# Validate an address

Validates an existing address using an object ID

Endpoint: GET /addresses/{AddressId}/validate
Version: 2018-02-08
Security: APIKeyHeader

## Path parameters:

  - `AddressId` (string, required)
    Object ID of the address

## Header parameters:

  - `SHIPPO-API-VERSION` (string)
    Optional string used to pick a non-default API version to use. See our API version guide.
    Example: "2018-02-08"

## Response 200 fields (application/json):

  - `name` (string)
    required for purchase
First and Last Name of the addressee

Carrier-Specific Constraints:
| Carrier | Constraints |
|:---|:---|
| FedEx | Either company or name required; No length validation (first 35 chars printed on label) |
    Example: "Shwan Ippotle"

  - `company` (string)
    Company Name

Carrier-Specific Constraints:
| Carrier | Constraints |
|:---|:---|
| FedEx | Max 35 characters; Either company or name required |
    Example: "Shippo"

  - `street1` (string)
    required for purchase
First street line. Usually street number and street name (except for DHL Germany, see street_no).

Carrier-Specific Constraints:
| Carrier | Constraints |
|:---|:---|
| FedEx | At least one street line required; Max 35 characters per line |
    Example: "215 Clayton St."

  - `street2` (string)
    Second street line.

Carrier-Specific Constraints:
| Carrier | Constraints |
|:---|:---|
| FedEx | At least one street line required; Max 35 characters per line |

  - `street3` (string)
    Third street line.
Only accepted for USPS international shipments, UPS domestic and UPS international shipments.

Carrier-Specific Constraints:
| Carrier | Constraints |
|:---|:---|
| FedEx | At least one street line required; Max 35 characters per line |

  - `street_no` (string)
    Street number of the addressed building. 
This field can be included in street1 for all carriers except for DHL Germany.

  - `city` (string)
    required for purchase
Name of a city. When creating a Quote Address, sending a city is optional but will yield more accurate Rates.
Please bear in mind that city names may be ambiguous (there are 34 Springfields in the US). Pass in a state
or a ZIP code (see below), if known, it will yield more accurate results.

Carrier-Specific Constraints:
| Carrier | Constraints |
|:---|:---|
| FedEx | Required; Max 35 characters |
    Example: "San Francisco"

  - `state` (string)
    required for purchase for some countries
State/Province values are required for shipments from/to the US, AU, and CA. UPS requires province for some
countries (i.e Ireland). To receive more accurate quotes, passing this field is recommended. Most carriers
only accept two or three character state abbreviations.

Carrier-Specific Constraints:
| Carrier | Constraints |
|:---|:---|
| FedEx | Required if country requires state; Max 2 characters for US, CA, PR |
    Example: "CA"

  - `zip` (string)
    required for purchase
Postal code of an Address. When creating a Quote Addresses, sending a ZIP is optional but will yield more
accurate Rates.

Carrier-Specific Constraints:
| Carrier | Constraints |
|:---|:---|
| FedEx | Max 10 characters |
    Example: "94117"

  - `country` (string, required)
    ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country codes and country names can be used. For most consistent results, we recommend using country codes like US or DE.
If using country names, please ensure they are spelled correctly and in English. Country names are converted to country codes.
Refer to this guide for a list of country codes.
Sending a country is always required.
    Example: "US"

  - `phone` (string)
    Addresses containing a phone number allow carriers to call the recipient when delivering the Parcel. This
increases the probability of delivery and helps to avoid accessorial charges after a Parcel has been shipped.

Carrier-Specific Constraints:
| Carrier | Constraints |
|:---|:---|
| FedEx | Required; Min 1, max 15 characters |
    Example: "+1 555 341 9393"

  - `email` (string)
    E-mail address of the contact person, RFC3696/5321-compliant.

Carrier-Specific Constraints:
| Carrier | Constraints |
|:---|:---|
| FedEx | Max 80 characters |
    Example: "shippotle@shippo.com"

  - `is_residential` (boolean)
    Example: true

  - `metadata` (string)
    A string of up to 100 characters that can be filled with any additional information you want 
to attach to the object.
    Example: "Customer ID 123456"

  - `is_complete` (boolean)
    Complete addresses contain all required values.Incomplete addresses have failed one or multiple 
validations.Incomplete Addresses are eligible for requesting rates but lack at least one required 
value for purchasing labels.
    Example: true

  - `latitude` (number,string)
    Latitude of address

  - `longitude` (number,string)
    Longitude of address

  - `object_created` (string)
    Date and time of Address creation.
    Example: "2014-07-09T02:19:13.174Z"

  - `object_id` (string)
    Unique identifier of the given Address object. 
This ID is required to create a Shipment object.
    Example: "d799c2679e644279b59fe661ac8fa488"

  - `object_owner` (string)
    Username of the user who created the Address object.
    Example: "shippotle@shippo.com"

  - `object_updated` (string)
    Date and time of last Address update. Since you cannot update Addresses after they were created, this time 
stamp reflects the time when the Address was changed by Shippo's systems for the last time, e.g., during the 
approximation of one or more values.
    Example: "2014-07-09T02:19:13.174Z"

  - `validation_results` (object)
    Object that contains information regarding if an address had been validated or not. Also contains any messages 
generated during validation. Children keys are is_valid(boolean) and messages(array).

  - `validation_results.is_valid` (boolean)

  - `validation_results.messages` (array)

  - `validation_results.messages.code` (string)
    See Address Validation Codes
    Example: "Unknown Street"

  - `validation_results.messages.source` (string)
    See Address Validation Source
    Example: "Shippo Address Validator"

  - `validation_results.messages.text` (string)
    Example: "City, State and ZIP Code are valid, but street address is not a match."

  - `validation_results.messages.type` (string)
    Example: "address_warning"

  - `test` (boolean)
    Indicates whether the object has been created in test mode.