In Typedown searching, users start by typing the most general address element (for example, in the United Kingdom this can be a postcode, county, town or locality) and, once that has been found, they move on to more specific parts of the address.
Pro API searches on the string that the user enters, which can be as little as one character. With Typedown searching, Pro API will always look for an exact match first. If an exact match is found, and other close matches are below the match threshold, all of the matches are returned. However, if the number of close matches exceed the match threshold, only exact matches are returned.
Users can use any mixture of upper and lower case characters, as the Typedown engine does not differentiate between upper and lower case text. Also users do not need to include spaces, as Typedown searching ignores them.
If users know the postcode or ZIP Code for an address, it is usually faster and more efficient to use this as a search item rather than to use other address elements, such as a town name. There is no need to insert the hyphen between the ZIP Code and ZIP+4 in United States addresses.
If the user misspells any address element in Typedown searching, Pro API will not be able to find it. If users are uncertain of the spelling of an address, they should use the Single Line searching method instead.
If you type in a place or street level combination which does not match anything in the dataset, a 'No Matches' message appears in the Results area. Incorrect text can be deleted with the Backspace key.