# Global Address Verification

## Overview
Global Address Verification is a real time address validation and correction service. Covering over 240+ different countries and territories around the world, this service allows you to ensure your address data is clean and accurate. Additionally, you can also parse the data and append latitude and longitude.

You can use Global Address Verification to:
  * Verify and correct addresses.
  * Return the address parsed into individual components.
  * Append latitude and longitude.
  * Transliterate the address from or into the native language of the input country.
  * Get the address formatted for mailing labels.

**Documentation**
- [Global Address Verification Documentation](https://docs.melissa.com/cloud-api/global-address-verification/global-address-verification-index.html)

**Useful Resources**
- [Release Notes](https://releasenotes.melissa.com/cloud-api/global-address-verification/)
- [Result Codes](https://docs.melissa.com/cloud-api/global-address-verification/result-codes.html)

**Product Page**

[https://www.melissa.com/address-verification](https://www.melissa.com/address-verification)

**Support Center**

[https://www.melissa.com/company/product-support](https://www.melissa.com/company/product-support)



## Servers

```
https://address.melissadata.net/V3/WEB/GlobalAddress
```

## Download OpenAPI description

[Global Address Verification](https://md-developer-portal-staging.redocly.app/_bundle/apis/global-address-verification.yaml)

## Address Verification

Use this endpoint to verify global addresses.

### Verify an address

 - [GET /doGlobalAddress](https://md-developer-portal-staging.redocly.app/apis/global-address-verification/address-verification/doglobaladdressget.md): Uses HTTP GET to accept one input record and returns the response in JSON format.

### Verify addresses

 - [POST /doGlobalAddress](https://md-developer-portal-staging.redocly.app/apis/global-address-verification/address-verification/doglobaladdresspost.md): An HTTP POST is issued with the "ContentType" header specifying the format of the request and the "Accept" header specifying the format of the response.