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The AddressCheck service consists of two separate endpoints. The first accepts a batch of customer addresses to check, whereas the second returns the results if processing has completed:

Visit the links above to see detailed information about the two endpoints.

The rest of this document describes common aspects for both endpoints.

Concepts and notation

  • source authority : the source system that makes the decision on whether the address is supported. The use of a delivererMask may affect which source authority processes the customer address.
  • uuid : a unique identifier returned by the service when a batch of customer addresses are submitted for processing. Is used later in a subsequent request to inform the service which batch is targeted.
  • expiry : the results of a processed batch will expire a certain time after the request has been completed. The status of the batch is reported in the service response.
  • proxy timeout : describes when the service will cancel outstanding requests to other authorities / source systems. All associated customer addresses will be marked as not supported., and the auhority will be set to NOT_PROCESSED
  • delivererMask : a mechanism to tell the service that an address should be marked as unsupported, or to specify a set of distribution companies that qualify (all others are then disqualified and will not be considered).

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  • expiry time : 15 minutes after the request has been processed.  (TODO: Agree on / discuss this one)
  • job timeout : 45 mintues (TODO: Agree on / discuss this one)30 minutes
  • maximum customer addresses per request : 10'000

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  • WS-Security:
    • time to live (TTL) : the TTL describes how long the SOAP request is valid, and must be specified due to the security processing.
    • username / password : a valid username and password is required to access the service.
    • webservice access : the user must be granted privileges to access the webservice(s)