Standard Address Output

Standard address output consists of four lines of the address which correspond to how the address would appear on an address label. City, state/province, postal code, and other data is also included in standard address output.

Table 1. Standard Address Output
Parameter	Description
AddressBlock1-AddressBlock9	The AddressBlock output fields contain a formatted version of the standardized or normalized address as it would be printed on a physical mail piece. ValidateMailingAddress formats the address into address blocks using postal authority standards. Each line of the address is returned in a separate address block field. There can be up to nine address block output fields: AddressBlock1 through AddressBlock9. For example, this input address: AddressLine1: 4200 Parliament Place AddressLine2: Suite 600 City: Lanham StateProvince: MD PostalCode: 20706 Results in this address block output: AddressBlock1: 4200 PARLIAMENT PL STE 600 AddressBlock2: LANHAM MD 20706-1882
AddressLine1-AddressLine5	If the address was validated, the nth line of the validated and standardized address. If the address could not be validated, the nth line of the input address without any changes.
AddressQuality	A two-character code indicating the overall quality of the resulting address (for example, "V5", "C3", and more). This indicator does not consider how much the address had to change. The first character generally indicates how the address was processed: V - Verified without change C - Verified with correction G - Verified with geocoding M - Multiple addresses matching U - Unmatched with reference data. The second character indicates the precision of the address: 5 - Delivery point confirmed to be a deliverable address. 4 - House number/Building Name is within valid range or known name but can't confirm 100% that premise is deliverable. 3 - Street name is valid, but the house number may not be. 2 - City exists but can't confirm the street does. 1 - State exists but can't confirm City does 0 - Can't confirm any part of the address exists.
AddressType	This field indicates a single letter code that indicates the type of address. One of the following: F - The address was validated/corrected to the firm name. B - The address was validated/corrected to the building name. G -The address is a general delivery address. H -The address was validated/corrected to the high-rise default. L - The address is a large volume receiver. M - The address is a military address. P - The address was validated/corrected to PO box. R - The address was validated/corrected to a rural route. S - The address was validated/corrected to a street address. U -The address type is unknown.
City	The validated city name.
CouldNotValidate	If no match was found, which address component could not be validated: ApartmentNumber HouseNumber StreetName PostalCode City Directional StreetSuffix Firm POBoxNumber RuralRoute
Country	The country in the format determined by what you selected in OutputCountryFormat: ISO Code UPU Code English French German Spanish
Deliverability	An estimate of confidence that an item mailed or shipped to this address would be successfully delivered. One of the following: 5 - Item will be delivered. 4 - Very confident it is a deliverable address but postal service doesn't provide data to be 100% certain. 3 - Should be deliverable. 2 - Might be delivered. 1 - Doubt it would be delivered. 0 - Extremely unlikely to be delivered.
FirmName	The validated firm or company name.
Locality	Dependent place name that further subdivides a Locality. Examples are colonies in Mexico, Urbanisaciones in Spain.
MultipleMatches	Indicates which address component had multiple matches, if multiple matches were found: Firm LeadingDirectional PostalCode StreetName StreetSuffix TrailingDirectional Urbanization Note: More than one component may be returned, in a comma-separated list.
Suburb	Dependent place name that further subdivides a Locality. An example would be Mahalle in Turkey.
Territory	The name of a territory. Territories are larger than a state/province.
PostalCode	The validated postal code for the address.
PostalCode.AddOn	The optional part of the postal code, according to the country's postal authority. In the US, it is the 4-digit add-on part of the ZIP Code™. For example, in the ZIP Code™ 60655-1844, 1844 is the 4-digit add-on.
PostalCode.Base	The mandatory part of the postal code, according to the country's postal authority. In the US, it is the 5-digit base part of ZIP Code™. For example, in the ZIP Code™ 60655-1844, 60655 is the 5-digit base.
ProcessedBy	Which address coder processed the address: USA U.S. address coder CAN Canadian address coder INT International address coder
StateProvince	The validated state or province abbreviation.
Status	Reports the success or failure of the match attempt. For multiple matches, this field is "F" for all the possible matches. When set to F, no match of any confidence was found. Otherwise, if the field is not returned or is returned empty, a match of some confidence was found.
Status.Code	Reason for failure, if there is one. For multiple matches, all possible matches are set to MultipleMatchesFound. Most common responses are: InsufficientInputData MultipleMatchesFound UnableToValidate
Status.Description	Description of the problem, if there is one. Possible Multiple Addresses Found This value will appear if Status.Code=MultipleMatchesFound. Address Not Found This value will appear if Status.Code=UnableToValidate.