Package google.maps.addressvalidation.v1

Index

AddressValidation

The service for validating addresses.

ProvideValidationFeedback

rpc ProvideValidationFeedback(ProvideValidationFeedbackRequest) returns (ProvideValidationFeedbackResponse)

Feedback about the outcome of the sequence of validation attempts. This should be the last call made after a sequence of validation calls for the same address, and should be called once the transaction is concluded. This should only be sent once for the sequence of ValidateAddress requests needed to validate an address fully.

ValidateAddress

rpc ValidateAddress(ValidateAddressRequest) returns (ValidateAddressResponse)

Validates an address.

Address

Details of the post-processed address. Post-processing includes correcting misspelled parts of the address, replacing incorrect parts, and inferring missing parts.

Fields
formatted_address

string

The post-processed address, formatted as a single-line address following the address formatting rules of the region where the address is located.

postal_address

PostalAddress

The post-processed address represented as a postal address.

address_components[]

AddressComponent

Unordered list. The individual address components of the formatted and corrected address, along with validation information. This provides information on the validation status of the individual components.

Address components are not ordered in a particular way. Do not make any assumptions on the ordering of the address components in the list.

missing_component_types[]

string

The types of components that were expected to be present in a correctly formatted mailing address but were not found in the input AND could not be inferred. Components of this type are not present in formatted_address, postal_address, or address_components. An example might be ['street_number', 'route'] for an input like "Boulder, Colorado, 80301, USA". The list of possible types can be found here.

unconfirmed_component_types[]

string

The types of the components that are present in the address_components but could not be confirmed to be correct. This field is provided for the sake of convenience: its contents are equivalent to iterating through the address_components to find the types of all the components where the confirmation_level is not CONFIRMED or the inferred flag is not set to true. The list of possible types can be found here.

unresolved_tokens[]

string

Any tokens in the input that could not be resolved. This might be an input that was not recognized as a valid part of an address (for example in an input like "123235253253 Main St, San Francisco, CA, 94105", the unresolved tokens may look like ["123235253253"] since that does not look like a valid street number.

AddressComponent

Represents an address component, such as a street, city, or state.

Fields
component_name

ComponentName

The name for this component.

component_type

string

The type of the address component. See Table 2: Additional types returned by the Places service for a list of possible types.

confirmation_level

ConfirmationLevel

Indicates the level of certainty that we have that the component is correct.

inferred

bool

Indicates that the component was not part of the input, but we inferred it for the address location and believe it should be provided for a complete address.

spell_corrected

bool

Indicates a correction to a misspelling in the component name. The API does not always flag changes from one spelling variant to another, such as when changing "centre" to "center". It also does not always flag common misspellings, such as when changing "Amphitheater Pkwy" to "Amphitheatre Pkwy".

replaced

bool

Indicates the name of the component was replaced with a completely different one, for example a wrong postal code being replaced with one that is correct for the address. This is not a cosmetic change, the input component has been changed to a different one.

unexpected

bool

Indicates an address component that is not expected to be present in a postal address for the given region. We have retained it only because it was part of the input.

ConfirmationLevel

The different possible values for confirmation levels.

Enums
CONFIRMATION_LEVEL_UNSPECIFIED Default value. This value is unused.
CONFIRMED We were able to verify that this component exists and makes sense in the context of the rest of the address.
UNCONFIRMED_BUT_PLAUSIBLE This component could not be confirmed, but it is plausible that it exists. For example, a street number within a known valid range of numbers on a street where specific house numbers are not known.
UNCONFIRMED_AND_SUSPICIOUS This component was not confirmed and is likely to be wrong. For example, a neighborhood that does not fit the rest of the address.

AddressMetadata

The metadata for the address. metadata is not guaranteed to be fully populated for every address sent to the Address Validation API.

Fields
business

bool

Indicates that this is the address of a business. If unset, indicates that the value is unknown.

po_box

bool

Indicates that the address of a PO box. If unset, indicates that the value is unknown.

residential

bool

Indicates that this is the address of a residence. If unset, indicates that the value is unknown.

ComponentName

A wrapper for the name of the component.

Fields
text

string

The name text. For example, "5th Avenue" for a street name or "1253" for a street number.

language_code

string

The BCP-47 language code. This will not be present if the component name is not associated with a language, such as a street number.

Geocode

Contains information about the place the input was geocoded to.

