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Each Customer’s ID or email address is passed in as id in the URL. It is checked against the list of registered customers.
Each License Key or email address is passed in as id in the URL. It is checked against the list of registered customers.


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Latest revision as of 17:24, 23 December 2016

← LeadGen Cloud API

LeadGen Occupant Navigation
Introduction
Request Parameters
XML Response
List/File
Occupant Result Codes



Standard Components

Parameter Definition
Domain
Version Web Service version.
Web Service Occupant
Protocol REST. The protocol used by the Web Service.
Action "get" or "buy"
Geographic type ZIP, city, county, radius. See Geographic Types for more info.
Customer ID The requester’s License Key or email address.
Options


Actions

The following actions are supported by the web service:

Action Service Description
Get Get count of addresses that fit in the given criteria.
Buy Buy a list of addresses’ info that fit the given criteria.


Authentication

Each License Key or email address is passed in as id in the URL. It is checked against the list of registered customers.

Required

URL Parameter Description
id Required. User ID or Email Address. You must be subscribed to the Occupant Web Service.


Geographic Types

Each request must specify a geographic types.

Don't forget! The call URL format: Occupant Call Format.

URL Parameter Geographic Type Description
zip? Zip

Format: 5-digit ZIP or 9-digit ZIP+4

Multiple ZIP or ZIP+4 can be requested, comma separated with no space.

Ex. zip=92688,85023,129265917

city? City

Format: 2-digit state;city name

Multiple cities be requested, comma separated with no space.

Ex. city=TX;Dallas,TX;Houston,TX;Austin

county? County

Format: 2-digit state;county name

Multiple counties be requested, comma separated with no space.

Ex. county=CA;Lake,AZ;Mohave,AZ;Maricopa

RadiusByMiles? RadiusByMiles

Miles of radius from a given address, and/or the closes so many records to a given address

EX. to request the closest 100 addresses within 5 mile to the address 23412 Avenida Empresa, 92688: addr=23412+avenida+empresa&zip=92688&mile=5&records=100

RadiusByRecords? RadiusByRecords Returns the nearest records to the selected address, up to 100,000 files (65,535 when requesting Excel files).
States? States Returns a complete list of Sates within the United States of America.
CountiesByState? CountiesByState Returns a complete list of counties within the specified U.S. State.
CitiesByState? CitiesByState Returns a complete list of cities within the specified U.S. State.
ZipsByCity? ZipsByCity Returns a complete list of ZIP Codes within the specified City. State is separated from city with a “;” semi-colon. Multiple entries are delimited with a “,” comma.
CrtsByZip? CrtsByZip Returns a complete list of Carrier Routes within the specified ZIP Codes. Multiple entries are delimited with a “,” comma.


Options

Each request takes a set of geographic input. Occupant address types and other input are optional with default values, as well as purchase options. See Columns in File for the format of all columns appended to file.

Geographic Options

URL Parameter Geographic Type Description
zip

Required: zip

Optional: RadiusByMiles, RadiusByRecords, city, county

Comma-delimited list of five-digit ZIP Codes. Can also include partial ZIP codes with a wild card.

Ex: “92688, 90210” or “926*”

crrt Optional: zip, city, RadiusByMiles

Comma-delimited list of carrier routes within the selected ZIP Codes. Format is “crrt-zip”.

Ex: “C001-92688, R002-90210”

mile Required: RadiusByMiles Set to 1 to include residential addresses not located on rural routes, if any exist in the selected area. Do not include or set to 0 to exclude these addresses from the counts or purchased list.
count Required: RadiusByRecords Number of records around the submitted address to search. Maximum is 100,000 (65,535 when buying an Excel file).
address Required: RadiusByMiles, RadiusByRecords Street address that will be the center of the search area.
state Required: city, county

Optional: RadiusByMiles, RadiusByRecords, CitiesByState, CountiesByState

Two-character abbreviation for the desired state.

Ex: “state=ca”.

city Required: city

Optional: RadiusByMiles, RadiusByRecords

Must be the name of an existing city within the selected state.
county Required: county Must be the name of an existing county within the selected state.


Occupant Options

URL Parameter Description Default Value Optional Output Parameter
cityres Includes residential addresses not located on rural routes, if any exist in the selected area. cityres=1 To exclude: cityres=0
cityapt Includes apartment addresses not located on rural routes, if any exist in the selected area. cityapt=1 To exclude: cityapt=0 or do not include.
citybiz Includes business and commercial addresses not located on rural routes. citybiz=1 To exclude: citybiz=0 or do not include.
pores Includes PO Boxes rented by residential customers. pores=1 To exclude: pores=0 or do not include.
pobiz Includes PO Boxes rented by commercial customers. pobiz=1 To exclude: pobiz=0 or do not include.
ruralres Includes residential addresses located on rural routes, if any exist in the selected area. ruralres=1 To exclude: ruralres=0 or do not include.
ruralapt Includes apartment addresses located on rural routes, if any exist in the selected area. ruralapt=1 To exclude: ruralapt=0 or do not include.
ruralbiz Includes business and commercial addresses located on rural routes, if any exist in the selected area. ruralbiz=1 To exclude: ruralbiz=0 or do not include.


Purchase Options

The following options are for buy requestes only.

URL Parameter Description Default Value Optional Output Parameter
multi Buy Requests Only. By default, purchased lists may be used once. With this parameter included in the Buy call, you can purchase the right to use a list for multiple mailings. Specify the number of uses like this: multi=4. The maximum number of uses allowed for any purchased list is 5. multi=1 multi=(1 through 5)
file Buy Requests Only. Defines the desired file format of a purchased list. file= (none)
Value File Format
2 Zipped .txt
3 Zipped .csv
5 Zipped .xls (Excel)
7 .txt
8 (Default) .csv
10 .xls (Excel)
po Buy Requests Only. Defines the customer’s purchase order number. N/A To specify: po=xxxx


General Options

URL Parameter Description Default Value Optional Output Parameter
name For count, a separate count of names will be given.

For purchase, extra columns will be added: pre name, first name, initial, last name, post name.

Set to 1 to include personal names when they are available. Do not include or set to 0 to not include names.

name=0 To include: name=1
dbug Parameter check. If a parameter in the url is spelled wrong or not suited for the given call, the request will be rejected. dbug=0 To check: dbug=1
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