9 available actions
What your AI agent can do in Ideal Postcodes
Ideal Postcodes provides UK and international address search, postcode lookup, address cleansing, and contact validation APIs. This page lists every available action. Your agent only receives the actions and permissions required for the role you approve.
Showing all 9 actions.
Common starting points
- Find Address SuggestionsReturn ranked address suggestions for a partial address without resolving them; resolving a selected suggestion is a separate paid lookup.
- Find Place SuggestionsReturn ranked country, city, and administrative-area suggestions without resolving them; resolving a selected place is a separate paid lookup.
- Validate ContactValidate an email address or international phone number using an optional paid dataset enabled on the connected Ideal Postcodes API key.
- Lookup PostcodeReturn addresses at a UK postcode, or an Irish Eircode when enabled; successful results consume paid lookups.
Browse all 9 actions by capability
Open a capability to see every supported action and its description.
Find & reviewLook up and review existing recordsView 4 actions
- Find Address SuggestionsReturn ranked address suggestions for a partial address without resolving them; resolving a selected suggestion is a separate paid lookup.
- Find Place SuggestionsReturn ranked country, city, and administrative-area suggestions without resolving them; resolving a selected place is a separate paid lookup.
- Get Address by IdentifierRetrieve a UK address by UDPRN or UMPRN.
- Search AddressesSearch complete UK address records by text, filters, or coordinates; successful results consume paid lookups.
Other actionsSpecialist and administrative actions.View 5 actions
- Lookup PostcodeReturn addresses at a UK postcode, or an Irish Eircode when enabled; successful results consume paid lookups.
- Resolve Address SuggestionResolve an address suggestion ID to a complete GBR or USA address.
- Resolve PlaceResolve a place suggestion ID to full geography and coordinates.
- Validate AddressMatch and standardize a GBR or USA address with confidence details.
- Validate ContactValidate an email address or international phone number using an optional paid dataset enabled on the connected Ideal Postcodes API key.
Connection record
A connection you can control.
- Sign-in
- Customer-managed key
- Setup
- Use a key you create and control. It is stored securely and limited to the work agreed for the role.
- Boundaries
- Only the approved role and actions.
- Off switch
- Revoke the connection from your account.
FAQ
Before you connect Ideal Postcodes
How does the agent connect to Ideal Postcodes?
With a key you create and control. It is stored securely, permissions are limited to what the agent needs, and you can revoke it at any time.
What can the agent actually do in Ideal Postcodes?
The page above lists the 9 actions currently available through the Ideal Postcodes connection. The role determines which of those actions the agent may use, and write access is only enabled when the workflow needs it.
Is Ideal Postcodes included in my plan?
Connections are priced per tool on top of the base plan. Some are included and some are premium. See pricing for how connection charges work.
How long until Ideal Postcodes is ready?
Timing depends on the sign-in method, permissions and workflow being connected. We confirm the scope and setup plan before enabling the connection.
Bring the workflow together
Ready to put Ideal Postcodes to work?
Start with the responsibility you want off your plate. We’ll map the connection and the boundaries around it.