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Information includes latitude/longitude and areas. </p> <p> <a href="/tools/merge-geojson" class="link blue underline b">Combine GeoJSON files</a> into one merged file. </p> <p> <a href="/tools/reduce-geojson" class="link blue underline b">Reduce GeoJSON filesize</a>. </p> </div> <div class="w-100 ph0 ph3-l pv3 w-50-l"> <h2 class="f2-ns f3 header-font ma0 normal"> <a href="#api" class="near-black link underline-hover">Use the API</a> </h2> <p>The API provides programmatic access to the postcode data, using the <a href="http://jsonapi.org/" class="link blue underline">JSON api</a> specification.</p><br> <a class="f6 f5-l button-reset fl pa3 no-underline tc bn bg-animate bg-yellow dim near-black pointer br2-ns" href="#api">Use the API</a> </div> </section> <section class="section pa3 bg-light-gray mt4"> <h2 class="f2-ns f3 header-font normal ma0"> <a class="near-black no-underline dim" href="/areatypes/">Browse by area type</a> </h2> <div class="flex-l"> <div class="w-100 w-25-l pr0 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href="/areatypes/teclec.html" class="underline dark-blue f4"></a> </li> </ul> </nav> </div> </div> </section> <section class="section" id="api"> <h2 class="f2-ns f3 header-font normal">Use the API</h2> <div class="fl w-third-l w-100 pa2"> <p>The API provides programmatic access to the postcode data, using the <a href="http://jsonapi.org/">JSON api</a> specification.</p> <p>The <code class="bg-light-gray pa1 code">.json</code> at the end of the url is optional, requests will return json by default unless <code class="bg-light-gray pa1 code">.html</code> is added.</p> <p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ONS_coding_system#Current_GSS_coding_system">ONS GSS codes</a> are used for area IDs.</p> </div> <div class="fl w-two-thirds-l w-100 pa2 is-medium"> <h3 class="f3-ns f4 header-font ma0 normal">Example requests</h3> <table class="w-100"> <tr class=""> <td class="db pv3-l dtc-l bw1 bt b--light-gray">Get data on a postcode</td> <td class="db pv3-l dtc-l bw0 bw1-l bt b--light-gray"><code class="bg-light-gray pa1 code">/postcodes/AB12+3CD.json</code></td> <td class="db pv3-l dtc-l bw0 bw1-l bt b--light-gray"><a href="/postcodes/SW1A%201AA.json">Example</a></td> <td class="db pv3-l dtc-l bw0 bw1-l bt b--light-gray"><a href="/postcodes/SW1A%201AA.html">Example HTML</a></td> </tr> <tr class=""> <td class="db pv3-l dtc-l bw1 bt b--light-gray">Get data about a postcode nearest<br>to a latitude, longitude point</td> <td class="db pv3-l dtc-l bw0 bw1-l bt b--light-gray"><code class="bg-light-gray pa1 code">/points/51.501009,-0.141588.json</code></td> <td class="db pv3-l dtc-l bw0 bw1-l bt b--light-gray"><a href="/points/51.501009,-0.141588.json">Example</a></td> <td class="db pv3-l dtc-l bw0 bw1-l bt b--light-gray"><a href="/points/51.501009,-0.141588.html">Example HTML</a></td> </tr> <tr class=""> <td class="db pv3-l dtc-l bw1 bt b--light-gray">Get data about an area<br><small>Includes 5 random postcodes from the area</small></td> <td class="db pv3-l dtc-l bw0 bw1-l bt b--light-gray"><code class="bg-light-gray pa1 code">/areas/E01000001.json</code></td> <td class="db pv3-l dtc-l bw0 bw1-l bt b--light-gray"><a href="/areas/E14000639.json">Example</a></td> <td class="db pv3-l dtc-l bw0 bw1-l bt b--light-gray"><a href="/areas/E14000639.html">Example HTML</a></td> </tr> <tr class=""> <td class="db pv3-l dtc-l bw1 bt b--light-gray">Get an area's boundaries as geojson<br><small>NB not available for all areas</small></td> <td class="db pv3-l dtc-l bw0 bw1-l bt b--light-gray"><code class="bg-light-gray pa1 code">/areas/E01000001.geojson</code></td> <td class="db pv3-l dtc-l bw0 bw1-l bt b--light-gray"><a href="/areas/E14000639.geojson">Example</a></td> <td class="db pv3-l dtc-l bw0 bw1-l bt b--light-gray"></td> </tr> <tr class=""> <td class="db pv3-l dtc-l bw1 bt b--light-gray">Get data about a place<br><small>Includes 5 random postcodes from the area</small></td> <td class="db pv3-l dtc-l bw0 bw1-l bt b--light-gray"><code class="bg-light-gray pa1 code">/places/IPN0000001.json</code></td> <td class="db pv3-l dtc-l bw0 bw1-l bt b--light-gray"><a href="/places/IPN0000543.json">Example</a></td> <td class="db pv3-l dtc-l bw0 bw1-l bt b--light-gray"><a href="/places/IPN0000543.html">Example HTML</a></td> </tr> <tr class=""> <td class="db pv3-l dtc-l bw1 bt b--light-gray">Search for areas containing a string</td> <td class="db pv3-l dtc-l bw0 bw1-l bt b--light-gray"><code class="bg-light-gray pa1 code">/search/?q=search+term</code></td> <td class="db pv3-l dtc-l bw0 bw1-l bt b--light-gray"></td> <td class="db pv3-l dtc-l bw0 bw1-l bt b--light-gray"><a href="/search/?q=Westminster&filetype=html">Example HTML</a></td> </tr> <tr class=""> <td class="db pv3-l dtc-l bw1 bt b--light-gray">Get information about a type of area<br><small>(local authority, parliamentary constituency, etc)</small></td> <td class="db pv3-l dtc-l bw0 bw1-l bt b--light-gray"><code class="bg-light-gray pa1 code">/areatypes/pcon.json</code></td> <td class="db pv3-l dtc-l bw0 bw1-l bt b--light-gray"><a href="/areatypes/pcon.json">Example</a></td> <td class="db pv3-l dtc-l bw0 bw1-l bt b--light-gray"><a href="/areatypes/pcon.html">Example HTML</a></td> </tr> <tr class=""> <td class="db pv3-l dtc-l bw1 bt b--light-gray">Get information about all types of area</td> <td class="db pv3-l dtc-l bw0 bw1-l bt b--light-gray"><code class="bg-light-gray pa1 code">/areatypes/</code></td> <td class="db pv3-l dtc-l bw0 bw1-l bt b--light-gray"></td> <td class="db pv3-l dtc-l bw0 bw1-l bt b--light-gray"><a href="/areatypes/">HTML</a></td> </tr> </table> </div> </section> </section> </main> <footer id="contentinfo" class="body db pb5 moon-gray bg-near-black cf"> <div id="sponsor-banner" class="w-100 mb5 bg-gold near-black tc pv3 ph3 ph5-ns "> If you have found Find that Postcode a useful resource, please consider <a href="https://github.com/sponsors/kanedata/" class="b near-black">supporting its development 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