Integr8 Web Services Overview

Integr8 is a collection of data web services. Many features are common across all the web service methods; these common features are described below. For details on individual web services, see the service-specific sections below.

Web Services

• Postcode Lookup
  Retrieve full address details from a postcode or partial address
• Geocoding
  Get grid references and longitude/latitude for an address
• Country Detection
  Identify the country from an address, email address or telephone number
• Telephone Validation
  Check if a telephone number is valid
• Email Validation
  Check if an e-mail address is valid
• Credit Card Validation
  Check if a credit card is valid
• Telephone Numbers
  Get a telephone number from a name and address
• Telephone Directory
  Browse the telphone directory
• Telephone Preference Service
  Check if a telephone number is registered on the TPS
• Corporate Telephone Preference Service
  Check if a telephone number is registered on the CTPS
• Mailing Preference Service
  Check if a person is registered on the MPS
• Goneaway Screening
  Check if a person has moved from their address
• Movers Identification
  Find a new address after moving house
• Electoral Roll
  Find out who lives at an address
• Residency Verification
  Confirm if a person lives at an address

Overview

All methods have a username and password parameter at the start of the parameter list. These should be supplied as the username and password you used to register on the Data8 website.

All methods also have an options parameter at the end of the parameter list, which can accept any number of custom options that can affect how the method operates. This parameter can be set to null to use the default settings. The xxxSimple variation on each method is the same as the main version of the method, but without the options parameter. This allows the xxxSimple version to be used directly from a web browser using the test form provided for each service, whilst the main version can only be called from code.

Because these parameters are the same for all methods, they are not described in further detail in the reference documentation.

You must have a licence to use each service individually, due to the varying licence restrictions from the data providers. Please contact your Data8 account manager or email info@data-8.co.uk to arrange access to any services you wish to use.

Each method returns a structure that includes a Status object as well as the requested data. This Status object includes important information indicating if the call was successful, and details of any error that occurred.

Many services use data of a common type. These types are described in more detail in the common types area.