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Zippopotamus API

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https://github.com/zippopotamus/zippopotamus

A global postal code API that maps zip and postal codes to geographic regions. It utilizes a one-to-many JSON response format to support international variations where a single code may map to multiple locations.

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What's inside Zippopotamus

  1. Overview of Zippopotamus Cloud

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    Zippopotamus is a global postal code API. It provides mapping between postal codes and their corresponding regions/locations. The service has recently transitioned to a new management structure and is being updated to include features like caching and variable nearby query distances.

  2. Understand the Zippopotamus JSON response format

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    The API uses a one-to-many JSON response format to support international postal codes. This allows a single postal code to map to multiple regions, which is necessary for countries such as Spain and France. This format is designed to be compatible with both single-region and multi-region postal code systems.

  3. Run Zippopotamus locally for testing

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    The project is configured to run on Apache using mod_wsgi. To run the site on your local host for testing the web interface, modify the wsgi.py file by uncommenting the last line provided in the file.

    # In wsgi.py, uncomment the last line to run locally