# Global Express Entry

## Overview
Global Express Entry is an auto-complete address verification service that will complete your query with a verified address, including city, state, and postal code with 50% fewer keystrokes.

Global Express Entry can:

- Complete free form partial address input with standardized and verified addresses.
- Return geocoding coordinates along with address (in supported countries).
- Filter output by state, distance from a lat/long point, Residence or Business, or ZIP Code (U.S. only).

Express Entry supports filtering of results in the U.S. by using an endpoint with specific criteria.
Visit Melissa Docs for more information on [Filtering](https://docs.melissa.com/cloud-api/global-express-entry/global-express-entry-other.html#filtering).

**Documentation**
- [Global Express Entry Documentation](https://docs.melissa.com/cloud-api/global-express-entry/global-express-entry-index.html)

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

**Product Page**

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

**Support Center**

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



## Servers

Global Express Entry Server
```
https://expressentry.melissadata.net/web
```

Global Express Entry Server for Javascript response
```
https://expressentry.melissadata.net/jsonp
```

## Download OpenAPI description

[Global Express Entry](https://md-developer-portal-staging.redocly.app/_bundle/apis/global-express-entry.yaml)

## Address Autocompletion

Use these endpoints to complete partial inputs with a verified address.

### Global Express Address

 - [GET /GlobalExpressAddress](https://md-developer-portal-staging.redocly.app/apis/global-express-entry/address-autocompletion/globalexpressaddressget.md): The GlobalExpressAddress service is consumed to retrieve results containing all of the available address elements of an address record.

A typical use of the GlobalExpressAddress method is preceded by a call to the GlobalExpressPostalCode service.
The GlobalExpressPostalCode service is provided as a means of retrieving postal code, locality, and administrative area combinations using the postal code as the search input.

### Global Express Country

 - [GET /GlobalExpressCountry](https://md-developer-portal-staging.redocly.app/apis/global-express-entry/address-autocompletion/globalexpresscountryget.md): The GlobalExpressCountry endpoint returns the country names containing the search term in the Country= parameter. Country names in five languages are returned:

- English
- Spanish
- French
- German
- Simplified Chinese.

### Global Express Free Form

 - [GET /GlobalExpressFreeForm](https://md-developer-portal-staging.redocly.app/apis/global-express-entry/address-autocompletion/globalexpressfreeformget.md): The GlobalExpressFreeForm service is provided as a means of retrieving all available address elements using a free form search.

### Global Express Locality & Administrative Area

 - [GET /GlobalExpressLocalityAdministrativeArea](https://md-developer-portal-staging.redocly.app/apis/global-express-entry/address-autocompletion/globalexpresslocalityadministrativeareaget.md): GlobalExpressLocalityAdministrativeArea is provided as a means of retrieving locality and administrative area combinations using the locality name.

### Global Express Postal Code

 - [GET /GlobalExpressPostalCode](https://md-developer-portal-staging.redocly.app/apis/global-express-entry/address-autocompletion/globalexpresspostalcodeget.md): GlobalExpressPostalCode is provided as a convenient method for quickly retrieving locality and administrative area information using the postal code as the input. A subsequent call to GlobalExpressAddress benefits greatly by using the locality and administrative area information from GlobalExpressPostalCode with GlobalExpressLocalityAdministrativeArea.

### Global Express Thoroughfare

 - [GET /GlobalExpressThoroughfare](https://md-developer-portal-staging.redocly.app/apis/global-express-entry/address-autocompletion/globalexpressthoroughfareget.md): GlobalExpressThoroughfare is a means for retrieving the thoroughfares within a Postal Code using the Postal Code and beginning of the thoroughfare name as the inputs.