Zipcoder Laravel

A Laravel package to resolve postal codes and zip codes to addresses. Supports multiple geocoding providers with automatic failover, built-in caching, Facade support, and publishable config.

Why Zipcoder Laravel?

• Multiple providers — GeoNames, Zippopotamus, Zipcodestack, Zipcodebase, and JP Postal Code out of the box
• Automatic failover — Chain of Responsibility pattern tries providers in order until one succeeds
• Built-in caching — PSR-16 cache integration with configurable TTL and store, reducing API calls
• Zero config for free providers — Zippopotamus and JP Postal Code work without API keys
• Custom providers — Register your own provider via config, no package forking needed
• Laravel-native — Auto-discovery, Facade, publishable config, env-driven settings

Requirements

• PHP 8.2 or higher
• Laravel 11, 12, or 13

Installation

composer require pralhadstha/zipcoder-laravel

The package auto-discovers the service provider and facade. No manual registration needed.

Publish the configuration file:

php artisan vendor:publish --tag=zipcoder-config

Configuration

The published config file (config/zipcoder.php) has four sections:

HTTP Client

'http' => [
    'timeout' => env('ZIPCODER_HTTP_TIMEOUT', 10),
    'connect_timeout' => env('ZIPCODER_HTTP_CONNECT_TIMEOUT', 5),
],

Uses Guzzle 7+ (ships with Laravel) implementing PSR-18. You can override by binding your own ClientInterface in the container.

Providers

Configure credentials for each provider:

'providers' => [
    'geonames' => [
        'username' => env('GEONAMES_USERNAME'),
    ],
    'zippopotamus' => [
        'enabled' => true,
    ],
    'zipcodestack' => [
        'api_key' => env('ZIPCODESTACK_API_KEY'),
    ],
    'zipcodebase' => [
        'api_key' => env('ZIPCODEBASE_API_KEY'),
    ],
    'jp-postal-code' => [
        'enabled' => true,
        'locale' => env('JP_POSTAL_CODE_LOCALE', 'en'),
    ],
],

Providers with missing credentials are automatically skipped.

Chain Order

Controls the order in which providers are attempted. The first provider to return a result wins:

'chain' => [
    'jp-postal-code',
    'zippopotamus',
    'geonames',
    'zipcodebase',
    'zipcodestack',
],

Cache

'cache' => [
    'enabled' => env('ZIPCODER_CACHE_ENABLED', true),
    'ttl' => env('ZIPCODER_CACHE_TTL', 86400), // 24 hours
    'store' => env('ZIPCODER_CACHE_STORE'),     // null = default store
],

Usage

Basic Lookup

use Pralhad\Zipcoder\Laravel\Facades\Zipcoder;
use Pralhad\Zipcoder\Query;

$results = Zipcoder::lookup(Query::create('10001', 'US'));

$address = $results->first();

echo $address->city;        // "New York"
echo $address->state;       // "New York"
echo $address->stateCode;   // "NY"
echo $address->countryCode; // "US"
echo $address->latitude;    // 40.7484
echo $address->longitude;   // -73.9967

Iterating Results

$results = Zipcoder::lookup(Query::create('100-0001', 'JP'));

foreach ($results as $address) {
    echo "{$address->city}, {$address->state}" . PHP_EOL;
}

Checking for Results

$results = Zipcoder::lookup(Query::create('10001', 'US'));

if ($results->isEmpty()) {
    // No addresses found
}

echo $results->count(); // Number of addresses returned

Converting to Array

$array = $results->first()->toArray();
// or all results
$allArrays = $results->toArray();

Available Providers

Custom Providers

Create a class implementing Pralhad\Zipcoder\Contract\Provider:

namespace App\Zipcoder;

use Pralhad\Zipcoder\Contract\Provider;
use Pralhad\Zipcoder\Query;
use Pralhad\Zipcoder\Result\AddressCollection;
use Psr\Http\Client\ClientInterface;
use Psr\Http\Message\RequestFactoryInterface;

class MyProvider implements Provider
{
    public function __construct(
        private ClientInterface $client,
        private RequestFactoryInterface $requestFactory,
        private string $api_url,
    ) {}

    public function lookup(Query $query): AddressCollection
    {
        // Your implementation
    }

    public function getName(): string
    {
        return 'my-provider';
    }
}

Register it in the config:

'providers' => [
    // ... built-in providers

    'my-provider' => [
        'class' => \App\Zipcoder\MyProvider::class,
        'enabled' => true,
        'api_url' => 'https://api.example.com',
    ],
],

'chain' => [
    'my-provider', // Add to chain order
    'zippopotamus',
    // ...
],

The $client and $requestFactory are injected automatically. Extra config keys (like api_url) are passed as constructor parameters.

Caching

Caching is enabled by default with a 24-hour TTL. Results are cached per postal code and country code using Laravel's cache store.

To disable caching:

ZIPCODER_CACHE_ENABLED=false

To change TTL (in seconds):

ZIPCODER_CACHE_TTL=3600

To use a specific cache store:

ZIPCODER_CACHE_STORE=redis

Facade API Reference

// Look up addresses for a postal code
Zipcoder::lookup(Query $query): AddressCollection

// Use a specific provider (bypasses chain)
Zipcoder::using(string $providerName): Provider

// Register an additional provider at runtime
Zipcoder::registerProvider(Provider $provider): ZipcoderLookup

// List all registered provider names
Zipcoder::getRegisteredProviders(): array

Testing

composer test

Changelog

Please see CHANGELOG for more information on what has changed recently.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please see CONTRIBUTING for details.

Security

If you discover a security vulnerability, please see our Security Policy. Do not open a public issue for security vulnerabilities.

License

MIT. See LICENSE for details.