ZipCodes Web Service

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GetZipCodesWithin

Returns a list of zip codes within a specified distance from a given zip code. Parameters: zip - 5 digit US zip code or Canadian postal code (M3H, M3H 6A7), distance - distance in miles.

Test

To test the operation using the HTTP POST protocol, click the 'Invoke' button.

SOAP 1.1 (show / hide)

The following is a sample SOAP 1.1 request and response. The placeholders shown need to be replaced with actual values.

POST /services/zipcodelookup.asmx HTTP/1.1
Host: codebump.com
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: length
SOAPAction: "http://skats.net/services/GetZipCodesWithin"

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<soap:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:soapenc="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/" xmlns:tns="http://skats.net/services/" xmlns:types="http://skats.net/services/encodedTypes" xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
  <soap:Header>
    <tns:AuthenticationHeader>
      <SessionID xsi:type="xsd:string">string</SessionID>
    </tns:AuthenticationHeader>
  </soap:Header>
  <soap:Body soap:encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/">
    <tns:GetZipCodesWithin>
      <zip xsi:type="xsd:string">string</zip>
      <distance xsi:type="xsd:float">float</distance>
    </tns:GetZipCodesWithin>
  </soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: length

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<soap:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:soapenc="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/" xmlns:tns="http://skats.net/services/" xmlns:types="http://skats.net/services/encodedTypes" xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
  <soap:Body soap:encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/">
    <tns:GetZipCodesWithinResponse>
      <GetZipCodesWithinResult href="#id1" />
    </tns:GetZipCodesWithinResponse>
    <soapenc:Array id="id1" soapenc:arrayType="tns:ZipCodeDistances[2]">
      <Item href="#id2" />
      <Item href="#id3" />
    </soapenc:Array>
    <tns:ZipCodeDistances id="id2" xsi:type="tns:ZipCodeDistances">
      <ZipCode xsi:type="xsd:string">string</ZipCode>
      <Distance xsi:type="xsd:float">float</Distance>
    </tns:ZipCodeDistances>
    <tns:ZipCodeDistances id="id3" xsi:type="tns:ZipCodeDistances">
      <ZipCode xsi:type="xsd:string">string</ZipCode>
      <Distance xsi:type="xsd:float">float</Distance>
    </tns:ZipCodeDistances>
  </soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>

HTTP GET (show / hide)

The following is a sample HTTP GET request and response. The placeholders shown need to be replaced with actual values.

GET /services/zipcodelookup.asmx/GetZipCodesWithin?zip=string&distance=string HTTP/1.1
Host: codebump.com

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: length

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<ArrayOfZipCodeDistances xmlns="http://skats.net/services/literalTypes">
  <ZipCodeDistances>
    <ZipCode>string</ZipCode>
    <Distance>float</Distance>
  </ZipCodeDistances>
  <ZipCodeDistances>
    <ZipCode>string</ZipCode>
    <Distance>float</Distance>
  </ZipCodeDistances>
</ArrayOfZipCodeDistances>

HTTP POST (show / hide)

The following is a sample HTTP POST request and response. The placeholders shown need to be replaced with actual values.

POST /services/zipcodelookup.asmx/GetZipCodesWithin HTTP/1.1
Host: codebump.com
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Content-Length: length

zip=string&distance=string

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: length

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<ArrayOfZipCodeDistances xmlns="http://skats.net/services/literalTypes">
  <ZipCodeDistances>
    <ZipCode>string</ZipCode>
    <Distance>float</Distance>
  </ZipCodeDistances>
  <ZipCodeDistances>
    <ZipCode>string</ZipCode>
    <Distance>float</Distance>
  </ZipCodeDistances>
</ArrayOfZipCodeDistances>

Parameter	Value
AuthenticationHeader:
zip:
distance: