Parameters for Input Data

ValidateAddress takes an address as input. All addresses use this format regardless of the address's country. See Address Line Processing for U.S. Addresses for important information about how address line data is processed for U.S. addresses.

Table 1. Input Format
Parameter	Format	Description
AddressLine1	String [50]	The first address line.
AddressLine2	String [50]	The second address line.
AddressLine3	String [50]	The third address line. Does not apply to Canadian addresses.
AddressLine4	String [50]	The fourth address line. Does not apply to Canadian addresses.
AddressLine5	String [50]	The fifth address line. Applies only to U.K. addresses. May contain street name, unit number, building number, and so on.
City	String [50]	The city name. For U.S. addresses only, you may put the city, state, and ZIP Code™ in the City field. If you do this, you must leave the StateProvince and PostalCode fields blank.
StateProvince	String [50]	The state or province. For U.S. addresses only, you may put the state in the City field instead of the StateProvince field.
PostalCode	String [10]	The postal code for the address in one of the following formats: 99999 99999-9999 A9A9A9 A9A 9A9 9999 999 For U.S. addresses only, you may put the ZIP Code™ in the City field. For U.S. addresses only, if the city/state/ZIP Code™ is in the PostalCode field, ValidateAddress may parse the data and successfully process the address. For best results, put this data in the appropriate fields (City, StateProvince, and PostalCode).
Country	String [50]	The country code or name, in any of the following formats: Two-character ISO 3166-1 Alpha 2 country code Three-character ISO 3166-1 Alpha 3 country code English country name French country name German country name Spanish country name For a list of ISO codes, see ISO Country Codes and Module Support.
FirmName	String [50]	The company or firm name.
USUrbanName	String [50]	The U.S. address urbanization name. This is used primarily for Puerto Rico addresses.
CustomerID	String [9]	If this mailpiece uses a generic barcode, specify your USPS®-assigned customer ID in this field. The ValidateAddress generic barcode is used for mailpieces that use the OneCode ACS® service.
CanLanguage	String	For Canadian addresses only, indicates whether the address is in English or French, if the option CanFrenchFormat=T is used. If this field is blank, the address is formatted in English. If the field contains any non-blank value, the address is formatted in French. Note that addresses in Quebec are always formatted in French regardless of the value in this field.