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Postal Address Lookup By Customer Id

Summary

This API provides the ability look up a Customer’s Address by the Customer Id.   The response will return all active addresses stored for a given customer.

General Technical Requirements

The following technical requirements apply to all requests for this API.

Base Resource URI

Production: https://ows.omeda.com/webservices/rest/brand/{brandAbbreviation}/customer/{customerId}/address/*

Testing:    https://ows.omedastaging.com/webservices/rest/brand/{brandAbbreviation}/customer/{customerId}/address/*

brandAbbreviation is the abbreviation for the brand customerId is the internal customer id (encrypted customer id may also be used)

HTTP Headers

The HTTP header must contain the following element: x-omeda-appid a unique id provided to you by Omeda to access your data. The request will fail without a valid id.

Content Type

The content type is application/json. JSON application/json

JSON is the preferred data exchange format, because it is lightweight and, in most cases, faster to process and utilizes less bandwidth. There are many available open-source JSON libraries available. See json.org for details.

Supported HTTP Methods

There is one HTTP method supported:

  1. GET : See W3C’s GET specs for details.

Lookup Addresses By Customer Id

Retrieves a record containing all available addresses information about a customer.

Field Definition

The following tables describe the hierarchical data elements.

In addition to the below elements, a SubmissionId element will also be returned with all responses. This is a unique identifier for the web services response. It can be used to cross-reference the response in Omeda’s database.

Addresses Elements

Element NameDescription
CustomerElement containing an HTTP reference to the owning customer resource.
Addresseseach Address element contains all address information.

Address Elements

Element NameAlways Returned…Data TypeDescription
IdYesIntegerunique address identifier
AddressContactTypeNoIntegerthat defines the type of address (see Standard API Constants and Codes)
CompanyNoStringcompany name
StreetNoStringstreet mailing address
ApartmentMailStopNoStringapartment / mail stop / suite information
ExtraAddressNoStringany additional mailing address information pertinent to delivery that isn’t included in the CompanyStreet, or ApartmentMailStop elements
CityNoStringcity name
RegionCodeNoStringthe state, province or region code
RegionNoStringwhen the RegionCode is not available, the descriptive state, province or regional information
PostalCodeNoStringZIP (USA) or postal code. For USA addresses, this will contain the full ZIP+4 code, if it is available
CountryCodeNoStringthe ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code
CountryNoStringthe full country description
ChangedDateYesDateTimeDate & time record last changed. yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss format. Example: 2010-03-08 21:23:34.
StatusCodeYesByteStatus of the postal address: 1 is the primary address, 2 is an active address.

Response

HTTP Response Codes

StatusDescription
200 OKThe request has succeeded. See Example Response below.
403 ForbiddenTypically, this error occurs when the credentials are erroneous. Potentially, an incorrect x-omeda-appid.
404 Not FoundTypically, this error occurs with a malformed URL or the resource that is searched for is not found.
500 Internal Server ErrorIn the rare case that there is a server-side problem, this response will be returned. This generally indicates a problem of a more serious nature, and submitting additional requests may not be advisable. Please contact your Omeda Account Representative if the issue continues.

Success

{
   "Customer":"https://ows.omedastaging.com/webservices/rest/brand/FOO/customer/12345/*",
   "Addresses":[
      {
         "Id":478928,
         "AddressContactType":100,
         "Company":"Omeda",
         "Street":"555 Huehl Road",
         "ApartmentMailStop":"2nd Floor",
         "ExtraAddress":"ATTN: John Doe",
         "City":"Northbrook",
         "RegionCode":"IL",
         "Region":"Illinois",
         "PostalCode":"60062",
         "CountryCode":"USA",
         "Country":"United States of America",
         "StatusCode": 1,
         "ChangedDate": "2015-03-08 21:23:34"
      },
      {
         "Id":589129,
         "AddressContactType":110,
         "Street":"123 Walters Avenue",
         "City":"Northbrook",
         "RegionCode":"IL",
         "PostalCode":"60062",
         "CountryCode":"USA",
         "StatusCode": 2,
         "ChangedDate": "2015-03-08 21:23:34"
      }
   ],
   "SubmissionId" : "24B9BF6F-0677-462B-942A-D87EEBD10F77"
}

Failure

{
   "SubmissionId":"ec0c2ba6-13f4-4934-8efa-74c2ccb33f1d",
   "Errors":[
      {
         "Error":"No postal addresses found for customer 12345"
      }
   ]
}
Possible Error Messages

In the event of an error, an error response will be returned. Here are some of the possible responses you might receive.

No postal addresses found for customer {customerId}.
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