Why do most websites make us type in the city AND state AND zip code? Just a zip code should be enough. We have better things to do with our time! A better Zip Code API is needed. A Simpler Online Address Form RunSignUp agrees. That’s why they use ZipCodeAPI to simplify online address forms for people signing up for races. Users simply enter their zip code and ZipCodeAPI retrieves the city and state. Just aRead More →

You know the adage goes location, location, location. You know location is everything. But getting locations and zip codes for your app or enterprise is not always easy. What is needed is a powerful zip code API. Real Zip Code API Needs Gautam Tandon is the CEO of Ellipsis Solutions. He told me that they design local marketing campaigns. They optimize these marketing campaigns for a business type, budget,  and specific need. They also optimize for location. TheseRead More →

We added an API to get results on a multiple zip codes API request: http://www.zipcodeapi.com/API#multiZipToLoc Use this API to find out the city, state, latitude, longitude, and time zone information for multiple zip codes. The JSON and XML responses contain alternative acceptable city names for a location. Send a GET request to: http://www.zipcodeapi.com/rest/<api_key>/multi-info.<format>/<zip_code>/<units>. Each zip code provided counts as a separate request. For example, if you send 5 zip codes, you will be charged for 5Read More →

Kinney Drug Stores uses the ZipCodeAPI to help customers find stores in their area. https://secure.kinneydrugs.com/locations.phpRead More →

We have added an interesting extension to our Zipcode API. This is for applications that have their own database of latitude and longitude positions, but need to calculate items within a certain radius of another latitude/longitude. You can try it here – https://www.zipcodeapi.com/API#radiusSql. Hint – use the Zipcode to Location API to find your specific Lat/Long. You specify the latitude and longitude of a center point, the distance/radius from this location, the field names used in yourRead More →

We recently added Time Zones to the Zip Code API – Zip Code Location. This can be useful for applications that want to automatically set a timezone for a user. Sample of Zip Code Location Output Data is formatted in JSON, XML or CSV. Here is a sample Time Zone data output in XML: <timezone> <timezone_identifier>America/New_York</timezone_identifier> <timezone_abbr>EDT</timezone_abbr> <utc_offset_sec>-14400</utc_offset_sec> <is_dst>T</is_dst> </timezone>Read More →

We just had another company upgrade their service for the Zip Code API.  We always love to see how people are using it.  This one is a large online car resale website. It let’s the buyer look within a radius of their zip code for available cars. Try the Zip Code Radius Try out the API entering a zip code and radius here. Share how you are using the Zip Code API, even if it isRead More →

We have created code for you to reuse in your web applications to do autofill City and State from zip code. For example, when the user fills in the Zip Code on your website, ZipCodeAPI will return city and state.  Feel free to use and modify. And if you have other samples you would like to share, let us know!Read More →

We are very excited that we are the “Pick of the Week” at Programmable Web. “I’ll be curious to follow the Redline13 Zip Code Distance API, because it offers a lot of flexibility in a simple package. In addition to providing the distance between zip codes, the API can list the zip codes in a given city or give geographic data for a zip code. It can also find all zip codes within a specified radius.Read More →

The Zip Code API provides the following functions: Distance Between Zip Code API – The API allows you to quickly and easily figure out the distance between zip codes. Zip Codes in Radius API – You can use this API to find all zip codes within a given radius from another zip code. Zip Code to City and State API and Zip Code to Latitude/Longitude API – The API can convert a zip code to the primary location for the zip code. This includesRead More →