# Experian Address Validation API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/experian/address-validation/  
**Provider:** Experian — https://apis.io/providers/experian/  
**Base URL:** https://api.experianaperture.io  
**Documentation:** https://docs.experianaperture.io/address-validation/experian-address-validation/

Experian Address Validation API is one of 9 APIs that [Experian](https://apis.io/providers/experian/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. Tagged areas include Address Validation and Geocoding. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and API documentation.

Real-time international address capture and validation — autocomplete, typedown, single-line, lookup and validate search types across 245+ countries, with custom layouts, prompt sets, dataset discovery and what3words reverse geocoding.

## Operations (17)

| Method | Path | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| GET | `/address/datasets/v1` | Get the available datasets for the supplied country. |
| GET | `/address/format/v1/{global_address_key}` | Format the address with the supplied key. |
| POST | `/address/format/v1/{global_address_key}` | Format the address with the supplied key using a custom layout. |
| POST | `/address/layouts/v1` | Get the available layouts for the supplied country. |
| POST | `/address/layouts/v2` | Creates an address layout. |
| GET | `/address/layouts/v2` | Gets a list of the address layouts. |
| DELETE | `/address/layouts/v2/{name}` | Delete an address layout. |
| GET | `/address/layouts/v2/{name}` | Gets an address layout. |
| PUT | `/address/layouts/v2/{name}` | Updates an address layout. |
| POST | `/address/lookup/v1` | Lookup an address based on a key. |
| POST | `/address/lookup/v2` | Lookup an address based on a key. |
| POST | `/address/promptsets/v1` | Get the available prompt sets. |
| POST | `/address/search/v1` | Search for an address. |
| GET | `/address/suggestions/stepin/v1/{global_address_key}` | Step into a suggestion. |
| POST | `/address/suggestions/refine/v1/{key}` | Refine a suggestion. |
| POST | `/address/suggestions/format/v1` | Search and format a list of suggestions. |
| POST | `/address/validate/v1` | Validate an address. |

## Machine-readable artifacts (2)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/experian/refs/heads/main/openapi/experian-addressvalidation-openapi.json
- **Documentation** — https://docs.experianaperture.io/address-validation/experian-address-validation/

## Other Experian APIs (8)

- [Experian Aperture Data Quality API](https://apis.io/apis/experian/aperture/)
- [Experian Email Validation API](https://apis.io/apis/experian/email-validation/)
- [Experian Phone Validation API](https://apis.io/apis/experian/phone-validation/)
- [Experian Enrichment API](https://apis.io/apis/experian/enrichment/)
- [Experian Identity Append API](https://apis.io/apis/experian/identity-append/)
- [Experian Bulk Validation API](https://apis.io/apis/experian/bulk-validation/)
- [Experian Address Validate (Pro OnDemand SOAP)](https://apis.io/apis/experian/address-validate-soap/)
- [Experian Global Developer Platform](https://apis.io/apis/experian/global-developer-platform/)

## Tags

Address Validation, Geocoding

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/apis/experian/address-validation/). The API's provider profile, Kin Score and agent-readiness rating are at https://apis.io/providers/experian/.