CityDate API — Find a birth locality by postcode

Support DQE
Support DQE
  • Updated

The BirthLocality endpoint retrieves French localities matching a search term at a given date.

Related CityDate documentation:

GET request

Endpoint

https://{SERVER_ADDRESS}/BirthLocality/?BirthDate={DATE}&Search={LOOKUP}&Licence={LICENCE_CODE}&NbMax={NB_MAX}

Replace the values in braces with your own information:

Parameter Value Description Mandatory/Optional
SERVER_ADDRESS {SERVER_ADDRESS} Address of the DQE server that will process the data. Mandatory
Licence {LICENCE_CODE} Licence code assigned to your account. Mandatory
BirthDate {DATE} Date in YYYY-MM-DD format. Mandatory
Search {LOOKUP} Search field using locality label, postal code or INSEE code. Mandatory
NbMax {NB_MAX} Maximum number of results returned by the API. Optional. Default value: 20.

POST request

Endpoint

https://{SERVER_ADDRESS}/BirthLocality/

Add the following parameters in the request body using x-www-form-urlencoded.

Parameter Value Description Mandatory/Optional
Licence {LICENCE_CODE} Licence code assigned to your account. Mandatory
BirthDate {DATE} Date in YYYY-MM-DD format. Mandatory
Search {LOOKUP} Search field using locality label, postal code or INSEE code. Mandatory
NbMax {NB_MAX} Maximum number of results returned by the API. Optional. Default value: 20.

Response

Success response

Key Description Type
Found Total number of results found. INTEGER
Results List of returned localities. ARRAY
Results.City Locality name. STRING(50)
Results.CountyCode County or department code. STRING(2)
Results.CountyLabel County or department label. STRING(50)
Results.CountryCode Country or DROM code. STRING(2)
Results.CountryLabel Country or DROM label. STRING(50)
Results.CodeInsee Locality INSEE code. STRING(5)
Results.ValidityStartDate Start date of INSEE code validity. DATE (YYYY-MM-DD)
Results.ValidityEndDate End date of INSEE code validity. Empty if the code is still valid. DATE (YYYY-MM-DD) / NULL

Example:

{
  "Found": 3,
  "Results": [
    {
      "City": "AAST",
      "CountyCode": "64",
      "CountyLabel": "PYRENEES-ATLANTIQUES",
      "CodeInsee": "64001",
      "ValidityStartDate": "1943-01-01",
      "ValidityEndDate": ""
    },
    {
      "City": "ABAINVILLE",
      "CountyCode": "55",
      "CountyLabel": "MEUSE",
      "CodeInsee": "55001",
      "ValidityStartDate": "1943-01-01",
      "ValidityEndDate": ""
    }
  ]
}

See also

Related to

Was this article helpful?

0 out of 0 found this helpful