Show DEV: PostalKit — Python + libpostal for Address Parsing

📰 Dev.to · Jayesh Patel

Learn how to use PostalKit, a Python package for international address parsing and normalization, and improve your address processing workflows

intermediate Published 29 Apr 2026

Action Steps

Install PostalKit using pip: 'pip install postalkit'
Import PostalKit in your Python script: 'import postalkit'
Use the parse_address function to parse an address: 'postalkit.parse_address("123 Main St, Anytown, USA")'
Access the parsed address components: 'address = postalkit.parse_address("123 Main St, Anytown, USA"); print(address.street, address.city, address.state, address.zip)'
Integrate PostalKit into your production workflow to automate address processing

Who Needs to Know This

Developers working on e-commerce, shipping, or data processing applications can benefit from using PostalKit to streamline their address parsing and normalization tasks

Key Insight

💡 PostalKit provides a Pythonic developer experience and cross-platform support for international address parsing and normalization