Fields
location

LatLng

The geocoded location of the input.

Using place IDs is preferred over using addresses, latitude/longitude coordinates, or plus codes. Using coordinates when routing or calculating driving directions will always result in the point being snapped to the road nearest to those coordinates. This may not be a road that will quickly or safely lead to the destination and may not be near an access point to the property. Additionally, when a location is reverse geocoded, there is no guarantee that the returned address will match the original.

plus_code

PlusCode

The plus code corresponding to the location.

bounds

Viewport

The bounds of the geocoded place.

feature_size_meters

float

The size of the geocoded place, in meters. This is another measure of the coarseness of the geocoded location, but in physical size rather than in semantic meaning.

place_id

string

The PlaceID of the place this input geocodes to.

For more information about Place IDs see here.

place_types[]

string

The type(s) of place that the input geocoded to. For example, ['locality', 'political']. The full list of types can be found here.

LanguageOptions

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Enables the Address Validation API to include additional information in the response.

Fields
return_english_latin_address

bool

Preview: Return a google.maps.addressvalidation.v1.Address in English. See google.maps.addressvalidation.v1.ValidationResult.english_latin_address for details.

PlusCode

Plus code (http://plus.codes) is a location reference with two formats: global code defining a 14mx14m (1/8000th of a degree) or smaller rectangle, and compound code, replacing the prefix with a reference location.

Fields
global_code

string

Place's global (full) code, such as "9FWM33GV+HQ", representing an 1/8000 by 1/8000 degree area (~14 by 14 meters).

compound_code

string

Place's compound code, such as "33GV+HQ, Ramberg, Norway", containing the suffix of the global code and replacing the prefix with a formatted name of a reference entity.

ProvideValidationFeedbackRequest

The request for sending validation feedback.

Fields
conclusion

ValidationConclusion

Required. The outcome of the sequence of validation attempts.

If this field is set to VALIDATION_CONCLUSION_UNSPECIFIED, an INVALID_ARGUMENT error will be returned.

response_id

string

Required. The ID of the response that this feedback is for. This should be the [response_id][google.maps.addressvalidation.v1.ValidateAddressRequest.response_id] from the first response in a series of address validation attempts.

ValidationConclusion

The possible final outcomes of the sequence of address validation requests needed to validate an address.

Enums
VALIDATION_CONCLUSION_UNSPECIFIED This value is unused. If the ProvideValidationFeedbackRequest.conclusion field is set to VALIDATION_CONCLUSION_UNSPECIFIED, an INVALID_ARGUMENT error will be returned.
VALIDATED_VERSION_USED The version of the address returned by the Address Validation API was used for the transaction.
USER_VERSION_USED The version of the address provided by the user was used for the transaction
UNVALIDATED_VERSION_USED A version of the address that was entered after the last validation attempt but that was not re-validated was used for the transaction.
UNUSED The transaction was abandoned and the address was not used.

ProvideValidationFeedbackResponse

This type has no fields.

The response for validation feedback.

The response is empty if the feedback is sent successfully.

UspsAddress

USPS representation of a US address.

Fields
first_address_line

string

First address line.

firm

string

Firm name.

second_address_line

string

Second address line.

urbanization

string

Puerto Rican urbanization name.

city_state_zip_address_line

string

City + state + postal code.

city

string

City name.

state

string

2 letter state code.

zip_code

string

Postal code e.g. 10009.

zip_code_extension

string

4-digit postal code extension e.g. 5023.

UspsData

The USPS data for the address. uspsData is not guaranteed to be fully populated for every US or PR address sent to the Address Validation API. It's recommended to integrate the backup address fields in the response if you utilize uspsData as the primary part of the response.

Fields
standardized_address

UspsAddress

USPS standardized address.

delivery_point_code

string

2 digit delivery point code

delivery_point_check_digit

string

The delivery point check digit. This number is added to the end of the delivery_point_barcode for mechanically scanned mail. Adding all the digits of the delivery_point_barcode, delivery_point_check_digit, postal code, and ZIP+4 together should yield a number divisible by 10.

dpv_confirmation

string

The possible values for DPV confirmation. Returns a single character or returns no value.

