# Mikud Check: Israeli address validation API: official city and street and house number, with 7-digit zip codes only once Israel Post approves.

> Mikud Check is an API and checkout plugin that matches Israeli addresses against the official settlement and street lists of Israel's Population and Immigration Authority, including unofficial spellings and English input. The 7-digit zip code (mikud) will come only from Israel Post's address file, and only after Israel Post approves its use in the service in writing. We do not have that approval yet, and until we do, the Store and Developer plans are half price. An address without a confident match is flagged, never guessed.

- Page: https://rotomal.com/en/mikud-api/
- Category: Addresses and delivery
- Language: en
- Billing: subscription
- From: ₪19 per month
- Request (free, no card): https://rotomal.com/en/mikud-api/request/

- Autocomplete from 1,316 settlements and 63,662 street records in the official lists (as of the 1 November 2026 update); a street is only offered if it exists in the chosen city
- Input in English or Hebrew (Petah Tikva, Rishon LeZion) returns the official Hebrew name, the official Latin settlement name, settlement and street codes, and a consistent street transliteration
- House number check: missing numbers, ranges, entrance letters, apartments and PO boxes are split into fields, and settlements where Israel Post delivers to boxes are marked

## Why Israeli addresses are hard to validate

Customers type "TLV" or "Petah Tikva", while the official list says TEL AVIV - YAFO and PETAH TIQWA, and the local courier searches in Hebrew anyway. House numbers go missing and old 5-digit zip codes get copied from saved profiles. The result: a call from the driver, a second attempt or a parcel back at your warehouse.

We found no public, documented Israel Post API for looking up a zip code by address: there is a lookup form on its website, and a full address file sold under a restrictive licence. Google's Address Validation API does not list Israel. So developers keep writing unofficial wrappers around the Israel Post form, which break whenever the site changes.

Mikud Check uses sources that can actually be used: the government's open settlement and street lists, and zip codes only if Israel Post approves the use of its address file in the service in writing.

- According to the contract template Israel Post released in response to a 2019 freedom-of-information request, its address file (settlements, streets, house numbers, PO boxes and zip codes) costs ₪8,000 plus VAT (₪9,000 with the synonyms file), a monthly update costs ₪1,250. Third-party software that does anything other than show zip codes on a map needs prior written approval, and separating the zip codes into a new zip file is prohibited. (source: https://www.odata.org.il/dataset/056677d1-d3aa-43e5-9291-9ae77bf2af9f)
- Google's Address Validation API coverage list has 40 countries and regions, and Israel is not one of them (checked 7 November 2026). (source: https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/address-validation/coverage)
- Israel's Population and Immigration Authority publishes its settlement list on data.gov.il for free public use: 1,316 settlements, almost all with an official Latin name, such as RISHON LEZIYYON (last updated 1 November 2026). (source: https://data.gov.il/dataset/citiesandsettelments)

## How it works

1. **Connect.** Get an API key, or install the WooCommerce plugin or the Shopify app. We set up your account within 2 business days.
2. **Customer types.** The city field suggests settlements from the official list; once a city is chosen, only its streets are offered. Free-text addresses go to the validation endpoint.
3. **Get a structured answer.** JSON with official Hebrew city and street, the Latin settlement name, codes, the parsed house number, the zip code (after Israel Post approval) and a status: valid, corrected, incomplete or not found.
4. **Decide what happens.** For each status you choose: accept, ask the customer to fix it, or tag the order for review.

## Features

- **City and street autocomplete.** Suggestions as the customer types, in Hebrew or English. Streets are offered only within the selected city: Rothschild Boulevard in Tel Aviv - Yafo and in Bat Yam are different streets.
- **Spelling normalisation.** TLV, Tel Aviv and Tel Aviv Jaffa all return Tel Aviv - Yafo with settlement code 5000. The original input is kept next to the correction.
- **7-digit zip code.** Will come only from Israel Post's address file, and only after Israel Post approves its use in the service in writing; until then the field is off. Without a confident match the field comes back empty with a reason, not with a nearby code.
- **House number check.** Detects missing numbers, ranges like 12-14, entrances, apartments and PO boxes, and marks settlements where Israel Post delivers to boxes.
- **Hebrew and English output.** The official Latin settlement name, plus a street transliteration marked as such, since there is no open official English street list.
- **WooCommerce and Shopify.** WooCommerce: autocomplete and validation at checkout. Shopify Plus: validation inside checkout. Other Shopify plans: validation right after the order, with a tag and a fix link for the customer.

