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Developers. Postcode lookups need not be so painful. The guys at @IdealPostcodes have a great API and are really helpful. Plus jQuery plugin
Stephen England (@StephenEngland)@IdealPostcodes Bravo guys - 60 mins from "Hm, I should add postcode lookups" to being live in production on @Thread
Chris Lamb (@lolamby) Postcode Lookup API from @IdealPostcodes is simply brilliant!
— ConferenceCall.co.uk (@ConfCallUK)Awesome support and service from @IdealPostcodes - does one thing, well.
paul pod (@paulpod)1<!-- Add a div to house your 2 postcode input field --> 3<div id="lookup_field"></div> 4 5<!-- This is your existing form --> 6<label>Address Line One</label> 7<input id="first_line" type="text" /> 8 9<label>Address Line Two</label> 10<input id="second_line" type="text" /> 11 12<label>Address Line Three</label> 13<input id="third_line" type="text" /> 14 15<label>Post Town</label> 16<input id="post_town" type="text" /> 17 18<label>Postcode</label> 19<input id="postcode" type="text" />
1<script> 2// Add this after your form 3$('#lookup_field').setupPostcodeLookup({ 4 // Add your API key 5 api_key: 'ak_hk71kco54zGSgVf9ExxRVVNmolLNh', 6 // Identify your fields with CSS selectors 7 output_fields: { 8 line_1: '#first_line', 9 line_2: '#second_line', 10 line_3: '#third_line', 11 post_town: '#post_town', 12 postcode: '#postcode' 13 } 14}); 15</script>
Demonstrations limited to 15 lookups per IP, per day
1<input id="input" type="text" 2 placeholder="Search for an address with autocomplete" /> 3<!-- Create an input field to attach autocomplete --> 4 5<!-- Below are your existing input fields --> 6<label>Address Line One</label> 7<input id="first_line" type="text" /> 8 9<label>Address Line Two</label> 10<input id="second_line" type="text" /> 11 12<label>Address Line Three</label> 13<input id="third_line" type="text" /> 14 15<label>Post Town</label> 16<input id="post_town" type="text" /> 17 18<label>Postcode</label> 19<input id="postcode" type="text" />
1var controller = new IdealPostcodes.Autocomplete.Controller({ 2 api_key: "iddqd", 3 inputField: "#input", 4 outputFields: { 5 line_1: "#first_line", 6 line_2: "#second_line", 7 line_3: "#third_line", 8 post_town: "#post_town", 9 postcode: "#postcode" 10 } 11});
Demonstrations limited to 15 lookups per IP, per day
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We handle over half a billion postcode and addressing requests across our APIs every month
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