# How to verify if address is a real address? **URL:** \ **Category:** Ask for Help\ **Created:** [June 16, 2022, 10:38pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-verify-if-address-is-a-real-address/43179 "2022-06-16T22:38:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![moshi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/moshi/32/43745_2.png) [@moshi](https://community.glideapps.com/u/moshi)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2022, 10:38pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-verify-if-address-is-a-real-address/43179/1 "2022-06-16T22:38:03Z")
When the user types in their address is there a way for there to be a dropdown menu of possible addresses and if they enter an address that isn’t real it give an error message? Thank you ---
**Author:** ![gvalero](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/gvalero/32/1037_2.png) [@gvalero](https://community.glideapps.com/u/gvalero)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2022, 11:40pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-verify-if-address-is-a-real-address/43179/2 "2022-06-16T23:40:48Z")
Hola! Pablius and his great APIs has the solution for you: > **[OneSimpleApi.com](https://onesimpleapi.com/docs/email-validation)** > > The first API toolkit designed to save you time, money and stress. A toolbox with all the things you need to get your project to success: PDF generation, Currency Exchange, QR codes, SEO Metadata, Screenshots, and more. Saludos! ---
**Author:** ![moshi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/moshi/32/43745_2.png) [@moshi](https://community.glideapps.com/u/moshi)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2022, 11:43pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-verify-if-address-is-a-real-address/43179/3 "2022-06-16T23:43:03Z")
Does Glide have a way to do it or do I have to resort to a third part application? And also, how would I include the API? ---
**Author:** ![gvalero](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/gvalero/32/1037_2.png) [@gvalero](https://community.glideapps.com/u/gvalero)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2022, 11:48pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-verify-if-address-is-a-real-address/43179/4 "2022-06-16T23:48:41Z")
Hola de nuevo, Glide doesn’t have a native way to do it but using their API plugins you can do it easily but working with an external service. ---
**Author:** ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2022, 12:05am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-verify-if-address-is-a-real-address/43179/5 "2022-06-17T00:05:52Z")
Personally I would not verify an address because there are a lot of ways to represent an address and the API may not catch all those variants to verify it correctly. What I would do is showing them possible real addresses using their input. A free way to do that is using Nominatim. > [@Fetch Column](https://community.glideapps.com/t/fetch-column/31731/13): > > As promised: [[Glide: Fetch Column] ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWrs8bRNyS4) ---
**Author:** ![kabookie](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/kabookie/32/10994_2.png) [@kabookie](https://community.glideapps.com/u/kabookie)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2022, 12:22am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-verify-if-address-is-a-real-address/43179/6 "2022-06-17T00:22:21Z")
Another video from Robert that might be of help: [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/8/7/871a8dc83e6925ef237f26062a4031ddbb8a0e0e.jpeg "Glide: Address Autocomplete") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4a8t7fRhdo4)