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About File Download Link (API)

ZipCode Download provides link (API) to automate your downloads. You can automate the process of retrieving dataset by using our link (API). The purpose of this document is to provide a quick reference on how can you download the files by consuming this link (API) over the browser or by writing a script.

API URL

The above link (API) of ZipCode Download is used to automate the process of downloading the file. The link (API) has three parameters with a specific format which we need to set. The format is explained below with an example.

  1. File Name:

    Our file name format is : apr2017_commercial_csv.zip

    apr - First three letters are of month you want to download the file apr for April.

    2017 - year of the updated file

    commercial - Product you are using .

    csv - File Format

    .zip - append .zip as you will get the file in zip format.

  2. User Name:

    This is your registered email id associated with zipcodedownload.

  3. Password:

    Password for zipcodedownload.

Products File Naming Convention Table

Note: mmm = Month, YYYY = Year, ProductEdition = basic/premium/commercial, FileFormat = csv/txt/txt-fixed/xls/mdb/mdb97

Products Name File Names
USA-5 digit Zip Code Database mmmYYYY_ProductEdition_FileFormat.zip
USA 5-digit & Canadian 6-digit Postal Code Database mmmYYYY_z5c6combined_FileFormat.zip
USA - ZIP+4 Database mmmYYYY_z9ProductEdition_FileFormat.zip
Canada - 6-digit Postal Code Data ca_mmmYYYY_ProductEdition_FileFormat.zip
Canadian Area Code Database NPA NXX mmmYYYY_Canada_AreaCode_ProductEdition_FileFormat.zip
USA - 5-digit Multi-County ZIP Code Database mmmYYYY_z5multicounty_FileFormat.zip
USA - ZIP+4 Multi-County Database mmmYYYY_z9multicounty_FileFormat.zip
Area Code Database NPA NXX mmmYYYY_AreaCode_ProductEdition_FileFormat.zip
Sales & Use Tax Database mmmYYYY_SalesTax_ProductEdition_FileFormat.zip
USA - CBSA Database mmmYYYY_cbsa_FileFormat.zip
Mexico - 5-digit Postal Code Database mx_mmmYYYY_ProductEdition_FileFormat.zip
Congressional Districts 5 digit ZIP Code Database mmmYYYY_Zip5_Congressional_District_FileFormat.zip
Congressional Districts ZIP+4 Database mmmYYYY_Zip+4_Congressional_District_FileFormat.zip
Census Multi Level Demographic Database 2010 Census Data.zip
CBSA Medicare Database mmmYYYY_MCBSA_ProductEdition_FileFormat.zip
"USA - SIC & NAICS Code Databases(SIC Code Database Only)" SIC_Codes.zip
"USA - SIC & NAICS Code Databases(NAICS Code Databases Only)" YYYY_NAICS_Code.zip
"USA - SIC & NAICS Code Databases(SIC & NAICS Code Combined Database)" YYYY_SIC_NAICS_Codes.zip

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