SOAPAction: "http://skats.net/services/GetZipCodeCoordinates"

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<soap:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:soapenc="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/" xmlns:tns="http://skats.net/services/" xmlns:types="http://skats.net/services/encodedTypes" xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
  <soap:Header>
    <tns:AuthenticationHeader>
      <SessionID xsi:type="xsd:string">string</SessionID>
    </tns:AuthenticationHeader>
  </soap:Header>
  <soap:Body soap:encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/">
    <tns:GetZipCodeCoordinates>
      <zip xsi:type="xsd:string">string</zip>
    </tns:GetZipCodeCoordinates>
  </soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: length

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<soap:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:soapenc="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/" xmlns:tns="http://skats.net/services/" xmlns:types="http://skats.net/services/encodedTypes" xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
  <soap:Body soap:encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/">
    <tns:GetZipCodeCoordinatesResponse>
      <GetZipCodeCoordinatesResult href="#id1" />
    </tns:GetZipCodeCoordinatesResponse>
    <tns:ZipCodeCoordinates id="id1" xsi:type="tns:ZipCodeCoordinates">
      <LatDegrees xsi:type="xsd:float">float</LatDegrees>
      <LonDegrees xsi:type="xsd:float">float</LonDegrees>
      <LatRadians xsi:type="xsd:float">float</LatRadians>
      <LonRadians xsi:type="xsd:float">float</LonRadians>
    </tns:ZipCodeCoordinates>
  </soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>

HTTP GET (show / hide)

The following is a sample HTTP GET request and response. The placeholders shown need to be replaced with actual values.

GET /geosvc_api/ZipCodeLookup.asmx/GetZipCodeCoordinates?zip=string HTTP/1.1
Host: api.geosvc.com

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: length

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<ZipCodeCoordinates xmlns="http://skats.net/services/literalTypes">
  <LatDegrees>float</LatDegrees>
  <LonDegrees>float</LonDegrees>
  <LatRadians>float</LatRadians>
  <LonRadians>float</LonRadians>
</ZipCodeCoordinates>

HTTP POST (show / hide)

The following is a sample HTTP POST request and response. The placeholders shown need to be replaced with actual values.

POST /geosvc_api/ZipCodeLookup.asmx/GetZipCodeCoordinates HTTP/1.1
Host: api.geosvc.com
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Content-Length: length

zip=string

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: length

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<ZipCodeCoordinates xmlns="http://skats.net/services/literalTypes">
  <LatDegrees>float</LatDegrees>
  <LonDegrees>float</LonDegrees>
  <LatRadians>float</LatRadians>
  <LonRadians>float</LonRadians>
</ZipCodeCoordinates>

Parameter	Value
AuthenticationHeader:
zip: