2023Q4.1 API Minor release and 202312 Data release Notes
The setup wizard for the Local API can be obtained from our SFTP server. Please contact your account manager to retrieve the SFTP information. If you do not know who your account manager is, please contact the support team at support@loqate.com.
Note: If you are using the command line to connect to the SFTP server, you will need to use ‘sftp user@site’ format instead of just ‘sftp site’.
The 2023 Q4.1 Minor Release makes improvements to the verification process and the quality of the results. These enhancements are tied to both the data and the API so please update both if possible.
Loqate has resolved several data related support cases as part of this release and details can be found in the Data Release Notes.
If you need any assistance with the upgrade of the API or the data update process, please contact GBG Loqate Support. The md5checksum can be used to help ensure the data packs have been fully downloaded. If you would like to see a list of md5checksums for this release please visit the md5 hash value guide or contact your account manager.
API Notices
There are three customer fixes to our API this release along with four internal engine improvements. Details of these are available in the API Release Notes via the link below.
202312 Data Notices
This release includes data updates for 32 countries. – These include regular refreshes for CA, GB, DE, AU, GY, JE, IM and updates for AE, AR, AT, BE, BG, BR, CH, CL, DO, ES, FI, FR, GR, HK, IT, JP, KR, LT, LU, MO, MX, NL, NO, SA, SE, SG, TR, ZA.
Please see the Data Release Notes below for details on these updates and any significant data changes.
We have resolved several data related support cases as part of this release and details of these can be found in the below release notes.
API Release Notes
- To download a PDF version of the API Release Notes, please click here
- To download a DOCX version of the API Release Notes, please click here
Data Release Notes
- To download a PDF version of the Data Release Notes, please click here
- To download a DOCX version of the Data Release Notes, please click here
Geographic Hierarchy Release Notes
- To download a PDF version of the Geographic Hierarchy (Seed) Release Notes, please click here
- To download a DOCX version of the Geographic Hierarchy (Seed) Release Notes, please click here
Additional Information
For a list of resolved support cases, please click here
A list of supported platforms for this release can be found here
The information on the SFTP file contents for the release is available here
The installation instructions are available here