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Postcodes.io is a postcode & geolocation API for the UK
- Free, Open Source and based solely on Open Data
- allows UK postcode data to be queried over a JSON HTTP API.
- is a free postcode lookup API and geocoder for the UK.
- does not require any authentication.
- https://postcodes.io/
Postcode Lookup
- This uniquely identifies a postcode.
- Returns a single postcode entity for a given postcode (case, space insensitive).
- If no postcode is found it returns “404” response code.
- https://postcodes.io/docs
- Method = GET
- URL = https://api.postcodes.io/postcodes/{postcode}
