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Business Coder UK supports the JSON and REST protocols to access the service.
Business Coder UK supports the JSON and REST protocols to access the service.
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:Entering the column name to return the column. Specifying a group name will return all columns in the group.
:Entering the column name will return the column. Specifying a group name will return all columns in the group.


:List multiple columns in the following format, with multiple options delimited with a ",".
:List multiple columns in the following format, with multiple options delimited with a ",".

Latest revision as of 16:25, 7 December 2018

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A request consists of a protocol to make a call to the service, detailing desired elements. Your License Key is required.

Business Coder UK supports the JSON and REST protocols to access the service.


URL

Use URL
Standard http://globalbusinesscoder.melissadata.net/WEB/BusinessCoder/doBusinessCoderGB
Secure https://globalbusinesscoder.melissadata.net/WEB/BusinessCoder/doBusinessCoderGB


Field Names

This is a list of the request field names and their protocol naming conventions.

Field Name Level REST JSON
Transmission Reference Request t TransmissionReference
License Key id CustomerID
Column cols Columns
Options opt Options
Format format Format
Record ID Record rec RecordID
Company Name comp Company
Address Line 1 a1 AddressLine1
Address Line 2 a2 AddressLine2
Address Line 3 a3 AddressLine3
Address Line 4 a4 AddressLine4
Locality loc Locality
Dependent Locality dloc DependentLocality
Double Dependent Locality ddloc DoubleDependentLocality
Sub Administrative Area sarea SubAdministrativeArea
Administrative Area area AdministrativeArea
Sub National Area subnat SubNationalArea
Postal Code postal PostalCode
Country ctry Country
Melissa Address Key (MAK) mak MelissaAddressKey


Minimum Inputs

The following are the possible minimum input requirements.

  1. Address and Company
  2. Address Only


Request Elements

The following elements set the basic options for each request. These apply to the entire request, not the individual records.

Transmission Reference

Optional.
This is a string value that serves as a unique identifier for this set of records. It is returned as sent.
Protocol Syntax
JSON "TransmissionReference":"string"
REST ?t = string


License Key

Required.
This is a string value containing the License Key issued to the customer by Melissa for Business Coder UK.
If this element is absent, the Web Service will return an error. To receive a License Key, please contact your Melissa sales representative at 1-800-MELISSA.
Protocol Syntax
JSON "CustomerID":"string"
REST &id = string


Column

Optional.
This string value specifies which column(s) to be output as a comma delimited string.
Protocol Syntax
JSON "Columns":"string"
REST &cols = string


Entering the column name will return the column. Specifying a group name will return all columns in the group.
List multiple columns in the following format, with multiple options delimited with a ",".
Syntax
ColumnName,ColumnName,ColumnName


Field Name Group
AddressLine1 [Default]

These columns are returned by default.

AddressLine2
AddressLine3
AddressLine4
AdministrativeArea
CompanyName
CountryName
FormattedAddress
Locality
MelissaAddressKey
MelissaAddressKeyBase
PostalCode
RecordID
Results
AddressType GrpAddressDetails
Building
CountryCode
CountyName
DeliveryIndicator
DependentLocality
DependentThoroughfare
DependentThoroughfareLeadingType
DependentThoroughfareName
DependentThoroughfarePostDirection
DependentThoroughfarePreDirection
DependentThoroughfareTrailingType
DoubleDependentLocality
PostBox
PremisesNumber
PremisesType
SubAdministrativeArea
SubNationalArea
SubPremises
SubPremisesNumber
SubPremisesType
Thoroughfare
ThoroughfareLeadingType
ThoroughfareName
ThoroughfarePostDirection
ThoroughfarePreDirection
ThoroughfareTrailingType
IncorporationDate GrpFirmographics
SICCode1
SICCode2
SICCode3
SICCode4
SICDescription1
SICDescription2
SICDescription3
SICDescription4
Latitude GrpGeoCode
Longitude


Options

Optional.
This is a string value containing the options set by the user.
Protocol Syntax
JSON "Options":"string"
REST &opt = string


List options in the following format.
Syntax
OptionName:Parameter


Format

Optional.
The desired format of the response.
Protocol Syntax
JSON "Format":"string"
REST &format = string


Request Record Elements

REST will only contain the Records element.

Protocol Definition
JSON Each record will be contained within [{}] under the Records element.
REST The REST interface only allows a single record per request.


Record ID

Optional.
This is a string value containing a unique identifier for the current record. Use this to match the record submitted with the record returned. It will return what is inputted.
Protocol Syntax
JSON "RecordID":"string"
REST &rec = string


Company Name

Optional.
The name of the business.
Protocol Syntax
JSON "Company":"string"
REST &comp = string


Address Line 1

Optional.
The first address line of the business.
Protocol Syntax
JSON "AddressLine1":"string"
REST &a1 = string


Address Line 2

Optional.
The second address line of the business.
Protocol Syntax
JSON "AddressLine2":"string"
REST &a2 = string


Address Line 3

Optional.
The third address line of the business.
Protocol Syntax
JSON "AddressLine3":"string"
REST &a3 = string


Address Line 4

Optional.
The fourth address line of the business.
Protocol Syntax
JSON "AddressLine4":"string"
REST &a4 = string


Locality

Optional.
The most common population center data element.
Protocol Syntax
JSON "Locality":"string"
REST &loc = string


Dependent Locality

Optional.
The smaller population center data element. This depends on the Locality element.
Protocol Syntax
JSON "DependentLocality":"string"
REST &dloc = string


Double Dependent Locality

Optional.
The smallest population center data element. This depends on the Locality and DependentLocality elements.
Protocol Syntax
JSON "DoubleDependentLocality":"string"
REST &ddloc = string


Sub Administrative Area

Optional.
The smallest geographic data element.
Protocol Syntax
JSON "SubAdministrativeArea":"string"
REST &sarea = string


Administrative Area

Optional.
The most common geographic data element.
Protocol Syntax
JSON "AdministrativeArea":"string"
REST &area = string


Sub National Area

Optional.
The administrative region within a country on an arbitrary level below that of the sovereign state.
Protocol Syntax
JSON "SubNationalArea":"string"
REST &subnat = string


Postal Code

Optional.
The complete postal code for a particular delivery point.
Protocol Syntax
JSON "PostalCode":"string"
REST &postal = string


Country

Optional.
The country name, abbreviation, or code.
Protocol Syntax
JSON "Country":"string"
REST &ctry = string


Melissa Address Key (MAK)

Optional.
A propietary unique key identifier for an address. This is derived from Address Checking.
Protocol Syntax
JSON "MelissaAddressKey":"string"
REST &mak = string