Also be advised that too many hits from one place may result in alarms going off. It may have changes since I thought about doing this way back when, but they offered this site as a way for the every day user to get a zip+4, not for a commercial app to do it on the cheap as a way to avoid paying for the zip+4 database, which back then at least they charged you for.
Bob On Nov 27, 2010, at 12:50 PM, stephen barncard wrote: > 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 <jhurley0...@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 >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> use-livecode mailing list >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >> subscription preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >> > > > > -- > > > > Stephen Barncard > San Francisco Ca. USA > > more about sqb <http://www.google.com/profiles/sbarncar> > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