  • N: Primary and any secondary number information failed to DPV confirm.
  • D: Address was DPV confirmed for the primary number only, and the secondary number information was missing.
  • S: Address was DPV confirmed for the primary number only, and the secondary number information was present but not confirmed.
  • Y: Address was DPV confirmed for primary and any secondary numbers.
  • Empty: If the response does not contain a dpv_confirmation value, the address was not submitted for DPV confirmation.
dpv_footnote

string

The footnotes from delivery point validation. Multiple footnotes may be strung together in the same string.

  • AA: Input address matched to the ZIP+4 file
  • A1: Input address was not matched to the ZIP+4 file
  • BB: Matched to DPV (all components)
  • CC: Secondary number not matched and not required
  • C1: Secondary number not matched but required
  • N1: High-rise address missing secondary number
  • M1: Primary number missing
  • M3: Primary number invalid
  • P1: Input address PO, RR or HC box number missing
  • P3: Input address PO, RR, or HC Box number invalid
  • F1: Input address matched to a military address
  • G1: Input address matched to a general delivery address
  • U1: Input address matched to a unique ZIP code
  • PB: Input address matched to PBSA record
  • RR: DPV confirmed address with PMB information
  • R1: DPV confirmed address without PMB information
  • R7: Carrier Route R777 or R779 record
  • IA: Informed Address identified
  • TA: Primary number matched by dropping a trailing alpha
dpv_cmra

string

Indicates if the address is a CMRA (Commercial Mail Receiving Agency)--a private business receiving mail for clients. Returns a single character.

  • Y: The address is a CMRA
  • N: The address is not a CMRA
dpv_vacant

string

Is this place vacant? Returns a single character.

  • Y: The address is vacant
  • N: The address is not vacant
dpv_no_stat

string

Is this a no stat address or an active address? No stat addresses are ones which are not continuously occupied or addresses that the USPS does not service. Returns a single character.

  • Y: The address is not active
  • N: The address is active
dpv_no_stat_reason_code

int32

Indicates the NoStat type. Returns a reason code as int.

  • 1: IDA (Internal Drop Address) – Addresses that do not receive mail directly from the USPS but are delivered to a drop address that services them.
  • 2: CDS - Addresses that have not yet become deliverable. For example, a new subdivision where lots and primary numbers have been determined, but no structure exists yet for occupancy.
  • 3: Collision - Addresses that do not actually DPV confirm.
  • 4: CMZ (College, Military and Other Types) - ZIP + 4 records USPS has incorporated into the data.
  • 5: Regular - Indicates addresses not receiving delivery and the addresses are not counted as possible deliveries.
  • 6: Secondary Required - The address requires secondary information.
dpv_drop

string

Flag indicates mail is delivered to a single receptable at a site. Returns a single character.

  • Y: The mail is delivered to a single receptable at a site.
  • N: The mail is not delivered to a single receptable at a site.
dpv_throwback

string

Indicates that mail is not delivered to the street address. Returns a single character.

  • Y: The mail is not delivered to the street address.
  • N: The mail is delivered to the street address.
dpv_non_delivery_days

string

Flag indicates mail delivery is not performed every day of the week. Returns a single character.

  • Y: The mail delivery is not performed every day of the week.
  • N: No indication the mail delivery is not performed every day of the week.
dpv_non_delivery_days_values

int32

Integer identifying non-delivery days. It can be interrogated using bit flags: 0x40 – Sunday is a non-delivery day 0x20 – Monday is a non-delivery day 0x10 – Tuesday is a non-delivery day 0x08 – Wednesday is a non-delivery day 0x04 – Thursday is a non-delivery day 0x02 – Friday is a non-delivery day 0x01 – Saturday is a non-delivery day

dpv_no_secure_location

string

Flag indicates door is accessible, but package will not be left due to security concerns. Returns a single character.

  • Y: The package will not be left due to security concerns.
  • N: No indication the package will not be left due to security concerns.
dpv_pbsa

string

Indicates the address was matched to PBSA record. Returns a single character.

  • Y: The address was matched to PBSA record.
  • N: The address was not matched to PBSA record.
dpv_door_not_accessible

string

Flag indicates addresses where USPS cannot knock on a door to deliver mail. Returns a single character.

  • Y: The door is not accessible.
  • N: No indication the door is not accessible.
dpv_enhanced_delivery_code

string

Indicates that more than one DPV return code is valid for the address. Returns a single character.

