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Australian Address Search
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Add typo-tolerant address autocomplete to any Australian app in minutes. Rust-powered. Sub-10ms. 15.8M addresses from the official GNAF dataset. Geocoordinates on every result.

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15.8M
Australian addresses
<10ms
p99 response time
1K
Free requests / day
100%
Hosted in Australia

Built for production

Everything you need to ship reliable Australian address input in your app.

Sub-10ms responses

Tantivy full-text search with mmap'd index and in-process Moka cache. No Redis. No round-trips. 85% of requests served from cache in under 1ms. The remaining 15% hit the index in 5–15ms.

Typo tolerant

"colins st melbn" returns Collins Street Melbourne. Fuzzy matching (Levenshtein distance), phonetic normalisation, and abbreviation expansion (St → Street, Rd → Road, Ave → Avenue) are built in.

Official GNAF data

Built on the Geocoded National Address File — the same dataset used by Australia Post, the ABS, and all state governments. Covers all states, territories, rural addresses, and indigenous communities. Updated monthly.

Lat/lon geocoordinates

Every result includes latitude and longitude accurate to the parcel centroid — no second lookup needed. Growth tier adds reverse geocoding: find the nearest addresses for any lat/lon point.

Address parsing

Decompose any freeform Australian address into unit, level, street number, street name, street type, suburb, state, and postcode. Handles complex formats: unit/lot numbers, ranges, building names.

Simple integration

Standard Bearer token auth. CORS enabled. Gzip compressed. One endpoint for autocomplete, one for validation, one for parsing. Works from any language, framework, or platform.

Who uses DingoFind

Any product that handles Australian addresses benefits from fast, accurate autocomplete.

E-commerce checkout

Autocomplete shipping and billing addresses. Reduce form abandonment. Validate addresses before charging customers.

Field service apps

Tradies, delivery drivers, inspectors — fast address lookup that works even in areas with unusual or new addresses.

SaaS & CRM

Keep address data clean at the point of entry. Parse addresses into structured fields for databases, mailing lists, and analytics.

Property & real estate

Property listings, inspections, rental applications. Add SA1 codes and LGA names for demographic enrichment on Growth tier.

Integrate in minutes

One endpoint. Standard Bearer auth. Returns JSON with addresses and coordinates.

# Autocomplete — returns matching addresses with geocoordinates
curl "https://www.dingofind.com/v1/autocomplete?q=1+george+st+sydney&limit=5" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"

# Response
{
  "suggestions": [
    {
      "full_address": "1 George St Sydney NSW 2000",
      "gnaf_pid":    "GANSW703882303",
      "suburb":      "Sydney",
      "state":       "NSW",
      "postcode":    "2000",
      "latitude":    -33.8688,
      "longitude":   151.2093
    }
  ]
}
// Debounced address autocomplete — drop into any form
async function searchAddress(query) {
  const res = await fetch(
    `https://www.dingofind.com/v1/autocomplete?q=${encodeURIComponent(query)}&limit=5`,
    { headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${YOUR_API_KEY}` } }
  );
  const { suggestions } = await res.json();
  return suggestions;
}

// Each suggestion: full_address, suburb, state, postcode, latitude, longitude
const results = await searchAddress("1 george st syd");
console.log(results[0].full_address); // "1 George St Sydney NSW 2000"
console.log(results[0].latitude);    // -33.8688
import requests

def autocomplete(query: str, api_key: str, limit: int = 5) -> list:
    r = requests.get(
        "https://www.dingofind.com/v1/autocomplete",
        params={"q": query, "limit": limit},
        headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {api_key}"}
    )
    r.raise_for_status()
    return r.json()["suggestions"]

results = autocomplete("1 george st sydney", "YOUR_API_KEY")
for addr in results:
    print(f"{addr['full_address']} ({addr['latitude']}, {addr['longitude']})")
# 1 George St Sydney NSW 2000 (-33.8688, 151.2093)

See full endpoint reference in the API docs →

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$0/forever
1,000 requests / day
  • Autocomplete
  • Address validation
  • Lat/lon geocoordinates
  • Address parsing
  • Enrichment (SA1, LGA)
  • Reverse geocode
  • Batch processing
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$9/mo
10,000 requests / day
  • Autocomplete
  • Address validation
  • Lat/lon geocoordinates
  • Address parsing
  • Enrichment (SA1, LGA)
  • Reverse geocode
  • Batch processing
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$79/mo
500,000 requests / day
  • Autocomplete
  • Address validation
  • Lat/lon geocoordinates
  • Address parsing
  • SA1 + Mesh Block + LGA
  • Reverse geocode
  • Batch (up to 100)
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Frequently asked questions

Everything you need to know before integrating.

What Australian address data does DingoFind use?
DingoFind is built on the Geocoded National Address File (GNAF) — Australia's authoritative address dataset, maintained by PSMA Australia and published under the Open G-NAF licence. It covers all states and territories including rural, remote, and indigenous community addresses. The data is updated monthly from official government sources. GNAF is the same dataset used by Australia Post, the Australian Bureau of Statistics, and every state government for addressing purposes.
How fast is the API really?
The API is written in Rust using the Axum web framework and the Tantivy search engine. All address data is stored in a memory-mapped Tantivy index on the server (no database queries on the hot path). In production: 85% of autocomplete requests are served from an in-memory Moka cache in under 1ms. The remaining 15% hit the Tantivy index directly and return in 5–15ms. The p99 latency is consistently under 15ms on our Oracle Cloud Sydney hardware.
How does typo tolerance work?
DingoFind uses multiple techniques at query time: fuzzy term matching with Levenshtein distance 1 (catches one-character typos), prefix matching for partially-typed words, and an abbreviation expansion table (St → Street, Rd → Road, Ave → Avenue, Hwy → Highway, etc.). Common Australian suburb abbreviations are also expanded. This means a query like "1 colins st melbn" correctly returns "1 Collins Street Melbourne VIC 3000".
What is address enrichment?
Growth and Pro tier responses include additional spatial fields attached to each address: Mesh Block code (ABS 2021 census mesh block), SA1 code (Statistical Area Level 1), LGA name (Local Government Area), and Federal electorate. These are resolved at query time via an in-memory R-tree spatial index — no extra API call required.
Can I validate an address before using it?
Yes. The /v1/validate endpoint checks whether a freeform address string matches a GNAF record and returns a confidence score between 0 and 1. A score of 0.80 or above is considered valid. This is useful for batch validation of address databases or for confirming user input.
Is there a free tier?
Yes — DingoFind has a permanently free tier with 1,000 requests per day. No credit card required. Click "Get free key" above to get started in under a minute. Free tier includes autocomplete, address validation, and geocoordinates on every result.
Where is the data hosted? Is it Australian?
Yes. DingoFind runs entirely on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure in the Sydney region (ap-sydney-1). All address data remains on Australian infrastructure. No data leaves Australian territory.
Can I use this in a commercial product?
Yes. All plans — including the free tier — allow commercial use. The underlying GNAF data is published under the Open G-NAF End User Licence Agreement, which permits commercial use without restriction. See the official GNAF licence for details.

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