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AutoCompleteTowns

Gets the full name of a town based off a partial name.

Live Demo

To connect to this service you'll need to use one of these endpoints:

JSON
Open API
SOAP

Description

Returns a list of all matching towns based on the entered partial name.

Credit Usage

Requests to this method do not consume credits, but you must have some FindMyNearest credits available.

Parameters

The following parameters can be supplied to this method

username

username

See the available authentication methods. If you are using username & password authentication, specify the username to authenticate as. If you are using API Key authentication and you are not using the JSON, Javascript or ADO APIs, use your API Key here with the prefix apikey-, e.g. apikey-ABCD-1234-EFGH-5678
password

password

If you are using username & password authentication, specify the password to use for authentication. Otherwise leave this blank.
licence

licence

The licence type under which you are accessing the service. If you are not sure which value to pick, please contact your account manager

townName

townName

The partial name of the town to lookup

options

options

An array of options that control further details of how this method operates. See the Advanced Options section below for more information.

Advanced Options

The following options can be specified as part of the option parameter. Each option is specified as a key/value pair. The list of available names is shown below, along with a description of the allowable values for that name.

Common Options
Name Description
ApplicationName

ApplicationName

Gives the name of the calling application - used to break down usage by application in the usage reports on the dashboard
Service-Specific Options
Name Description
SearchAllLocalities

SearchAllLocalities

Indicates if all suburbs, villages and other smaller areas should be included in the results (true), or only the top-level towns (false)

FuzzyMatch

FuzzyMatch

Indicates if fuzzy matching will be used (true) or if the search text has to match the town name exactly (false)

MaxResults

MaxResults

The maximum number of suggestions to include in the results. Must be a number between 1 and 100.

Results

This method returns an object containing the following fields:

Status

Status

Indicates whether the method call was successful, or if some error occurred. If the Success field is true, the other results described below can be used to get the results of the method. If Success is false, some error occurred in calling the method, such as the authentication failed or the account is out of credits. The details of the error can be obtained from the ErrorMessage field, and any other results should be ignored
Towns

Towns

A list of matching UK town names

Live Demo

licence
townName
options
Name Value
Common Options
Service-Specific Options

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