UkAddressParser

Tool to convert a UK address string into its constituent parts.

So for example:

UkAddressParser.parse 'Flat 1, Bubble House, 12 Long Road, Someton, Worcestershire, WR1 1XX'

Will generate:

{
  flat: "Flat 1",
  house_number: "12",
  building_name: "Bubble House",
  street: "Long Road",
  street2: nil,
  street3: nil,
  town: "Someton",
  county: "Worcestershire",
  postcode:"WR1 1XX"
}

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'uk_address_parser'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install uk_address_parser

This parser was initially built to parse a single set of addresses that had a fairly limited variance in the arrangement of the component parts.

There are some limitations to how it works:

• The parser only works with comma delimited addresses.
• The parser assumes the address is a United Kingdom address and does not search for country

After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. Then, run rake test to run the tests. You can also run bin/console for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.

To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb, and then run bundle exec rake release, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and tags, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/reggieb/uk_address_parser.

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.