@zerodep/address-zip
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A parser to find where zip/postal codes (and US 5-digit extensions) are in a string
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@zerodep/address-zip
A parser to find where zip/postal codes (and US 5-digit extensions) are in a string.
This function will return an array of results, with the most likely result being first. If a zip/postal code is not found an empty array will be returned.
NOTE: currently supports US and CA zip/postal codes
Full documentation is available at the zerodep.app page.
Signature
declare const addressZip: (address: string) => AddressZip[];
interface AddressZip {
zip: string;
zipExt?: string;
countryIso2s: CountryIso2[];
source: string;
ndx: number;
length: number;
}
The addressZip
function has the following parameters:
- address - an address string
The addressZip
result has the following properties:
- zip - the zip/postal code
- zipExt - [optional] the 5-digit US zip code extension
- countryIso2s - an array of ISO2 codes of the country associated with the zip/postal code format
- source - the string that matched to identify the zip/postal code
- ndx - the position in the string where the source match starts
- length - the length of the matched string
Examples
All @zerodep packages support both ESM and CJS formats, each complete with Typescript typings.
// ESM
import { addressZip } from '@zerodep/address-zip';
// CJS
const { addressZip } = require('@zerodep/address-zip');
// well-formed address
addressZip('1234 Main St, Los Angeles CA, US 90210-1234');
// [
// {
// zip: '90210',
// zipExt: '1234',
// countryIso2s: ['US'],
// source: '90210-1234',
// ndx: 34,
// length: 10,
// },
// ]
// Canadian and American Codes
addressZip('12345 Main Street, Toronto ON, Canada M4A 3B6');
// [
// {
// zip: 'M4A 3B6',
// countryIso2s: ['CA'],
// source: 'M4A 3B6',
// ndx: 38,
// length: 7,
// },
// {
// zip: '12345',
// countryIso2s: ['US'],
// source: '12345',
// ndx: 0,
// length: 5,
// },
// ]
// no results found
addressZip('unknown');
// []
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- Zero npm dependencies - completely eliminates all risk of supply-chain attacks, decreases node_modules folder size
- ESM & CJS - supports both ECMAScript modules and common JavaScript exports
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- Fully Typed - typescript definitions are provided/built-in to every package for a superior developer experience
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- Documented - actually useful documentation with examples at zerodep.app
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- 100% Tested - all methods and packages are fully unit tested
- Predictably Versioned - semantically versioned for peace-of-mind upgrading, valuable changelogs for understand changes
- MIT Licensed - permissively licensed for maximum usability