Reverse geocode — resolve a coordinate to the nearest postcode
curl --request GET \
--url https://api.postcode.gov.ng/v1/search/reverse \
--header 'X-API-Key: <api-key>'import requests
url = "https://api.postcode.gov.ng/v1/search/reverse"
headers = {"X-API-Key": "<api-key>"}
response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {'X-API-Key': '<api-key>'}};
fetch('https://api.postcode.gov.ng/v1/search/reverse', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.postcode.gov.ng/v1/search/reverse",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"X-API-Key: <api-key>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.postcode.gov.ng/v1/search/reverse"
req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)
req.Header.Add("X-API-Key", "<api-key>")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://api.postcode.gov.ng/v1/search/reverse")
.header("X-API-Key", "<api-key>")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.postcode.gov.ng/v1/search/reverse")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["X-API-Key"] = '<api-key>'
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"data": {
"found": true,
"coordinate": [
123
],
"unit": {
"postcode": "EK-01-A03-FK-01",
"display": "EK 01 A03 FK 01",
"distance_m": 123,
"confidence": "high",
"state_name": "<string>",
"lga_name": "<string>",
"locality_name": "<string>",
"address": "<string>"
},
"area": "EK-01-A03-FK",
"district": "EK-01-A03",
"state": "EK",
"message": "<string>"
}
}Search
Reverse geocode — resolve a coordinate to the nearest postcode
Resolves a coordinate to the postcode of the nearest active unit within SEARCH_REVERSE_MAX_M (default 250m). Returns the full unit code plus the derived area/district/state hierarchy and a distance-graded confidence. Administrative names are included only for keys granted lookup level 2+.
GET
/
v1
/
search
/
reverse
Reverse geocode — resolve a coordinate to the nearest postcode
curl --request GET \
--url https://api.postcode.gov.ng/v1/search/reverse \
--header 'X-API-Key: <api-key>'import requests
url = "https://api.postcode.gov.ng/v1/search/reverse"
headers = {"X-API-Key": "<api-key>"}
response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {'X-API-Key': '<api-key>'}};
fetch('https://api.postcode.gov.ng/v1/search/reverse', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.postcode.gov.ng/v1/search/reverse",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"X-API-Key: <api-key>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.postcode.gov.ng/v1/search/reverse"
req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)
req.Header.Add("X-API-Key", "<api-key>")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://api.postcode.gov.ng/v1/search/reverse")
.header("X-API-Key", "<api-key>")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.postcode.gov.ng/v1/search/reverse")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["X-API-Key"] = '<api-key>'
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"data": {
"found": true,
"coordinate": [
123
],
"unit": {
"postcode": "EK-01-A03-FK-01",
"display": "EK 01 A03 FK 01",
"distance_m": 123,
"confidence": "high",
"state_name": "<string>",
"lga_name": "<string>",
"locality_name": "<string>",
"address": "<string>"
},
"area": "EK-01-A03-FK",
"district": "EK-01-A03",
"state": "EK",
"message": "<string>"
}
}
