Represents a postal address in a country.
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Represents a postal address in a country.
The address format is based on an open-source library from Google. For more information, see AddressValidationMetadata. This format has dedicated fields for four address components: postal code, locality (city), administrative district (state, prefecture, or province), and sublocality (town or village). These components have dedicated fields in the Address object because software sometimes behaves differently based on them. For example, sales tax software may charge different amounts of sales tax based on the postal code, and some software is only available in certain states due to compliance reasons.
For the remaining address components, the Address type provides the address_line_1 and address_line_2 fields for free-form data entry. These fields are free-form because the remaining address components have too many variations around the world and typical software does not parse these components. These fields enable users to enter anything they want.
Note that, in the current implementation, all other Address type fields are blank. These include address_line_3, sublocality_2, sublocality_3, administrative_district_level_2, administrative_district_level_3, first_name, last_name, and organization.
When it comes to localization, the seller's language preferences (see Language preferences) are ignored for addresses. Even though Square products (such as Square Point of Sale and the Seller Dashboard) mostly use a seller's language preference in communication, when it comes to addresses, they will use English for a US address, Japanese for an address in Japan, and so on.
The first line of the address.
Fields that start with address_line provide the address's most specific details, like street number, street name, and building name. They do not provide less specific details like city, state/province, or country (these details are provided in other fields).
A civil entity within the address's country. In the US, this is the state.
A civil entity within the address's administrative_district_level_1. In the US, this is the county.
A civil entity within the address's administrative_district_level_2, if any.