Call for Zip Code Web Service Methods

Posted on 15. Aug, 2008 by Will Fitch in News, PHP, Web Services

I have developed a new version of the zip code web service. This new service offers much more functionality than the previous, including 100% document-literal WS-I/WSDL 1.1 compliancy and SOAP 1.1 and 1.2 capabilities.

Along with this, a Java, PHP, .NET and Ruby SDK will be developed so that you only have to worry about making class calls rather than interfacing with SOAP and the network. I will also be increasing the number of elements returned from 300 to 500.

This new service will require that you register your application (domain only, no login) so that I can get an idea of the usage of this service. Your data will not be shared/sold to anyone, I just want some statistics.

Below is a list of data elements usable by the service:

zip_code
city
state
county
area_code
city_type
city_alias_abbr
city_alias
latitude
longitude
time_zone
elevation
county_fips
daylight_savings
last_line_key
multi_county
classification_code

Having said that, the following items are already developed and ready to use, but not all-inclusive:

GetZipsByRadius
GetLocalTime
GetZipsByCityType
GetZipsByFips
GetLocationByLongLat
GetZipsByRadiusLongLat
GetAreaCodesByZips

Again, this is not an all-inclusive list, and there are others planned, just not developed. My original plan was to release this next Friday, but decided to make a call for custom methods that you may wish to integrate. Feel free to post your suggestions here in the comments so that others can take note and not send duplicate requests.

Friday, August 22 will be the last day for requests.

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