AddressLookupService

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AddressRequest

Requires Authentication
The following routes are available for this service:
GET/2.0/address/{Postcode}
GET/2.0/address/{Postcode}/{HouseNo}
Imports System
Imports System.Collections
Imports System.Collections.Generic
Imports System.Runtime.Serialization
Imports ServiceStack
Imports ServiceStack.DataAnnotations
Imports PostcodeLookupService.ServiceModel.Types

Namespace Global

    Namespace PostcodeLookupService.ServiceModel.Types

        <DataContract(Name:="Address", Namespace:="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/PostcodeLookupService")>
        Public Partial Class Address
            <DataMember>
            Public Overridable Property County As String

            <DataMember>
            Public Overridable Property Id As Integer

            <DataMember>
            Public Overridable Property Locality As String

            <DataMember>
            Public Overridable Property Organisation As String

            <DataMember>
            Public Overridable Property Postcode As String

            <DataMember>
            Public Overridable Property Property As String

            <DataMember>
            Public Overridable Property RAPPPremiseId As Integer

            <DataMember>
            Public Overridable Property Street As String

            <DataMember>
            Public Overridable Property Town As String

            <DataMember>
            Public Overridable Property FullAddress As String
        End Class

        Public Partial Class AddressRequest
            Implements IHasVersion
            Public Overridable Property Version As Integer
            '''<Summary>
            '''Using a Postcode to return addresses.
            '''</Summary>
            <ApiMember(DataType:="string", Description:="Using a Postcode to return addresses.", IsRequired:=true, Name:="Postcode", ParameterType:="path")>
            Public Overridable Property Postcode As String

            '''<Summary>
            '''Optional input value to limit the return data to a specific address.
            '''</Summary>
            <ApiMember(DataType:="string", Description:="Optional input value to limit the return data to a specific address.", Name:="House Name or Number", ParameterType:="path")>
            Public Overridable Property HouseNo As String
        End Class

        <DataContract(Name:="LookupResult", Namespace:="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/PostcodeLookupService")>
        Public Partial Class LookupResult
            Public Sub New()
                Addresses = New Address(){}
            End Sub

            <DataMember>
            Public Overridable Property Addresses As Address()

            <DataMember>
            Public Overridable Property errormsg As String
        End Class
    End Namespace
End Namespace

VB.NET AddressRequest DTOs

To override the Content-type in your clients, use the HTTP Accept Header, append the .csv suffix or ?format=csv

HTTP + CSV

The following are sample HTTP requests and responses. The placeholders shown need to be replaced with actual values.

GET /2.0/address/{Postcode} HTTP/1.1 
Host: webservices.mbukdatabase.co.uk 
Accept: text/csv
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: text/csv
Content-Length: length

{"Addresses":[{"County":"String","Id":0,"Locality":"String","Organisation":"String","Postcode":"String","Property":"String","RAPPPremiseId":0,"Street":"String","Town":"String","FullAddress":"String, String, String, String, String, String"}],"errormsg":"String"}