How to convert postal code to city name, is there an API available?

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Ling picture Ling · May 17, 2010 · Viewed 27.9k times · Source

How to convert post code to city name, is there an API available?

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lreichold picture lreichold · Aug 3, 2012

Two years later, IMO the Google Maps Geocoding API is the best way to go.

Just pass in the postal code as the address parameter:

http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?address=94043&sensor=false

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