There are different types of layouts available with Experian Address Validation. You can use one of the predefined ones which are available to all users or use a custom layout to suit your solution. You can create a custom layout yourself or by contacting us.
Layout API
To check the layouts available to you, whether predefined or custom:
Go to our API specification page and click the POST /address/layouts/v1, so that it expands.
Click Try it out in the upper-right corner.
In the Parameter section:
Enter your token in the Auth-Token field.
In the Request body section you can select an example request from the dropdown. You can either use it as is or update the request body with your desired values.
Click Execute to send the request to the API.
View the response returned by the API under Responses. This will tell you what layouts are available to you.
Response status codes
Note that your request was successful only if the API returned an HTTP status code of 200 - Success. Check out the possible Response status codes to find out more about scenarios where the API returns errors.
Postman is a free, easy-to-use third-party application that you can use to send API calls.
Follow these instructions to send requests to the API via Postman:
Open the Postman app and click Import in the upper-left corner.
Import the file you've downloaded.
Go to the Collections tab on the left-hand side panel and click the API request you want to test.
Go to the Headers tab.
Replace the {{Auth-Token}} value with your token.
Go to the Body tab.
(Optional) Replace the address value with an address of your choice. Note that the address value must be enclosed in quotation marks, e.g. "125 summer St". Alternatively, you can skip this step and use the preset values.
Click Send to submit the API request.
View the response returned by the API. Note that your request was successful only if the API returned an HTTP status code of 200 - Success. Check out Response status codes codes to find out more about scenarios where the API returns errors.
Layout builder
This functionality is coming to the Layout builder soon. To see what layout management functions the Layout builder currently has, please see the introduction to this guide.
