Single Line

Single Line searching works in the opposite way to Typedown searching: users type in address elements in the order that they appear on an envelope, starting with the most specific (for example, a house number and/or street name) and move onto more general elements (for example, a town or postcode).

Pro API enables users to search on any address element or combination of address elements each separated by a comma. For example:

church st,liverpool

Users can use any mixture of upper and lower case characters, as the Single Line engine does not differentiate between upper and lower case text.

When users submit a search, each component of the entered information becomes a subject of the search.

Single Line searching is also useful if the address information contains one or more spelling mistakes. Even with such mistakes there is still a high likelihood that Pro API will retrieve the required address.

For example, if the user typed Partley St,bristol, which does not exist in the United Kingdom data, Pro API would look for Bartley St, Hartley St and other possibilities, it would therefore return Bartley St, Bristol.

Integrate this search type: Intranet or Web.

Search Examples