Ziptastic API Documentation

Reverse Geocoding API

Reverse Geocoding is the process of turning coordinates into a readable locale information.

Ziptastic's API usage for reverse geocoding is as follows

https://zip.getziptastic.com/v3/reverse/<latitude>/<longitude>/<radius in meters>/
Response
[
    {
        "city": "Owosso",
        "geohash": "dpshsfsytw8k",
        "country": "US",
        "county": "Shiawassee",
        "state": "Michigan",
        "state_short": "MI",
        "postal_code": "48867",
        "latitude": 42.9934,
        "longitude": -84.1595,
        "timezone": "America/Detroit"
    }
]

Forward Geocoding API

Forward Geocoding is the process of turning a postal code into a readable locale information.

Ziptastic's API usage for forward geocoding is as follows

https://zip.getziptastic.com/v3/<two letter country code>/<postal code>/
Response
[
    {
        "county": "Shiawassee",
        "city": "Owosso",
        "state": "Michigan",
        "state_short": "MI",
        "geohash": "dpshsfsytw8k",
        "timezone": "America/Detroit",
        "latitude": 42.9934,
        "country": "US",
        "longitude": -84.1595,
        "postal_code": "48867"
    }
]

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