validate: Validate Postcode

API: postcodes.io:postcodes.io
Endpoint: /postcodes/{postcode}/validate
Response format: application/json
Auth: unknown
Method: GET
Last Status: 200
Latency: 185ms

Description

Validates whether a given string is a valid UK postcode.

Parameters (1)

postcode (string, path, required)

UK postcode to validate

Examples (1)

Validate postcode openapi-spec
curl 'https://api.postcodes.io/postcodes/SW1A1AA/validate'
import requests

resp = requests.get("https://api.postcodes.io/postcodes/SW1A1AA/validate")
data = resp.json()
import zingu_apis

api = zingu_apis.api("postcodes")
result = api.fetch("postcodes/{postcode}/validate")

for item in result:
    print(item)
const resp = await fetch("https://api.postcodes.io/postcodes/SW1A1AA/validate");
const data = await resp.json();

Probe History

Latency

Status Codes

TimeStatusLatencySize
2026-04-16 00:27:09.066519 200 185ms
2026-04-15 02:01:24.612211 200 190ms
2026-04-14 01:41:20.848858 200 118ms
2026-04-12 14:47:21.196927 200 165ms
2026-04-10 02:19:28.628148 200 93ms
2026-04-09 00:13:17.065908 200 174ms