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The zipinfo statement queries the web to obtain information about a zip code.

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Parameters

This statement has two parameters:

zip – Five digit zip code.

zipinfo – field or variable that will be filled with a dictionary containing information about the zip code (see discussion below).

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Description

This statement queries the web to obtain information about a zip code. The information is returned in a dictionary that will contain one or more of the values listed below:

CITY ☞ The primary name of the city associated with this zip code
STATE ☞ Name of the state this zip code is in
COUNTY ☞ Name of the county associated with this zip code
FIPS ☞ FIPS code
AREACODE ☞ Primary area code associated with this zip code
TIMEZONE ☞ Time zone
DAYLIGHTSAVINGS ☞ Yes/No
LATITUDE ☞ Geographic co-ordinates of center of zip code
LONGITUDE ☞ Geographic co-ordinates of center of zip code
MSA ☞ Metropolitan statistical area

This example displays the city and state associated with a zip code

local z5,zinfo
z5=""
gettext "Zip Code:",z5
zipinfo z5,zinfo
message z5+": "+getdictionaryvalue(zinfo,"CITY")+", "+getdictionaryvalue(zinfo,"STATE")

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See Also

• encodehttppostdata( -- converts a dictionary into HTTP post data.
• info("httpheaders") -- returns a dictionary with information about a just completed HTTP download.
• info("urltaskinfo") -- returns information about a just completed HTTP download.
• ipaddress -- returns the current IP address of the computer, or "" if not connected.
• loadurl -- loads a resource from the internet.
• loadurl( -- loads a resource from the internet.
• posturl -- loads a resource from the internet, with form data.
• posturl( -- loads a resource from the internet, with form data.
• url( -- synchronously loads a resource from the internet.
• urltask( -- asynchronously loads a resource from the internet.
• urltaskcancel -- aborts a download initiated with the urltask( function.
• urltaskstatus -- enables connection error checking in urltask( completion code.
• zipinfoplus -- queries the web to obtain information about a zip code.

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History

Version	Status	Notes
10.0	No Change	Carried over from Panorama.