Web - Software Development Kit (SDK)

The web service description can be found at the following location. http://ws1.postcodesoftware.co.uk/lookup.asmx

When creating the URL to connect to the web service there are three variables that need to be added to it. Examples of the URL are shown below with the parameters and explanations.  You can use the Account 'test' with password 'test 'to access the demonstration data including premise data and the Account 'test1' with password 'test1' to access the data to street level.  The demonstration data consists of postcodes in the LS18 region.  Examples can be found here.

Premise Level

http://ws1.postcodesoftware.co.uk/lookup.asmx/getAddress?account=test&password=test&postcode=LS185NJ

Street Level

http://ws1.postcodesoftware.co.uk/lookup.asmx/getAddress?account=test1&password=test1&postcode=LS185NJ

Parameter	Explanation
Account	Account is where you will input your account name which is supplied to you when you first sign up.
Password	Password is where you will input your password for the account which is supplied to you when you first sign up.
Postcode	Postcode is the postcode that has been entered buy the user

When the webservice has been called it will send back all the information in XML. The information is shown below.  Please note the amount of address lines is variable.

Examples

Click on the following links below to download examples in different programming languages.

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