postcode_lookup

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Resolve a UK postcode to its geography — coordinates, local authority, ward, constituency, LSOA/MSOA/output area, police force, rural-urban class and deprivation rank. One fast call with no downstream data fetching. Use it to check a postcode exists, to get the codes needed for other datasets, or when you only need where somewhere is rather than what it is like. Args: - postcode (string): UK postcode, spaces optional - response_format ('markdown' | 'json'): default 'markdown' Returns: Coordinates, administrative geography, statistical geography codes (LSOA/MSOA/OA — these are the keys most UK open datasets are published against), and the deprivation rank with the index it came from. Examples: - "Where is SW11 1AA?" -> postcode="SW11 1AA" - "What LSOA covers M1 1AE?" -> postcode="M1 1AE" - "Is XY1 2AB a real postcode?" -> postcode="XY1 2AB" (returns an error with suggestions) Don't use when: you want data about the area — use postcode_report instead. Note: deprivation ranks are NOT comparable between UK nations. Each nation ranks its own areas against its own index, over a different number of areas; the index and its size are returned so you do not compare them by mistake.