Introducing the Postal Codes API

What is new

We have added a Postal Codes API to the UniApplyForMe Data platform. The same data that previously powered postalcode.apply.org.za is now available as a structured REST API endpoint, giving developers direct programmatic access to South African postal code data.

What changed

The standalone postal code lookup tool at postalcode.apply.org.za has been consolidated into the UniApplyForMe Data platform. The data is the same, the coverage is the same, but it is now accessible via API with filtering, pagination, and search capabilities that the old tool did not offer.

What is included

The Postal Codes API gives you access to the complete South African postal code dataset:

Street codes and box codes for every suburb
Fuzzy search by suburb name
Exact code lookup by numeric postal code
Area filtering by city or region name
Paginated results with up to 100 per page

Endpoints

GET /v1/postal-codes

GET /v1/postal-codes/{suburbOrCode}

Quick example

const res = await fetch(
  'https://api.apply.org.za/v1/postal-codes?search=sandton',
  { headers: { 'X-API-Key': 'uafm_live_your_token' } }
)
const { data } = await res.json()

Which plan

The Postal Codes API is available on the Free plan. No upgrade required.

Looking up your postal code

Not a developer? You can still look up your postal code at data.apply.org.za/postal-codes.

Documentation

Full documentation is available at data.apply.org.za/docs/endpoints/postal-codes.