postcodes_io_api

A library that provides a Python interface to the postcodes_io API.

Project URLs

• Project Home : https://postcodes.io
• Project Doc : https://postcodes.io/docs

Example

  import postcodes_io_api
  api  = postcodes_io_api.Api(debug_http=True)
  data = api.get_postcode('SW112EF')

Api

Api(self, debug_http=False, timeout=None, base_url=None)

is_postcode_valid

Api.is_postcode_valid(self, postcode)

This method validates post_code

• :param postcode - postcode to check i.e. 'SW112EF'
• :return - True if postcode is valid False if postcode is invalid

  is_valid = api.is_postcode_valid('SW112EF')

is_postcode_terminated

Api.is_postcode_terminated(self, postcode)

• :param postcode - postcode to check i.e. 'SW112ZW'
• :return True if postcode is terminated or False otherwise

  is_terminated = api.is_postcode_terminated('SW112EF')

get_postcode

Api.get_postcode(self, postcode)

This method returns data for post_code

• :param postcode - postcode to check i.e. 'SW112EF'
• ::return - postcode detailed data

  data = api.get_postcode('SW112EF')

get_nearest_postcodes_for_postcode

Api.get_nearest_postcodes_for_postcode(self, **kwargs)

• kwargs
• :param postcode - postcode
• :param limit - (not required) Limits number of postcodes matches to return. Defaults to 10. Needs to be less than 100.
• :param radius - (not required) Limits number of postcodes matches to return. Defaults to 100m. Needs to be less than 2,000m.
• :return: - list of nearest postcodes data

  data = api.get_nearest_postcodes_for_postcode(postcode='SW112EF',limit=2)

get_nearest_postcodes_for_coordinates

Api.get_nearest_postcodes_for_coordinates(self, **kwargs)

• kwargs
• :param latitude - (required) Latitude
• :param longitude - (required) Longitude
• :param limit - (not required) Limits number of postcodes matches to return. Defaults to 10. Needs to be less than 100.
• :param radius - (not required) Limits number of postcodes matches to return. Defaults to 100m. Needs to be less
• :return: - list of nearest postcodes data

  data = api.get_nearest_postcodes_for_coordinates(latitude=51.466324,longitude=-0.173606,limit=2)

get_bulk_postcodes

Api.get_bulk_postcodes(self, postcodes_list)

• :param postcodes_list - list containing postcodes
• :return - list of postcode data

  postcode_list = ["SW112EF","HA97QP"]
  data = api.get_bulk_postcodes(postcode_list)

get_bulk_reverse_geocode

Api.get_bulk_reverse_geocode(self, payload_data)

• :param payload_data - dict with cordinates e.g.

payload_data = {
"geolocations":
[
    {
        "longitude": 0.629834723775309,
        "latitude": 51.7923246977375
    },
    {
        "longitude": -2.49690382054704,
        "latitude": 53.5351312861402,
        "radius": 1000,
        "limit": 5
    }
]
}

• :return - list of postcode data

    data = api.get_bulk_reverse_geocode(payload_data)

get_random_postcode

Api.get_random_postcode(self)

• :return - random postcode

    data = api.get_random_postcode()

get_autocomplete_postcode

Api.get_autocomplete_postcode(self, **kwargs)

• kwargs
• :param postcode - partial postcode
• :param limit - (not required) Limits number of postcodes matches to return. Defaults to 10. Needs to be less than 100.
• :return - list of possible postcodes

    data = api.get_autocomplete_postcode(postcode='SW18',limit=2)

get_outcode

Api.get_outcode(self, outcode)

This method returns data for post_code

• :param outcode - postcode outward code to check i.e. 'KT1'
• :return - postcode detailed data

    data = api.get_outcode('KT1')

get_nearest_outcodes_for_outcode

Api.get_nearest_outcodes_for_outcode(self, **kwargs)

• kwargs
• :param outcode - outward code
• :param limit - (not required) Limits number of postcodes matches to return. Defaults to 10. Needs to be less than 100.
• :param radius - (not required) Limits number of postcodes matches to return. Defaults to 100m. Needs to be less than 2,000m.
• :return: - list of nearest postcodes data

    data = api.get_nearest_outcodes_for_outcode(outcode='KT1',limit=2)

get_nearest_outcodes_for_coordinates

Api.get_nearest_outcodes_for_coordinates(self, **kwargs)

• kwargs
• :param latitude - (required) Latitude
• :param longitude - (required) Longitude
• :param limit - (not required) Limits number of postcodes matches to return. Defaults to 10. Needs to be less than 100.
• :param radius - (not required) Limits number of postcodes matches to return. Defaults to 100m. Needs to be less
• :return: - list of nearest outcodes data

    data = api.get_nearest_outcodes_for_coordinates(latitude=51.466324,longitude=-0.173606,limit=2)

Changelog - postcodes_io_api

A library that provides a Python interface to the postcodes_io API.

0.0.4 (12-01-2019)

• fixed packaging issues for python 2

0.0.3 (12-01-2019)

• added suport for python 2

0.0.2 (07-01-2019)

• fixed requirements and setup file

0.0.1 (07-01-2019)

• initial release