UPS

UPS Address Validation API

Address validation and standardization

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POST /addressvalidation/v1/1 Validate Address Street Level #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: UPS Shipping Address Validation API
  description: The UPS Shipping API enables developers to create and manage shipments, generate shipping labels, validate addresses, retrieve rates, track packages, schedule pickups, manage returns, and access time-in-transit information. UPS uses OAuth 2.0 with client credentials for authentication.
  version: v1
  contact:
    name: UPS Developer Support
    url: https://developer.ups.com/
  termsOfService: https://www.ups.com/us/en/help-center/legal-terms-conditions/developer-terms-of-service.page
servers:
- url: https://onlinetools.ups.com/api
  description: UPS Production API
- url: https://wwwcie.ups.com/api
  description: UPS Customer Integration Environment (CIE - Testing)
security:
- BearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: Address Validation
  description: Address validation and standardization
paths:
  /addressvalidation/v1/1:
    post:
      operationId: validateAddressStreetLevel
      summary: Validate Address Street Level
      description: Validate and standardize a street-level address. Returns whether the address is valid, standardized formatting, and residential/commercial classification.
      tags:
      - Address Validation
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/AddressValidationRequest'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Address validation response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/AddressValidationResponse'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
components:
  schemas:
    ErrorResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        response:
          type: object
          properties:
            errors:
              type: array
              items:
                type: object
                properties:
                  code:
                    type: string
                  message:
                    type: string
    AddressValidationRequest:
      type: object
      required:
      - AddressValidationRequest
      properties:
        AddressValidationRequest:
          type: object
          properties:
            Request:
              type: object
              properties:
                RequestOption:
                  type: string
                  enum:
                  - '1'
                  - '2'
                  - '3'
                  description: 1=Address Validation, 2=Address Classification, 3=Both
            AddressKeyFormat:
              type: object
              required:
              - CountryCode
              properties:
                ConsigneeName:
                  type: string
                AddressLine:
                  type: array
                  items:
                    type: string
                PoliticalDivision2:
                  type: string
                  description: City
                PoliticalDivision1:
                  type: string
                  description: State/Province
                PostcodePrimaryLow:
                  type: string
                  description: ZIP/Postal code
                CountryCode:
                  type: string
    AddressValidationResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        AddressValidationResponse:
          type: object
          properties:
            Response:
              type: object
            AddressClassification:
              type: object
              properties:
                Code:
                  type: string
                  enum:
                  - '0'
                  - '1'
                  - '2'
                  description: 0=Unknown, 1=Commercial, 2=Residential
                Description:
                  type: string
            AddressKeyFormat:
              type: object
              properties:
                AddressLine:
                  type: array
                  items:
                    type: string
                PoliticalDivision2:
                  type: string
                PoliticalDivision1:
                  type: string
                PostcodePrimaryLow:
                  type: string
                PostcodeExtendedLow:
                  type: string
                CountryCode:
                  type: string
  responses:
    BadRequest:
      description: Invalid request
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
    Unauthorized:
      description: OAuth token missing or expired
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
  securitySchemes:
    OAuth2:
      type: oauth2
      flows:
        clientCredentials:
          tokenUrl: https://onlinetools.ups.com/api/security/v1/oauth/token
          scopes: {}
    BearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: OAuth 2.0 bearer token from /security/v1/oauth/token