Free Address Verification by EasyPost

#1

Post by jstreebin » Wed, Jan 16, 2013, 7:14 PM UTC

Free Address Verification by EasyPost
blog.geteasypost.com

Re: Free Address Verification by EasyPost

#2

Post by hncommenter13 » Wed, Jan 16, 2013, 7:29 PM UTC

To be clear, is this CASS/DPV-style validation? Is it certified CASS/DPV? If so, that would be awesome. Any info on usage limits for the free tier, etc? Can we use this for address verification only or is it required to purchase as well?

Re: Free Address Verification by EasyPost

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Post by JosephRedfern » Wed, Jan 16, 2013, 7:39 PM UTC

Hmm... Does this validate that the address exists, or that an individual lives at that address? Just because someone has entered the incorrect address doesn't mean that the address doesn't exist.

Re: Free Address Verification by EasyPost

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Post by funthree » Wed, Jan 16, 2013, 7:45 PM UTC

The example doesnt really work

    $ curl https://www.geteasypost.com/api/address/verify \
    >   -u cueqNZUb3ldeWTNX7MU3Mel8UXtaAMUi: \
    >   -d 'address[street1]=388 Townsend St' \
    >   -d 'address[street2]=Apt 20' \
    >   -d 'address[zip]=94107'

    You are being redirected.

Re: Free Address Verification by EasyPost

#5

Post by tbrooks » Wed, Jan 16, 2013, 8:08 PM UTC

Looks like Shipping/Postage APIs are about to heat up:

https://www.postmaster.io/

Re: Free Address Verification by EasyPost

#6

Post by scoot » Wed, Jan 16, 2013, 8:45 PM UTC

Is it safe to assume that the developers have forgotten that there's a very big world beyond the US borders? The title doesn't say so, the blog post doesn't either, and the website makes no reference to the countries supported. But as the API doesn't take a country field, it's the only conclusion I can come to.

Re: Free Address Verification by EasyPost

#7

Post by [deleted] » Wed, Jan 16, 2013, 8:45 PM UTC

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Re: Free Address Verification by EasyPost

#8

Post by callmeed » Wed, Jan 16, 2013, 8:47 PM UTC

IDEA: Stripe + EasyPost for an EBay that doesn't suck or price-gouge. You put stuff up for sale/auction, the payments go straight to your Stripe account and shipping is calculated/charged fairly. Emulate AirBnB for handling trust issues (reviews, email/phone verification and social graph connections).

Start with a niche like used Apple products.

Re: Free Address Verification by EasyPost

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Post by ericcholis » Wed, Jan 16, 2013, 9:07 PM UTC

tbrooks wrote: post #5

Looks like Shipping/Postage APIs are about to heat up: https://www.postmaster.io/

https://rocketship.it/ is worth mentioning. It's more of a set of libraries than an API, but I've found it very useful.

Re: Free Address Verification by EasyPost

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Post by bpartridge » Wed, Jan 16, 2013, 9:08 PM UTC

funthree wrote: post #4

The example doesnt really work $ curl https://www.geteasypost.com/api/address/verify \ > -u cueqNZUb3ldeWTNX7MU3Mel8UXtaAMUi: \ > -d 'address[street1]=388 Townsend St' \ > -d 'address[street2]=Apt 20' \ > -d 'address[zip]=94107' You are being redirected .

This is because their demo uses https, as recommended in their documentation ("We suggest that you make API requests over HTTPS..."). But, if you switch to using the http protocol, the request will return a response correctly. It's a bug.

Also interesting because their website redirects http requests to the https protocol (eg. http://geteasypost.com/docs).