NAME

Geo::Address::Formatter - take structured address data and format it according to the various global/country rules

VERSION

version 1.9986

SYNOPSIS

            

              
              
#
# get the templates (or use your own)
# git clone git@github.com:OpenCageData/address-formatting.git
#
my $GAF = Geo::Address::Formatter->new( conf_path => '/path/to/templates' );
my $components = { ... }
my $text = $GAF->format_address($components, { country => 'FR' } );
my $rh_final_components = $GAF->final_components();
#
# or if we want shorter output
# 
my $short_text = $GAF->format_address($components, { country => 'FR', abbreviate => 1, });
            
          

new

            

              
              
my $GAF = Geo::Address::Formatter->new( conf_path => '/path/to/templates' );
            
          

Returns one instance. The conf_path is required.

Optional parameters are:

debug: prints tons of debugging info for use in development.

no_warnings: turns off a few warnings if configuration is not optimal.

only_address: formatted will only contain known components (will not include POI names). Note, can be overridden with optional param to format_address method.

final_components

            

              
              
my $rh_components = $GAF->final_components();
            
          

returns a reference to a hash of the final components that are set at the completion of format_address. Warns if called before they have been set (unless no_warnings was set at object creation).

format_address

            

              
              
my $text = $GAF->format_address(\%components, \%options );
            
          

Given structured address components (hashref) and options (hashref) returns a formatted address (string).

Possible options are:

            

              
              
'abbreviate', if supplied common abbreviations are applied
to the resulting output.
'address_template', a mustache format template to be used instead of the template
defined in the configuration
'country', which should be an uppercase ISO 3166-1:alpha-2 code
e.g. 'GB' for Great Britain, 'DE' for Germany, etc.
If omitted we try to find the country in the address components.
'only_address', same as only_address global option but set at formatting level
            
          

DESCRIPTION

You have a structured postal address (hash) and need to convert it into a readable address based on the format of the address country.

For example, you have:

            

              
              
{
  house_number => 12,
  street => 'Avenue Road',
  postcode => 45678,
  city => 'Deville'
}
            
          

you need:

            

              
              
Great Britain: 12 Avenue Road, Deville 45678
France: 12 Avenue Road, 45678 Deville
Germany: Avenue Road 12, 45678 Deville
Latvia: Avenue Road 12, Deville, 45678
            
          

It gets more complicated with 200+ countries and territories and dozens more address components to consider.

This module comes with a minimal configuration to run tests. Instead of developing your own configuration please use (and contribute to) those in https://github.com/OpenCageData/address-formatting which includes test cases.

Together we can address the world!

AUTHOR

Ed Freyfogle

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2025 by Opencage GmbH.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.

cpanm Geo::Address::Formatter

perl -MCPAN -e shell
install Geo::Address::Formatter