libpostal-rest ☆

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Description:
REST API for libpostal

Type: Formula | Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Developer tools

Tags: libpostal rest-api address-parsing geocoding microservice

Install: brew install libpostal-rest

About:
LibpostalRest is a lightweight REST API wrapper that exposes the functionality of libpostal, a C library for parsing and normalizing street addresses. It allows developers to address parsing capabilities over HTTP requests without needing to compile C libraries directly. This service simplifies integration for web applications and microservices that require fast, geospatial data processing.

Key Features:

HTTP-based interface for libpostal
Dockerized deployment options
Low-latency address parsing
Simple JSON input/output format

Use Cases:

Validating user-entered addresses in web forms
Normalizing address data for database storage
Batch processing of geolocation data

Alternatives:

libpostal – The core C library; requires manual compilation and lacks native HTTP support
usps-web-tools-api – Official USPS API; requires registration and focuses on US addresses only

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Sep 16, 2025 10:53am		0	VERSION_BUMP	f96a2d02