UK Postcodes

A php API client for the methods at postcodes.io - useful for UK postcode validation and reverse geocoding: that is, determining postcode from lat, long coordinates. No fiddling around with api keys or authentication necessary...

With thanks to https://postcodes.io

Install

Via Composer

$ composer require codescheme/uk-postcodes

Basic Usage

Return data for a given postcode

use Codescheme\Ukpostcodes\Postcode;

$client = new Postcode();

$results = $client->postcodeLookup('SE21 8JL');

if ($results->status === 200) {
    print_r($results);
}

Methods

->validate('SE31 9AX'); //returns boolean
->postcodeLookup('SE21 8JL');
->nearest('SE21 8JL');
->reverseGeocode(-0.397913, 51.44015); // lng,lat
->autocomplete('RG1 3');
->outcodeLookup('SE21');

$postcodes = ['OX49 5NU', 'M32 0JG', 'NE30 1DP'];
->postcodeLookupBulk($postcodes);
	
$coordinates = [
    ['longitude' =>  0.629834723775309, 'latitude' => 51.7923246977375],
    ['longitude' => -2.49690382054704, 	'latitude' => 53.5351312861402]
    ];
->reverseGeocodeBulk($coordinates);

Testing

$ composer test

License

The MIT License (MIT). Please see License File for more information.