# Zip Code Scraper - Postal Code Lookup by City, State & Country (`ninhothedev/zip-code-scraper`) Actor

$0.25/1K 🔥 Fast zip/postal code scraper! Place, state, lat/lon for 60+ countries — forward & reverse. No key. JSON, CSV, Excel or API in seconds. Paste zips or cities & enrich thousands for address validation & logistics ⚡

- **URL**: https://apify.com/ninhothedev/zip-code-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [ninhothedev](https://apify.com/ninhothedev) (community)
- **Categories:**
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $0.25 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Zip / Postal Code Scraper 🌍📮

**Look up any postal / zip code and get the place name, state, latitude and longitude — for 60+ countries. Or reverse it: give a city and get every postcode inside it.** Fast, free data source, no API key, works on datacenter proxies (or none at all).

Perfect for **address validation, geocoding, logistics & routing, shipping-form autofill, and enriching customer records** — at a fraction of the cost of paid geocoding APIs.

***

### ✨ What it does

Two modes, one Actor:

| Mode | You give | You get |
|------|----------|---------|
| **`postcodes`** | Country + list of zip/postal codes | One row per place: `place_name`, `state`, `state_code`, `latitude`, `longitude` |
| **`cities`** (reverse) | Country + state code + list of city names | One row per postcode inside that city, with coordinates |

Coverage spans **60+ countries** — US, DE, GB, FR, ES, IT, NL, CA, AU, BR, IN, MX, and many more. Country codes are the usual 2-letter ISO codes (`us`, `de`, `gb`, ...).

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### 🚀 Quick start

#### Postcodes → places

```json
{
  "mode": "postcodes",
  "country": "us",
  "postcodes": ["90210", "10001"],
  "maxItems": 100
}
```

Sample output row:

```json
{
  "country": "United States",
  "country_code": "US",
  "post_code": "90210",
  "place_name": "Beverly Hills",
  "state": "California",
  "state_code": "CA",
  "latitude": 34.0901,
  "longitude": -118.4065,
  "scraped_at": "2026-07-03T00:00:00+00:00"
}
```

#### City → postcodes (reverse)

```json
{
  "mode": "cities",
  "country": "us",
  "state": "CA",
  "cities": ["Los Angeles"],
  "maxItems": 500
}
```

Sample output row:

```json
{
  "country": "United States",
  "country_code": "US",
  "state": "California",
  "city": "Los Angeles",
  "post_code": "90001",
  "place_name": "Los Angeles",
  "latitude": 33.9731,
  "longitude": -118.2479,
  "scraped_at": "2026-07-03T00:00:00+00:00"
}
```

***

### ⚙️ Input reference

| Field | Type | Default | Description |
|-------|------|---------|-------------|
| `mode` | select | `postcodes` | `postcodes` (codes → places) or `cities` (city → codes, reverse). |
| `country` | string | `us` | 2-letter lowercase ISO country code. |
| `postcodes` | array | `["90210","10001"]` | Zip/postal codes to look up (used in `postcodes` mode). |
| `state` | string | — | State / region code, e.g. `CA` (required in `cities` mode). |
| `cities` | array | `["Los Angeles"]` | City names to reverse-look-up (used in `cities` mode). |
| `maxItems` | integer | `100` | Max output rows. Hard-capped at 1000. |

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### 📦 Output

Clean, flat **JSON** — one item per place/postcode, ready to export to **JSON, CSV, Excel, HTML, or via API**. Every field is nullable, so downstream schemas never break on missing data.

***

### 💸 Pricing

Roughly **~$0.50 per 1,000 input lookups** in platform usage — dramatically cheaper than commercial geocoding APIs that charge per request with monthly minimums. You only pay for the compute you use; there are no data-source fees or API keys.

***

### 🆚 Why this vs. a paid geocoding API?

| | This Actor | Typical paid geocoder |
|---|---|---|
| API key | ❌ none | ✅ required |
| Monthly minimum | ❌ none | 💰 often |
| Reverse city → postcodes | ✅ built-in | ⚠️ rarely |
| Cost per 1k | ~$0.50 | $$$ |
| Export CSV/Excel/JSON/API | ✅ | varies |

Great when you need **bulk, batch postal-code enrichment** rather than real-time single lookups.

***

### 🎯 Use cases

- **Address validation** — confirm a zip belongs to the claimed city/state.
- **Geocoding** — turn postal codes into latitude/longitude for maps and distance math.
- **Logistics & routing** — build coverage areas, assign delivery zones, plan routes.
- **Signup & checkout forms** — autofill city/state from a zip; reverse-suggest zips for a city.
- **CRM / data enrichment** — append coordinates and region names to customer records.

***

### 🔗 Related Actors by this author

- 🧭 [Geocoding Scraper](https://apify.com/ninhothedev/geocoding-scraper) — addresses ⇄ coordinates.
- 🌐 [Countries Data Scraper](https://apify.com/ninhothedev/countries-data-scraper) — country facts, currencies, languages.
- 📍 [IP Geolocation Scraper](https://apify.com/ninhothedev/ip-geolocation-scraper) — locate IP addresses.
- ☀️ [Weather Scraper](https://apify.com/ninhothedev/weather-scraper) — forecasts by location.

***

### 🛟 Support

Questions, a country that misbehaves, or a feature request? Open an issue on the Actor page or contact the author through Apify. Response is usually within one business day.

***

### 🔎 Keywords

`zip code scraper` · `postal code lookup` · `postcode api` · `zip to lat long` · `city to zip code` · `geocoding` · `address validation` · `reverse postal lookup` · `zippopotam` · `postal code database` · `zip code coordinates` · `logistics data`

# Actor input Schema

## `mode` (type: `string`):

Choose the lookup direction. 'postcodes' resolves a list of postal/zip codes to their place name, state and coordinates. 'cities' reverse-looks-up every postcode inside a city (requires a state code).

## `country` (type: `string`):

2-letter lowercase ISO country code (e.g. 'us', 'de', 'gb', 'fr'). Applies to both modes.

## `postcodes` (type: `array`):

List of postal/zip codes to look up. Used only in 'postcodes' mode. One item is produced per matched place.

## `state` (type: `string`):

State or region code used for the reverse 'cities' lookup (e.g. 'CA' for California). Required in 'cities' mode.

## `cities` (type: `array`):

List of city names to reverse-look-up into postcodes. Used only in 'cities' mode (e.g. 'Los Angeles'). City names are URL-encoded automatically.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of output items (places / postcodes) to store. Hard-capped at 1000.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "mode": "postcodes",
  "country": "us",
  "postcodes": [
    "90210",
    "10001"
  ],
  "cities": [
    "Los Angeles"
  ],
  "maxItems": 100
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `overview` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "postcodes": [
        "90210",
        "10001"
    ],
    "cities": [
        "Los Angeles"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("ninhothedev/zip-code-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "postcodes": [
        "90210",
        "10001",
    ],
    "cities": ["Los Angeles"],
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("ninhothedev/zip-code-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "postcodes": [
    "90210",
    "10001"
  ],
  "cities": [
    "Los Angeles"
  ]
}' |
apify call ninhothedev/zip-code-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,ninhothedev/zip-code-scraper"
        }
    }
}

```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/XEEs35rnzaiLQcDTv/builds/bxeKRdZ6DcH6KxMAm/openapi.json