Returns a list of geo places inside a given zip code. Parameters: zip - 5 digit zip code or Canadian postal code (M3H, M3H 6A7), state - 2 letter state code (not required for zip codes).
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/GetPlacesInside"
<?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:GetPlacesInside>
<zip xsi:type="xsd:string">string</zip>
</tns:GetPlacesInside>
</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:GetPlacesInsideResponse>
<GetPlacesInsideResult href="#id1" />
</tns:GetPlacesInsideResponse>
<soapenc:Array id="id1" soapenc:arrayType="tns:GeoPlaceDistance[2]">
<Item href="#id2" />
<Item href="#id3" />
</soapenc:Array>
<tns:GeoPlaceDistance id="id2" xsi:type="tns:GeoPlaceDistance">
<ToPlace xsi:type="xsd:string">string</ToPlace>
<ToState xsi:type="xsd:string">string</ToState>
<Distance xsi:type="xsd:float">float</Distance>
</tns:GeoPlaceDistance>
<tns:GeoPlaceDistance id="id3" xsi:type="tns:GeoPlaceDistance">
<ToPlace xsi:type="xsd:string">string</ToPlace>
<ToState xsi:type="xsd:string">string</ToState>
<Distance xsi:type="xsd:float">float</Distance>
</tns:GeoPlaceDistance>
</soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>
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/GetPlacesInside?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"?>
<ArrayOfGeoPlaceDistance xmlns="http://skats.net/services/literalTypes">
<GeoPlaceDistance>
<ToPlace>string</ToPlace>
<ToState>string</ToState>
<Distance>float</Distance>
</GeoPlaceDistance>
<GeoPlaceDistance>
<ToPlace>string</ToPlace>
<ToState>string</ToState>
<Distance>float</Distance>
</GeoPlaceDistance>
</ArrayOfGeoPlaceDistance>
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/GetPlacesInside 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"?>
<ArrayOfGeoPlaceDistance xmlns="http://skats.net/services/literalTypes">
<GeoPlaceDistance>
<ToPlace>string</ToPlace>
<ToState>string</ToState>
<Distance>float</Distance>
</GeoPlaceDistance>
<GeoPlaceDistance>
<ToPlace>string</ToPlace>
<ToState>string</ToState>
<Distance>float</Distance>
</GeoPlaceDistance>
</ArrayOfGeoPlaceDistance>