postcode API example APIwise

def lookup_postcode_v2(postcode, base=None):

"""call external service with @param: NL postcode , receive a dict
    with keys success (False, True).
    if not success: the key 'error' is added (dict with keys code and errormessage)
    otherwise a key 'resources' (list of dicts streets, city or an empty list if not found)
    Note: a NL postcode can have more (two) streets
    Author: Nico de Groot PoF"""

import urllib2
    import socket
    import json

key = "get you're key from apiwise.nl'
    base = base or "https://postcode-api.apiwise.nl/v2/addresses/?postcode="
    headers = {}
    headers['X-Api-Key'] = key

url = base + postcode.replace(" ", "")  # P6 format
    socket.setdefaulttimeout(6)
    req = urllib2.Request(url, None, headers)
    try:
        result = json.loads(urllib2.urlopen(req).read())
    except urllib2.URLError, e:
        return dict(success = False,
                    error=dict(code = 0,
                               message = 'URL problem with %s: %s'%(url,e.reason)))
    except urllib2.HTTPError, e:
        return dict(success = False,
                    error=dict(code = e.code,
                               message = 'HTTPError on %s: %s'%(url,e.reason)))
    except socket.timeout, e:
        return dict(success = False,
                    error=dict(code = 0,
                               message = 'External service timeout'))
    else:

streets = []
        for address in result['_embedded']['addresses']:
            street_city = dict(street=address["street"], city=address["city"]["label"])
            if street_city not in streets:
                streets.append(street_city)

return dict(success=True, resources=streets)

def main():
    print lookup_postcode_v2('1234 AB')

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