GetCandidateAddresses

GetCandidateAddresses returns a list of addresses that are considered matches for a given input address. GetCandidateAddresses returns candidate addresses only if the input address matches multiple addresses in the postal database. If the input address matches only one address in the postal database, then no address data is returned.

For addresses outside the U.S. and Canada, you may notice inconsistent results between the multiple matches returned by ValidateAddress and the results for that same address returned by GetCandidateAddresses. If you experience inconsistent results, it is likely because you set the performance tuning setting in ValidateAddress to a value other than 100. To obtain consistent results between GetCandidateAddresses and ValidateAddress, set the performance tuning option to 100.

Note: By default, GetCandidateAddresses does not match to individual house numbers. Rather, it uses house number ranges for each street. After GetCandidateAddresses has determined the street name, city name, state/province name, and postal code, it checks to make sure the input house number falls within one of the ranges of house numbers given for the matched street name. The same type of logic applies to unit numbers. If you want to determine that an individual house number is valid, you should use the ValidateAddress Delivery Point Validation (DPV) processing option. DPV processing is only available for U.S. addresses.

The Canadian coder contains a reverse lookup routine that takes as input a specific postal code and returns the street information stored in the database for that postal code. To use this function enter nothing but a Canadian postal code in the PostalCode field. See the second example to view the return from a sample postal code.

GetCandidateAddresses is part of Spectrum Universal Address.

Resource URL

http://server:port/soap/GetCandidateAddresses

Example

The following shows a SOAP request:

<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" ​xmlns:get="http://www.precisely.com/spectrum/services/GetCandidateAddresses" xmlns:spec="http://spectrum.precisely.com/">
   <soapenv:Header/>
   <soapenv:Body>
      <get:GetCandidateAddressesRequest>
         <get:input_port>
            <get:Address>
               <get:AddressLine1>P.O. Box 1</get:AddressLine1>
               <get:City>New York</get:City>
               <get:StateProvince>NY</get:StateProvince>
            </get:Address>
         </get:input_port>
      </get:GetCandidateAddressesRequest>
   </soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope>

This would be the response:

Note: Empty response elements have been removed from this example. Only the first two candidate address are shown.
<soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
   <soap:Body>
      <ns3:GetCandidateAddressesResponse xmlns:ns2="http://spectrum.precisely.com/" ​xmlns:ns3="http://www.precisely.com/spectrum/services/GetCandidateAddresses">
         <ns3:output_port>
            <ns3:Address>
               <ns3:ProcessedBy>USA</ns3:ProcessedBy>
               <ns3:RecordType>PostOfficeBox</ns3:RecordType>
               <ns3:MatchLevel>A</ns3:MatchLevel>
               <ns3:AddressLine1>PO Box 1</ns3:AddressLine1>
               <ns3:HouseNumberLow>1</ns3:HouseNumberLow>
               <ns3:HouseNumberHigh>60</ns3:HouseNumberHigh>
               <ns3:HouseNumberParity>B</ns3:HouseNumberParity>
               <ns3:City>New York</ns3:City>
               <ns3:StateProvince>NY</ns3:StateProvince>
               <ns3:PostalCode>10002</ns3:PostalCode>
               <ns3:PostalCode.AddOn>0001</ns3:PostalCode.AddOn>
               <ns3:Country>USA</ns3:Country>
            </ns3:Address>
            <ns3:Address>
               <ns3:ProcessedBy>USA</ns3:ProcessedBy>
               <ns3:RecordType>PostOfficeBox</ns3:RecordType>
               <ns3:MatchLevel>A</ns3:MatchLevel>
               <ns3:AddressLine1>PO Box 1</ns3:AddressLine1>
               <ns3:HouseNumberLow>1</ns3:HouseNumberLow>
               <ns3:HouseNumberHigh>9</ns3:HouseNumberHigh>
               <ns3:HouseNumberParity>B</ns3:HouseNumberParity>
               <ns3:City>New York</ns3:City>
               <ns3:StateProvince>NY</ns3:StateProvince>
               <ns3:PostalCode>10008</ns3:PostalCode>
               <ns3:PostalCode.AddOn>0001</ns3:PostalCode.AddOn>
               <ns3:Country>USA</ns3:Country>
            </ns3:Address>
         </ns3:output_port>
      </ns3:GetCandidateAddressesResponse>
   </soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>