USPS Address Verify Data Flow Template
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This is made up of six that allow app builders to use a USPS API with an XML payload to verify an address.
This Data Flow contains eight parts:
The Start pane keeps track of the inputs required by the Data Flow.
Sample Inputs:
address_2 Variable of type Text
city Variable of type Text
state_code Variable of type Text
zip_5 Variable of type Text
zip_4 Variable of type Text
Transform Expression: Airscript expression to format the XML payload for the HTTP Request.
Output Format: Variable
Type: Text
Run Results: payload output Variable of type Text that is automatically created to hold the result of this Operation.
Service: no service selected
Method: GET - to retrieve data
URL: This Airscript expression requires an account with the USPS API.
Allow non-compliant HTTP headers: box unchecked
Content-Type: “txt/xml”
Headers: no parameter set
Query Parameters: HTTP Parameter
Field Name: API
Value: Verify
Field Name: MXL
Value: Payload
Form Parameters: no parameter set
Had paging?: box unchecked
Run Results: AirData Variables of type Any that automatically created to hold the results of this Operation.
result
rawResult
request
Transform Expression: rawResult.Body - Airscript expression to get the result of the HTTP request as an XML output.
Output Format: Variable
Type: Text
Run Results: xml_output Variable of type Text that is automatically created to hold the result of this Operation.
Input Value (String): xml_output - Airscript expression to convert a Text value with XML into JSON.
Run Results: json_output Variable of type Any that is automatically created to hold the result of this Operation.
Transform Data Operation
Transform Expression: Airscript expression to parse through the JSON.
Output Format: Variable
Type: Any
Run Results: address_output Variable of type Any that is automatically created to hold the result of this Operation.
Transform Expression: Airscript expression to format the output to pass as an output of the data flow.
Output Format: Variable
Type: Any
Run Results: output Variable of type Any that is automatically created to hold the result of this Operation.
The End step is where variables from the Data Flow can be used as an output..
Allow app builders to verify an address using the USPS API of shipping and mailing services.
In , Data Flow templates can be found with pre-populated sample data. However, to meet the requirements of their , app builders should perform the necessary adjustments, such as adding other Data Ops.
address of type
output Return Value of type
