canonical: https://jentic.com/apis/swaggerhub.rapidsos-api/address-validation

# Rapidsos Api Address Validation

Uses the Emergency Workflow API to confirm a valid street address for dispatch. <br></br> <strong> MUST FOLLOW [standard mailing requirements](https://www.postgrid.com/formatting-street-addresses/). </strong> Comma delimiter is recommended. The API exposes 1 endpoints secured with bearer authentication.

## For AI agents

Programmatically validate address. Covers 1 operations with bearer authentication.

## Scope

Does not handle payments, crm, or developer tools - use for communications only.

## Capabilities

- Validate Address
- Manage communications data programmatically
- Integrate Address Validation into automated workflows
- Query and filter Address Validation records by parameters
- Monitor Address Validation operational status and events

## Use cases

### Communications Operations

Use the Address Validation to perform communications operations programmatically. The API provides 1 endpoints covering core functionality including validate address.

Example prompt: Call POST /trigger to validate address

### Data Retrieval and Monitoring

Query Address Validation resources on a schedule to track changes, generate alerts, or feed downstream dashboards. Agents poll relevant endpoints, compare against previous state, and trigger actions when thresholds are crossed.

Example prompt: Poll the primary Address Validation endpoint, compare response to last known state, and alert if changed

### AI Agent Integration via Jentic

AI agents discover and call Address Validation endpoints through Jentic without managing credentials directly. An agent searches for the required operation by intent, receives the matching endpoint schema, and executes the call with Jentic-managed authentication. This eliminates the need to read API documentation or handle bearer tokens manually.

Example prompt: Search Jentic for 'validate address', load the operation schema, and execute with Jentic-managed credentials

## Key endpoints

| Method | Path | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| POST | /trigger | Validate Address |

## Key resources

- **Validate Address** — Checks the validity of an address for dispatch

## Why Jentic

- **Setup:** Wiring the Address Validation API by hand means managing its bearer token, choosing between its sandbox and production rapidsos.com hosts, and coding retries yourself. Through Jentic you install once, import the Address Validation API from the API Directory, store the token once, and your agent calls it.
- **Permission scoping:** The Address Validation API carries the address in the request body of a single trigger operation, not in the URL path, so you limit the agent to that operation and leave out anything else. Every operation the agent can call is one you chose to allow.
- **Credential handling:** Your Address Validation token is stored once, encrypted, by your own Jentic One instance and injected at execution time. It never enters the agent's prompt, logs, or context.
- **Discovery method:** Agents search Jentic by intent such as 'validate a street address', and Jentic returns the matching Address Validation operation with its input schema so the agent calls the right endpoint without browsing the reference docs.

## Related APIs

- **Twilio** — Alternative communications API
- **Sendgrid** — Alternative communications API
- **Pusher** — Complementary communications API

## FAQ

### What authentication does the Address Validation use?

The Address Validation uses a Bearer token in the Authorization header. Through Jentic, these credentials are stored encrypted in your Jentic One instance and injected at execution time, so raw secrets never enter the agent context.

### Can I validate address with the Address Validation?

Yes. Use the POST /trigger endpoint. The API returns structured JSON responses that agents can parse and act on directly.

### What are the rate limits for the Address Validation?

Rate limits are not specified in the OpenAPI spec. Check the vendor documentation for current limits. Through Jentic, rate limiting is handled automatically with retry logic built into the execution layer.

### How do I validate address through Jentic?

Install the Jentic SDK with pip install jentic, authenticate through Jentic One, the self-hosted execution layer, then search for 'validate address'. Jentic returns the matching Address Validation operation with its input schema. Load the schema and execute the call - credentials are injected automatically.

### How many endpoints does the Address Validation have?

The Address Validation exposes 1 endpoints covering validate address operations.

### Can I limit what my agent is allowed to do with the Address Validation API?

Yes. The Address Validation API exposes a single POST /trigger operation that takes the address in the request body, so in your own self-hosted Jentic One instance you allow only that trigger operation and leave everything else off. Because you set the rules for which operations and credentials the agent may use, every call the agent can make is one you explicitly permitted. The bearer token is stored once by your Jentic One instance and injected at execution time, so the agent scopes access to just this validation call.