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REST API for libpostal. Version 1.1.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-13.
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REST API for libpostal
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Commands and aliases
- libpostal-rest
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Project history and usage
libpostal-rest is a small Go REST service that exposes libpostal address parsing and expansion over HTTP. Its history is best understood as a deployment wrapper around the larger libpostal geospatial NLP library.
Project history
The repository documents a Go 1.13+ build, HTTP endpoints for parsing, expansion, and combined expand-and-parse calls, and environment-variable configuration for listen address, logging, and Prometheus metrics. Its go.mod file depends on openvenues/gopostal, the Go binding for libpostal.
Adoption history
The package has a narrow adoption story: it makes libpostal easier to run as a service when callers do not want to link directly to C or language bindings. The related libpostal project has broader adoption for normalizing and parsing international street addresses from open data.
How it is used
Operators run `libpostal-rest` as an HTTP service, then send address strings to `/parser`, `/expand`, or `/expandparser`. Environment variables configure the bind host, port, log format, log level, and optional Prometheus metrics endpoint.
Why package nerds care
The package is useful because libpostal itself has a heavy native build and large model-data footprint. A REST wrapper turns that local native dependency into a network service that other applications can consume with plain HTTP.
Timeline
- 2022-06-17: The GitHub repository lists a public release around this date.
- 2022: The README documents Prometheus metrics and structured logging configuration for the service.
Related projects
- libpostal is the core C address-normalization and parsing library.
- gopostal is the Go binding used by libpostal-rest.
- OpenStreetMap-derived data and libpostal's training pipeline are part of the upstream libpostal ecosystem.
Sources
- https://github.com/johnlonganecker/libpostal-rest
- https://github.com/openvenues/libpostal
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/johnlonganecker/libpostal-rest/master/README.md
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/johnlonganecker/libpostal-rest/master/go.mod
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/openvenues/libpostal/master/README.md
security posture
Risk level: green
library-like package without higher-risk signals.
Risk classifier
green risk · low confidence · appliance
Why
- library-like package without higher-risk signals
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- metadata:library-like
Install behavior
- No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
- Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 8 platform targets.
- Installs with 1 runtime dependencies.
- Build metadata lists 2 build dependencies.
Recommended review
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executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
libpostal-rest | cli | global executable |
freshness
Version and freshness
These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.
page generated2026-07-25
manager version1.1.0
manager updated2026-06-13
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detectedv1.1.0
https://github.com/johnlonganecker/libpostal-rest
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:libpostal-rest |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.1.0 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/libpostal-rest |
| Homepage | https://github.com/johnlonganecker/libpostal-rest |
| Repository | https://github.com/johnlonganecker/libpostal-rest |
| Upstream docs | https://github.com/johnlonganecker/libpostal-rest#readme |
| License | MIT |
| Source archive | https://github.com/johnlonganecker/libpostal-rest/archive/refs/tags/v1.1.0.tar.gz |
| Last updated | 2026-06-13T23:35:04+02:00 |
| Pulse | updated |
| Dependencies | libpostal |
| Build dependencies | go, pkgconf |
| Bottle | available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux) |
| Homebrew post-install | not defined |
| Service | none declared |
registry facts
Source database details
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | libpostal-rest |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 0 |
| Head Version | HEAD |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
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