  • Y: Address was DPV confirmed for primary and any secondary numbers.
  • N: Primary and any secondary number information failed to DPV confirm.
  • S: Address was DPV confirmed for the primary number only, and the secondary number information was present by not confirmed, or a single trailing alpha on a primary number was dropped to make a DPV match and secondary information required.
  • D: Address was DPV confirmed for the primary number only, and the secondary number information was missing.
  • R: Address confirmed but assigned to phantom route R777 and R779 and USPS delivery is not provided.
carrier_route

string

The carrier route code. A four character code consisting of a one letter prefix and a three digit route designator.

Prefixes:

  • C: Carrier route (or city route)
  • R: Rural route
  • H: Highway Contract Route
  • B: Post Office Box Section
  • G: General delivery unit
carrier_route_indicator

string

Carrier route rate sort indicator.

ews_no_match

bool

The delivery address is matchable, but the EWS file indicates that an exact match will be available soon.

post_office_city

string

Main post office city.

post_office_state

string

Main post office state.

abbreviated_city

string

Abbreviated city.

fips_county_code

string

FIPS county code.

county

string

County name.

elot_number

string

Enhanced Line of Travel (eLOT) number.

elot_flag

string

eLOT Ascending/Descending Flag (A/D).

po_box_only_postal_code

bool

PO Box only postal code.

pmb_designator

string

PMB (Private Mail Box) unit designator.

pmb_number

string

PMB (Private Mail Box) number;

address_record_type

string

Type of the address record that matches the input address.

  • F: FIRM. This is a match to a Firm Record, which is the finest level of match available for an address.
  • G: GENERAL DELIVERY. This is a match to a General Delivery record.
  • H: BUILDING / APARTMENT. This is a match to a Building or Apartment record.
  • P: POST OFFICE BOX. This is a match to a Post Office Box.
  • R: RURAL ROUTE or HIGHWAY CONTRACT: This is a match to either a Rural Route or a Highway Contract record, both of which may have associated Box Number ranges.
  • S: STREET RECORD: This is a match to a Street record containing a valid primary number range.
default_address

bool

Indicator that a default address was found, but more specific addresses exists.

error_message

string

Error message for USPS data retrieval. This is populated when USPS processing is suspended because of the detection of artificially created addresses.

The USPS data fields might not be populated when this error is present.

cass_processed

bool

Indicator that the request has been CASS processed.

ValidateAddressRequest

The request for validating an address.

Fields
address

PostalAddress

Required. The address being validated. Unformatted addresses should be submitted via address_lines.

The total length of the fields in this input must not exceed 280 characters.

Supported regions can be found here.

The language_code value in the input address is reserved for future uses and is ignored today. The validated address result will be populated based on the preferred language for the given address, as identified by the system.

The Address Validation API ignores the values in recipients and organization. Any values in those fields will be discarded and not returned. Please do not set them.

previous_response_id

string

This field must be empty for the first address validation request. If more requests are necessary to fully validate a single address (for example if the changes the user makes after the initial validation need to be re-validated), then each followup request must populate this field with the response_id from the very first response in the validation sequence.

enable_usps_cass

bool

Enables USPS CASS compatible mode. This affects only the google.maps.addressvalidation.v1.ValidationResult.usps_data field of google.maps.addressvalidation.v1.ValidationResult. Note: for USPS CASS enabled requests for addresses in Puerto Rico, a google.type.PostalAddress.region_code of the address must be provided as "PR", or an google.type.PostalAddress.administrative_area of the address must be provided as "Puerto Rico" (case-insensitive) or "PR".

It's recommended to use a componentized address, or alternatively specify at least two google.type.PostalAddress.address_lines where the first line contains the street number and name and the second line contains the city, state, and zip code.

language_options

LanguageOptions

Optional. Preview: This feature is in Preview (pre-GA). Pre-GA products and features might have limited support, and changes to pre-GA products and features might not be compatible with other pre-GA versions. Pre-GA Offerings are covered by the Google Maps Platform Service Specific Terms. For more information, see the launch stage descriptions.

Enables the Address Validation API to include additional information in the response.

session_token

string

Optional. A string which identifies an Autocomplete session for billing purposes. Must be a URL and filename safe base64 string with at most 36 ASCII characters in length. Otherwise an INVALID_ARGUMENT error is returned.

The session begins when the user makes an Autocomplete query, and concludes when they select a place and a call to Place Details or Address Validation is made. Each session can have multiple Autocomplete queries, followed by one Place Details or Address Validation request. The credentials used for each request within a session must belong to the same Google Cloud Console project. Once a session has concluded, the token is no longer valid; your app must generate a fresh token for each session. If the sessionToken parameter is omitted, or if you reuse a session token, the session is charged as if no session token was provided (each request is billed separately).

