FedExAddress Class

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Allows you to validate or complete recipient addresses.

Syntax

FedExAddress

Remarks

Via this class you can perform the following:

• Confirm the validity and completeness of US, Puerto Rico and Canadian recipient addresses.
• Complete incomplete recipient addresses.
• Correct invalid recipient addresses.
• Determine whether an address is business or residential to increase the accuracy of courtesy rate quotes. This applies to US addresses only.
• Find information on the nearest FedEx location(s).

Having correct addresses on the shipping labels will eliminate delivery delays and additional service fees (occurring when a shipment is re-routed).

For address verification, use the ValidateAddress method. This provides street level matches, but it does not currently verify suite or apartment numbers. It checks if the street exists in the city and state/province or postal code entered, and if the street number is within a valid range for the street entered. Upon successful reply, it either provides an exact match or possible alternatives (multiple address results) when an exact match cannot be found based on the input values, or informs you if no possible alternatives can be found.

The following information is the minimum required to check an address:

• Street Address
• City and State/Province or Postal Code

To search for the nearest FedEx location(s), use the FindLocations method. You can search by address or telephone number.

To narrow down the search, you can specify what type of locations are you looking for (such as FedEx Staffed, Self-Service and/or Authorized Ship Center) and any special service those locations offer (such as Saturday service, packaging supplies, packing services, latest Express drop-off, etc.).

If the request completes successfully, FedEx server will return a set of matches that satisfies the search criteria. You will be able to retrieve FedEx location Ids, addresses, available services they offer, operations hours on weekdays and/or weekends.

The set of locations retrieved is limited to a maximum of ten locations returned within a 50-mile radius.

To use this class, you must have a FedEx FedExAccountNumber. You should also have already obtained a FedExDeveloperKey, FedExPassword and a FedExMeterNumber uniquely assigned to your account by FedEx after registration for Web Services.

FedEx allows this service to be used in production environment only (i.e., after passing the certification). Customers need to be certified first in order to have the Advanced (such as Address Validation) services activated. After the certification is granted, you will receive the production credentials (FedExDeveloperKey, FedExPassword and FedExMeterNumber) uniquely assigned to your FedExAccountNumber by FedEx after being certified for FedEx Web Services. Once they move to production, Address Validation is a feature that has to be activated upon the customer's request.