Standard structure geocode.xyz of Germany is different

[ametad]

Some time ago (I am not sure how long ago, could be a year already), the response of German geocodes from postal codes, are changed in structure. The standard key is now missing!

We did not found out before because a lot of responses are cached at our side. But lately when we try to fetch responses of not cached German geocodes, we see the structure is totally different than before.

Examples:

We fetch gecodes mainly from: NL (Holland), DE (Germany), BE (Belgium), PL (Poland) and UK (United Kingdom).

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BE
GET https://geocode.xyz/?locate=8000&region=BE&geoit=json

Response:

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JSON

{
  "standard": {
    "addresst": "420 Blankenbergse Steenweg",
    "stnumber": "420",
    "statename": "BE",
    "region": "BE",
    "postal": "8000",
    "city": "Brugge",
    "prov": "BE",
    "countryname": "Belgium",
    "confidence": "0.3"
  },
  "longt": "3.22372",
  "alt": {},
  "elevation": {},
  "remaining_credits": "4922",
  "latt": "51.21778"

2024-10-23T112813.200.json

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NL
GET https://geocode.xyz/?locate=1024AB&region=NL&geoit=json

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JSON

{
  "standard": {
    "addresst": "57 Jisperveldstraat",
    "stnumber": "57",
    "statename": "Noord-Holland",
    "region": "Noord-Holland",
    "postal": "1024AB",
    "city": "Amsterdam",
    "prov": "NL",
    "countryname": "Netherlands",
    "confidence": "0.3"
  },
  "longt": "4.94923",
  "alt": {
    "loc": {
      "streets": {
        "street_address": {
          "staddress": "Jisperveldstraat",
          "stnumber": "43-57"
        }
      },
      "longt": "4.94923",
      "city": "Amsterdam",
      "cc": "15",
      "region": "Noord-Holland",
      "latt": "52.39677"
    }
  },
  "elevation": {},
  "remaining_credits": "4920",
  "latt": "52.39677"
}

2024-10-23T113203.200.json

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PL

GET https://geocode.xyz/?locate=66-220&region=PL&geoit=json

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JSON

{
  "standard": {
    "addresst": "1 Bolesława Chrobrego",
    "stnumber": "1",
    "statename": "PL",
    "region": "PL",
    "postal": "66220",
    "city": "Łagów",
    "prov": "PL",
    "countryname": "Poland",
    "confidence": "0.2"
  },
  "longt": "15.29103",
  "alt": {
    "loc": {
      "streets": {},
      "longt": "15.29103",
      "city": "Łagów",
      "cc": "472",
      "region": "PL",
      "latt": "52.33365"
    }
  },
  "elevation": {},
  "remaining_credits": "4917",
  "latt": "52.33365"
}

2024-10-23T114408.200.json

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DE

GET https://geocode.xyz/?locate=49808&region=DE&geoit=json

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JSON

{
  "statename": {},
  "distance": "0.020",
  "elevation": "25",
  "osmtags": {
    "wikipedia": "de:Lingen (Ems)",
    "wikidata": "Q4185",
    "population": "51177",
    "name_prefix": "Stadt",
    "de_regionalschluessel": "034540032032",
    "name": "Lingen (Ems)",
    "de_amtlicher_gemeindeschluessel": "03454032",
    "admin_level": "8",
    "boundary": "administrative",
    "type": "boundary"
  },
  "state": "Niedersachsen",
  "latt": "52.52864",
  "city": "Lingen",
  "prov": "DE",
  "intersection": {
    "distance": "0.058",
    "xlat": "52.527995",
    "xlon": "7.305475",
    "street2": "Am Kanaldamm",
    "street1": "Horstweg"
  },
  "geocode": "LINGEN-ETDPS",
  "geonumber": "3073226999068",
  "country": "Germany",
  "stnumber": "1",
  "staddress": "Am Kanaldamm",
  "inlatt": "52.5284565520948",
  "alt": {
    "loc": [
      {
        "staddress": "Am Kanaldamm",
        "stnumber": "1",
        "postal": "49808",
        "latt": "52.52864",
        "city": "Lingen",
        "prov": "Niedersachsen",
        "longt": "7.30583",
        "class": {}
      },
      {
        "staddress": "Am Kanaldamm",
        "stnumber": "1",
        "postal": "49808",
        "dist": "0.020",
        "latt": "52.52864",
        "city": "Lingen",
        "prov": "Niedersachsen",
        "longt": "7.30583",
        "class": {}
      },
      {
        "staddress": "Horstweg",
        "stnumber": "11",
        "postal": "49808",
        "dist": "0.037",
        "latt": "52.52815",
        "city": "Lingen",
        "prov": "DE",
        "longt": "7.30605",
        "class": {}
      },
      {
        "staddress": "Horstweg",
        "stnumber": "17",
        "postal": "49808",
        "dist": "0.041",
        "latt": "52.52833",
        "city": "Lingen",
        "prov": "DE",
        "longt": "7.30529",
        "class": {}
      }
    ]
  },
  "timezone": "Europe/Berlin",
  "region": "Lower Saxony",
  "postal": "49808",
  "longt": "7.30583",
  "remaining_credits": "4921",
  "confidence": "0.9",
  "inlongt": "7.30584746465489",
  "class": {},
  "adminareas": {
    "admin6": {
      "wikipedia": "de:Landkreis Emsland",
      "source": "http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Import/Catalogue/Kreisgrenzen_Deutschland_2005",
      "de_regionalschluessel": "03454",
      "TMC_cid_58_tabcd_1_LocationCode": "400",
      "name_ru": "Эмсланд",
      "TMC_cid_58_tabcd_1_LCLversion": "8.00",
      "boundary": "administrative",
      "license_plate_code": "EL",
      "admin_title": "Landkreis",
      "wikidata": "Q5936",
      "TMC_cid_58_tabcd_1_Class": "Area",
      "name": "Landkreis Emsland",
      "de_amtlicher_gemeindeschluessel": "03454",
      "admin_level": "6",
      "level": "6",
      "type": "boundary",
      "border_type": "county",
      "name_fr": "Pays de l'Ems (arrondissement)"
    },
    "admin8": {
      "wikipedia": "de:Lingen (Ems)",
      "wikidata": "Q4185",
      "population": "51177",
      "name_prefix": "Stadt",
      "de_regionalschluessel": "034540032032",
      "name": "Lingen (Ems)",
      "de_amtlicher_gemeindeschluessel": "03454032",
      "admin_level": "8",
      "level": "8",
      "boundary": "administrative",
      "type": "boundary"
    }
  },
  "altgeocode": "LINGEN-ETDPS"
}

2024-10-23T113047.200.json

Question

Can the German geocode please get the same default key in the response data structure?