Address-PostCode-India/lib/Address/PostCode/India.pm
package Address::PostCode::India;
$Address::PostCode::India::VERSION = '0.13';
$Address::PostCode::India::AUTHORITY = 'cpan:MANWAR';
=head1 NAME
Address::PostCode::India - Interface to the India PinCode.
=head1 VERSION
Version 0.13
=cut
use 5.006;
use JSON;
use Data::Dumper;
use Address::PostCode::UserAgent;
use Address::PostCode::India::Place;
use Moo;
use namespace::autoclean;
extends 'Address::PostCode::UserAgent';
our $BASE_URL = 'http://getpincodes.info/api.php';
=head1 DESCRIPTION
The API service is provided by L<website|http://getpincodes.info/apidetail.php>.
A Postal Index Number or PIN or Pincode is the post office numbering or post code
system used by India Post, the Indian postal administration. The code is 6 digits
long. The PIN was introduced on 15 August 1972.
There are nine PIN zones in India,including eight regional zones & one functional
zone (Indian Army). The first digit of the PIN code indicates the region. The
second digit indicates the sub-region, and the third digit indicates the sorting
district within the region.The final three digits are assigned to individual post
offices.
+-------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+
| First 2/3 Digits of PIN | Postal Circle |
+-------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+
| 11 | Delhi |
| 12 and 13 | Haryana |
| 14 to 15 | Punjab |
| 16 | Chandigarh |
| 17 | Himachal Pradesh |
| 18 to 19 | Jammu and Kashmir |
| 20 to 28 | Uttar Pradesh/Uttrakhand |
| 30 to 34 | Rajasthan |
| 36 to 39 | Gujarat |
| 40 | Goa |
| 40 to 44 | Maharashtra |
| 45 to 48 | Madhya Pradesh |
| 49 | Chhattisgarh |
| 50 to 53 | Andhra Pradesh |
| 56 to 59 | Karnataka |
| 60 to 64 | Tamil Nadu |
| 67 to 69 | Kerala |
| 682 | Lakshadweep (Islands) |
| 70 to 74 | West Bengal |
| 744 | Andaman and Nicobar Islands |
| 75 to 77 | Odisha |
| 78 | Assam |
| 79 | Arunachal Pradesh |
| 793, 794, 783123 | Meghalaya |
| 795 | Manipur |
| 796 | Mizoram |
| 799 | Tripura |
| 80 to 85 | Bihar and Jharkhand |
+-------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+
=head1 METHODS
=head2 details($pin_code)
It returns an object of type L<Address::PostCode::India::Place> on success. The
only parameter requires is the 6-digits pin code.
use strict; use warnings;
use Address::PostCode::India;
my $address = Address::PostCode::India->new;
my $pin_code = 832110;
my $place = $address->details($pin_code);
print "City : ", $place->city, "\n";
print "District: ", $place->district, "\n";
print "State : ", $place->state, "\n";
=cut
sub details {
my ($self, $pin_code) = @_;
die "ERROR: Missing required param 'pin code'.\n" unless defined $pin_code;
die "ERROR: Invalid pin code [$pin_code].\n" unless ($pin_code =~ /^\d{6}$/);
my $url = sprintf("%s?pincode=%d", $BASE_URL, $pin_code);
my $response = $self->get($url);
my $contents = from_json($response->{'content'});
return Address::PostCode::India::Place->new($contents->[0]);
}
=head1 AUTHOR
Mohammad S Anwar, C<< <mohammad.anwar at yahoo.com> >>
=head1 REPOSITORY
L<https://github.com/Manwar/Address-PostCode-India>
=head1 BUGS
Please report any bugs or feature requests to C<bug-address-postcode-india at rt.cpan.org>,
or through the web interface at L<http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=Address-PostCode-India>.
I will be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on your
bug as I make changes.
=head1 SUPPORT
You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.
perldoc Address::PostCode::India
You can also look for information at:
=over 4
=item * RT: CPAN's request tracker (report bugs here)
L<http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=Address-PostCode-India>
=item * AnnoCPAN: Annotated CPAN documentation
L<http://annocpan.org/dist/Address-PostCode-India>
=item * CPAN Ratings
L<http://cpanratings.perl.org/d/Address-PostCode-India>
=item * Search CPAN
L<http://search.cpan.org/dist/Address-PostCode-India/>
=back
=head1 LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2014 - 2015 Mohammad S Anwar.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and / or modify it under
the terms of the the Artistic License (2.0). You may obtain a copy of the full
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=cut
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