zipcodes

A tiny zip code lookup service. Returns FIPS codes for a given zip.

Demo

Usage

GET /v1/zip/:zipcode: Look up details for a given zip code.

Example Response for the zipcode '90210'.

{
  "zip_code": "90210",
  "state": "06",
  "county": "037",
  "fips_code": "06037"
}

• zip_code is the zip code you requested
• state is the FIPS numeric state code
• county is the county part of the FIPS code
• fips_code is full the FIPS 6-4 County code

Installation

Written in node. Deploys to heroku.

$ git clone https://github.com/kavanagh/zipcodes.git
$ cd zipcodes
$ heroku create
$ git push heroku master