## Who it's for

- **International stores shipping to Israel.** Addresses typed in English that need the official Hebrew form and a zip code.
- **Israeli online stores.** Shipping with Israel Post, HFD, Cheetah or other couriers and tired of parcels coming back.
- **Developers and agencies.** One endpoint for Israeli addresses instead of an unofficial wrapper around the Israel Post website.
- **Warehouses and 3PLs.** Consistent addresses with settlement and street codes before labels are printed.

## Works with

WooCommerce, Shopify (Plus in checkout, other plans after the order), REST API (JSON), Webhooks, Population and Immigration Authority lists (data.gov.il), Israel Post address file (only after written approval, not yet live)

## Pricing

Monthly plans, cancel any time, prices in shekels before VAT. Lite covers 500 checks a month for ₪19. Founding customer pricing. Zip codes are not live yet: they need Israel Post's written approval to use its address file in a service like this, and we do not have that approval today. Until it is in place, Store and Developer are half price (₪24.50 and ₪74.50 a month) and do not include zip codes. We tell you in writing before zip codes are switched on and before the full price applies. For comparison, Shopify apps for Israeli address autocomplete start at $15 to $29.90 a month and are for Shopify Plus (checked 7 November 2026).

| Plan | Price | Includes |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Lite | ₪19 per month | 500 checks a month; City and street autocomplete; Spelling normalisation; House number check; One API key |
| Store | ₪49 per month | 10,000 checks a month; Everything in Lite; 7-digit zip code (only after Israel Post approval); WooCommerce plugin or Shopify app; Hebrew and English output; 90-day change log |
| Developer | ₪149 per month | 50,000 checks a month; Up to 1,000 addresses per call; Up to 5 sites or keys; Webhooks; Email support within one business day; Extra checks ₪15 per 1,000 |

## Compared with the alternatives

- **Israel Post zip code lookup.** Free and official, one address at a time. We found no documented public API; open-source wrappers around it are unofficial.
- **Israel Post address file.** The official source. Per the published 2019 contract: ₪8,000 plus VAT, paid updates (₪1,250 per monthly update) and prior written approval for any third-party software beyond map display.
- **im•api and CompleteIt on Shopify.** Israeli checkout autocomplete apps, listed for Shopify Plus stores. im•api uses government data, from $29.90 a month; CompleteIt uses Google with your own Google Maps key, $15 a month. Neither listing mentions zip codes.
- **Smarty and GeoPostcodes.** Smarty sells international address verification from $95 a month, with a free 42-day trial of 100 lookups. GeoPostcodes licenses postal code and address validation data per country, on quote. Check each vendor's Israel coverage; both suit global data teams.

## Security and data

- Addresses are encrypted in transit (TLS 1.2 or later) and at rest.
- The change log is kept 90 days, or not at all if you choose.
- We never sell or share your customers' addresses.
- If Israel Post approves, its address file stays with us and is never passed on, as its contract requires.
- All data is deleted within 7 days of cancelling, or sooner on request.

## Your first week

Start on Lite, check 200 of your real addresses, then connect your checkout.

- Day 1: API key and Lite plan. Send 200 past addresses for a report.
- Day 2–3: Plugin or app installed in watch mode: tags only, no blocked orders.
- Day 4–6: Rules agreed: accept, ask the customer to fix, or hold.
- Day 7: Validation live and your first weekly summary.

## FAQ

### Is there an official Israel Post zip code API?

We found no public, documented one. Israel Post offers a lookup form on its website and sells its address file under licence. Mikud Check does not scrape the Israel Post website.

### Where do the zip codes come from, and are they always right?

Only from Israel Post's address file, and only if Israel Post approves its use in the service in writing. We do not have that approval yet, and Israel Post may also ask you to sign its own undertaking, as its published contract template does. That contract says Israel Post is not responsible for the accuracy of the data, so we do not promise a correct zip code for every address. Without a confident match you get a not-found status, never a guess.

### What works before zip codes are active?

Autocomplete, validation, spelling normalisation, the house number check and Hebrew and English output, all built on the open government lists. Until Israel Post approves zip codes, Store and Developer are half price and have no zip codes, and we tell you in writing before anything changes.

### Will a validated parcel always be delivered?

Mikud Check is address validation software, not a courier. Clean addresses cut errors, but each courier's own acceptance and delivery rules still apply.

### Do I get English street names?

Settlement names come from the official list. Streets have no open official English list, so we return a marked transliteration next to the Hebrew name.

### What counts as a check?

One full address validated. Autocomplete suggestions do not count as checks; extra checks on Store and Developer cost ₪15 per 1,000.

## Guides

- [Israel zip code format: 7 digits, explained](https://rotomal.com/en/mikud-api/israel-zip-code-format/): Israeli postal codes (mikud) have 7 digits. How the format works, where it goes in an English address, how to look one up, and common mistakes.

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