pincodr

web service for indian pincodes

Pincodr exposes following JSON web services

GET /pin/:pin - search by pincode

    GET http://pincodr.apiclabs.com/pin/462001
    
    [{
      "code": "462004",
      "district": "Bhopal",
      "name": "M.P. Vidhan Sabha",
      "state": "Madhya Pradesh",
      "tehsil": "Bhopal"
    },
    {
      "code": "462004",
      "district": "Bhopal",
      "name": "Vallabh Bhawan",
      "state": "Madhya Pradesh",
      "tehsil": "Bhopal"
    }]

GET /area/:area - search by area

    GET http://pincodr.apiclabs.com/area/pilani
    
    [{
      "code": "333031",
      "district": "Jhujhunu",
      "name": "Pilani",
      "state": "Rajasthan",
      "tehsil": "Chirawa"
    }]

GET /tehsil/:tehsil & GET /taluk/:taluk - search by tehsil/taluk

    GET http://pincodr.apiclabs.com/tehsil/narsinghgarh
    
    [{
      "code": "465669",
      "district": "Rajgarh",
      "name": "Kotra",
      "state": "Madhya Pradesh",
      "tehsil": "Narsinghgarh"
    },
    {
      "code": "465669",
      "district": "Rajgarh",
      "name": "Sonkatch",
      "state": "Madhya Pradesh",
      "tehsil": "Narsinghgarh"
    }]

GET /district/:district - search by district

    GET http://pincodr.apiclabs.com/district/vidisha
    
    [{
      "code": "464228",
      "district": "Vidisha",
      "name": "Sironj",
      "state": "Madhya Pradesh",
      "tehsil": "Vidisha"
    },
    {
      "code": "464001",
      "district": "Vidisha",
      "name": "Vidisha",
      "state": "Madhya Pradesh",
      "tehsil": "Vidisha"
    }]

GET /search/:value - code or name starts with value

    GET http://pincodr.apiclabs.com/search/1220
    
    [{
      "code": "122004",
      "district": "Gurgaon",
      "name": "Sikanderpur",
      "state": "Haryana",
      "tehsil": "."
    },
    {
      "code": "122001",
      "district": "Gurgaon",
      "name": "South City I",
      "state": "Haryana",
      "tehsil": "."
    }]

JSONP support is available on any request via a simple callback query string parameter: ?callback=my_callback_name

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Copyright (c) 2012 Abhinav Saxena. See LICENSE for details.