/// <summary>
/// Validates US Addresses
/// </summary>
/// <param name="address">The Address To Validate</param>
/// <returns>address, validated and optimized if possible</returns>
public static IAddress ValidateAddress(IAddress address)
{
var validateAddresses = true;
var isShippingAddress = address.CanBeParsedAs <ShippingAddress>();
var shippingAddress = new ShippingAddress();
var normalAddress = new Address();
// Turn the address passed in into its correct type
if (isShippingAddress)
{
shippingAddress = address as ShippingAddress;
}
else
{
normalAddress = address as Address;
}
// Ensure that only US addresses are attempted to be validated
if (validateAddresses && address.Country == "US")
{
// Handle shipping addresses and regular addresses differently
if (isShippingAddress)
{
// Convert the shipping address to a normal address
var convertedAddress = new Address(shippingAddress);
// Verify that the newly converted address is valid
var verifyAddressResponse = Exigo.VerifyAddress(convertedAddress);
// if the address can be validated, update and return the shipping address, otherwise return the original shipping address
if (verifyAddressResponse.IsValid)
{
var verifiedAddress = verifyAddressResponse.VerifiedAddress;
shippingAddress.AddressType = verifiedAddress.AddressType;
shippingAddress.Address1 = verifiedAddress.Address1;
shippingAddress.Address2 = verifiedAddress.Address2;
shippingAddress.City = verifiedAddress.City;
shippingAddress.State = verifiedAddress.State;
shippingAddress.Zip = verifiedAddress.Zip;
shippingAddress.Country = verifiedAddress.Country;
return(shippingAddress);
}
else
{
return(address);
}
}
else
{
// Verify that the address is valid
var verifyAddressResponse = Exigo.VerifyAddress(normalAddress);
// if the address can be validated, return the validated address, otherwise return the original address
if (verifyAddressResponse.IsValid)
{
return(verifyAddressResponse.VerifiedAddress);
}
else
{
return(address);
}
}
}
else
{
return(address);
}
}
