[REBOL] Re: zip-lookup function
From: gjones05:mail:orion at: 26-Feb-2001 11:53
From: Vos, Doug
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> 2. Need the latest version of an "http-post" to improve this
> function, by working with a "post" to usps.gov.
> (no pun intended)
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Hi, Doug,
I wrote a similar script a couple of weeks ago for a site. I decided to
stick with Yahoo's info because the formatting was already correct. The
USPS has the city in all caps, as per the preferred postal regs.
However, getting a 'POST is easier than ever now with the newer REBOL
releases. You simply use read/custom. Here is a snippet from my
prototype code for the USPS:
site: http://www.usps.gov/cgi-bin/zip4/ctystzip2?
zip: "06501"
page: read/custom site reduce ['POST rejoin [{ctystzip=} to-url zip]]
parse page [thru "--<BR>" copy city-state to "acceptable"]
my-city-state: parse city-state none
It returns a 2 to 3 component block depending on the city name. I post
this more as an example of the newer read/custom version of 'POST.
Hope that this is what you are looking for.
--Scott Jones