GeoTAX by Location - Precisely Data Integrity Suite

This section describes how to get tax rate for coordinates using the GeoTAX API service. You may want to try it out with a Free Trial Account.

This method will consume credits.

• HTTP Request
  • URL Composition
    • Base URL: https://api.cloud.precisely.com
    • GeoTAX Service:/v1/geo-tax/location
  • Rate Limit (Transactions per second): 200
  • Supported Methods: POST only
  • Input Fields Each request to the API service requires a few parameters, all of which are listed below. All requests require a Bearer token, that can be generated using your account's key-secret. To produce a bearer token for an API request, the generated key-secret combinations are used . The generated token is valid for 3600sec (1 hour) and then it needs to be regenerated.

    The data should be encoded as a JSON array where each element in the array is a JSON object with field names identical to those in the input/output fields listed below.

    Parameter	Description	Example Value
    preferences	Options supported by the GeoTAX Service which include a variety of settings categorized into output, geocoding, matching, and custom. Some of the preferences under geocoding include, defaultBufferWidth, latLongOffset, and many more.	defaultBufferWidth: Set a different default buffer width. Default= The default integer value is 0.
    location	Coordinates of the location.	Longitude: longitude of the location Latitude: latitude of the location "longitude": "-98.401796" "latitude": "34.688726"

  Below is a sample request for GeoTAX by location end point:

  {
     "preferences": {
        "output": {
           "taxDistrict": "SPD",
           "salesTaxRateType": "GENERAL",
           "outputCasing": "MIXED"
        },
        "geocoding": {
           "defaultBufferWidth": 0,
           "latLongOffset": "NONE",
           "squeeze": "NO",
           "latLongAltFormat": "DecimalSign"
        },
        "matching": {
           "matchMode": "CLOSE"
        }
     },
     "location": {
        "longitude": "-98.401796",
        "latitude": "34.688726"
     }
  }