Note: Address Validation can only be used in sessions with the Autocomplete (New) API, not the Autocomplete API. See https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/places/web-service/session-pricing for more details.

ValidateAddressResponse

The response to an address validation request.

Fields
result

ValidationResult

The result of the address validation.

response_id

string

The UUID that identifies this response. If the address needs to be re-validated, this UUID must accompany the new request.

ValidationResult

The result of validating an address.

Fields
verdict

Verdict

Overall verdict flags

address

Address

Information about the address itself as opposed to the geocode.

geocode

Geocode

Information about the location and place that the address geocoded to.

metadata

AddressMetadata

Other information relevant to deliverability. metadata is not guaranteed to be fully populated for every address sent to the Address Validation API.

usps_data

UspsData

Extra deliverability flags provided by USPS. Only provided in region US and PR.

english_latin_address

Address

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The address translated to English.

Translated addresses are not reusable as API input. The service provides them so that the user can use their native language to confirm or deny the validation of the originally-provided address.

If part of the address doesn't have an English translation, the service returns that part in an alternate language that uses a Latin script. See here for an explanation of how the alternate language is selected. If part of the address doesn't have any translations or transliterations in a language that uses a Latin script, the service returns that part in the local language associated with the address.

Enable this output by using the google.maps.addressvalidation.v1.LanguageOptions.return_english_latin_address flag.

Note: the google.maps.addressvalidation.v1.Address.unconfirmed_component_types field in the english_latin_address and the google.maps.addressvalidation.v1.AddressComponent.confirmation_level fields in english_latin_address.address_components are not populated.

Verdict

High level overview of the address validation result and geocode.

Fields
input_granularity

Granularity

The granularity of the input address. This is the result of parsing the input address and does not give any validation signals. For validation signals, refer to validation_granularity below.

For example, if the input address includes a specific apartment number, then the input_granularity here will be SUB_PREMISE. If we cannot match the apartment number in the databases or the apartment number is invalid, the validation_granularity will likely be PREMISE or below.

validation_granularity

Granularity

The granularity level that the API can fully validate the address to. For example, an validation_granularity of PREMISE indicates all address components at the level of PREMISE or more coarse can be validated.

Per address component validation result can be found in google.maps.addressvalidation.v1.Address.address_components.

geocode_granularity

Granularity

Information about the granularity of the geocode. This can be understood as the semantic meaning of how coarse or fine the geocoded location is.

This can differ from the validation_granularity above occasionally. For example, our database might record the existence of an apartment number but do not have a precise location for the apartment within a big apartment complex. In that case, the validation_granularity will be SUB_PREMISE but the geocode_granularity will be PREMISE.

address_complete

bool

The address is considered complete if there are no unresolved tokens, no unexpected or missing address components. If unset, indicates that the value is false. See missing_component_types, unresolved_tokens or unexpected fields for more details.

has_unconfirmed_components

bool

At least one address component cannot be categorized or validated, see google.maps.addressvalidation.v1.Address.address_components for details.

has_inferred_components

bool

At least one address component was inferred (added) that wasn't in the input, see google.maps.addressvalidation.v1.Address.address_components for details.

has_replaced_components

bool

At least one address component was replaced, see google.maps.addressvalidation.v1.Address.address_components for details.

Granularity

The various granularities that an address or a geocode can have. When used to indicate granularity for an address, these values indicate with how fine a granularity the address identifies a mailing destination. For example, an address such as "123 Main Street, Redwood City, CA, 94061" identifies a PREMISE while something like "Redwood City, CA, 94061" identifies a LOCALITY. However, if we are unable to find a geocode for "123 Main Street" in Redwood City, the geocode returned might be of LOCALITY granularity even though the address is more granular.

Enums
GRANULARITY_UNSPECIFIED Default value. This value is unused.
SUB_PREMISE Below-building level result, such as an apartment.
PREMISE Building-level result.
PREMISE_PROXIMITY A geocode that approximates the building-level location of the address.
BLOCK The address or geocode indicates a block. Only used in regions which have block-level addressing, such as Japan.
ROUTE The geocode or address is granular to route, such as a street, road, or highway.
OTHER All other granularities, which are bucketed together since they are not deliverable.