Nine digit zip codes

[stephen barncard]

If you want to do it the 'right' way you might consider getting an API
key....then you can be sure it will continuously work - screen scraping may
fail if they change the website.

The  USPS appears to have extensive APIs available - looks like it talks
XML..

http://www.usps.com/webtools/address.htm

http://www.usps.com/webtools/htm/Development-Guide-v3-0b.htm



On 27 November 2010 09:53, James Hurley <jhurley0305 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> I sent this message a while back, but I suspect it got lost in the
> RunRev-LiveCode changeover.
>
> At the USPS web site (http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/) it is possible by
> entering the street address, the city and the state to obtain the 9 digit
> zip code for that address.
>
> This may be naive, but is it possible to do this from within LiveCode by
> script?
>
> Jim
>
>
>
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Stephen Barncard
San Francisco Ca. USA

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