Address Validation API client library examples

This page has examples of how to use the Address Validation API client libraries to call the following services:

• validateAddress
• provideValidationFeedback

Install the client libraries

See Address Validation API client libraries for installation instructions.

Authentication

When you use client libraries, you use Application Default Credentials (ADC) to authenticate. For information about setting up ADC, see Provide credentials for Application Default Credentials. For information about using ADC with client libraries, see Authenticate using client libraries .

You can also use API keys to authenticate to the client libraries, for example:

using Google.Maps.AddressValidation.V1;
using Google.Api.Gax.Grpc;
using Grpc.Core;
...
// Create settings to pass the API key as a header in every request.
var apiHeader = CallSettings.FromHeader("X-Goog-Api-Key", "API_KEY");
var defaultSettings = AddressValidationSettings.GetDefault();
var settings = new AddressValidationSettings
{
    ValidateAddressSettings = defaultSettings.ValidateAddressSettings.MergedWith(apiHeader),
    ProvideValidationFeedbackSettings = defaultSettings.ProvideValidationFeedbackSettings.MergedWith(apiHeader)
};
// Create a client builder with the custom settings.
AddressValidationClientBuilder builder = new AddressValidationClientBuilder
{
    Settings = settings,
    // Use SslCredentials to create a secure channel for API key authentication.
    ChannelCredentials = new SslCredentials()
};
AddressValidationClient client = await builder.BuildAsync();

When you use API keys in your applications, make sure that they are kept secure during both storage and transmission. Publicly exposing your API keys can lead to unexpected charges on your account.

The examples on this page use Application Default Credentials.

Examples

validateAddress

The following is an example of how to call validateAddress using the client library.

using Google.Maps.AddressValidation.V1;
using Google.Type;
...
private static async Task CallAddressValidation()
{
    // Create the Address Validation Client
    AddressValidationClient client = await AddressValidationClient.CreateAsync();
    // Define the request with the address to be validated
    var request = new ValidateAddressRequest
    {
        Address = new PostalAddress
        {
            RegionCode = "US",
            LanguageCode = "en",
            PostalCode = "94043",
            AdministrativeArea = "CA",
            Locality = "Mountain View",
            AddressLines = { "1600 Amphitheatre Parkway" }
        }
    };
    try
    {
        // Call the API asynchronously
        ValidateAddressResponse response = await client.ValidateAddressAsync(request);
        // Process the results
        Console.WriteLine($"Validation Granularity: {response.Result.Verdict.ValidationGranularity}");
        Console.WriteLine($"Formatted Address: {response.Result.Address.FormattedAddress}");
        Console.WriteLine($"Response ID: {response.ResponseId}");
    }
    catch (Exception ex)
    {
        Console.WriteLine($"An error occurred: {ex.Message}");
    }
}

Define a PostalAddress object with componentized address fields like RegionCode, Locality, and AddressLines. When building the example request, this PostalAddress is used to create a ValidateAddressRequest. The ValidateAddressAsync method is then called to make the request, and details from the response like the ValidationGranularity and the FormattedAddress are output.

provideValidationFeedback

The following is an example of how to call provideValidationFeedback using the client library.

using Google.Maps.AddressValidation.V1;
...
private static async Task ProvideValidationFeedback()
{
    AddressValidationClient client = await AddressValidationClient.CreateAsync();

    var feedbackRequest = new ProvideValidationFeedbackRequest
    {
        // Set the conclusion based on the user's choice. This exampels uses ValidatedVersionUsed
        Conclusion = ProvideValidationFeedbackRequest.Types.ValidationConclusion.ValidatedVersionUsed,
        // Provide the ID from the validation response.
        ResponseId = "Response_ID"
    };
    try
    {
        Console.WriteLine("Sending feedback to the API");
        // This call returns an empty response on success.
        await client.ProvideValidationFeedbackAsync(feedbackRequest);
        Console.WriteLine(" -> Feedback sent successfully!");
    }
    catch (Exception ex)
    {
        Console.WriteLine($"An error occurred: {ex.Message}");
    }
}

Create a ProvideValidationFeedbackRequest to send information about the final outcome of an address validation sequence. The request requires a Conclusion to specify whether the user's original address or Google's validated address was used. Crucially, you must also provide the ResponseId obtained from the initial ValidateAddressResponse to link the feedback to the correct transaction.