Changelog

Track every APITier product release, new API launch, bug fix, and breaking change. Updated with each deployment.

2025-04MCP Server GA + AI Agent Platform Launch

NewMCP Server released — all APITier APIs now available as MCP tools for Claude, Cursor, and Windsurf.
NewAddress Agent API launched — AI-powered address enrichment with fraud scoring and delivery risk, powered by Royal Mail PAF and Claude AI.
NewLead Validate Agent — score leads 0–100 with email, phone, Companies House, and postcode checks in a single call.
NewDirector Search Agent — research UK directors with full appointment history and risk flags.
NewBusiness Verify Agent — real-time Companies House due diligence with structured risk scoring.
NewKYC Agent solution page — combined Companies House + director search + address validation workflow.
NewAPI Catalog (public) — statically generated detail pages for every API with full SEO and JSON-LD structured data.
ImprovedPortal rewritten in Next.js App Router with full SSR metadata, open graph tags, and sitemap generation.
Newllms.txt and llms-full.txt published for AI/LLM discoverability.

2024-Q4Credit-Based Pricing & New Verification APIs

NewCredit-based pricing model launched — pay per API call with no monthly subscription required for most APIs.
NewUser Agent Validation API added — parse and classify browser user agent strings.
NewData Conversion API added — convert between XML, JSON, CSV, and YAML formats.
NewWeb to PDF API added — convert any URL to a downloadable PDF.
ImprovedVAT Validation API updated to support UK HMRC API for post-Brexit GB-prefix VAT numbers.
ImprovedPhone Validation API — carrier data refresh for improved VoIP detection accuracy.

2024-Q2Web Content APIs & Barcode Formats

NewWeb Scraping API — JavaScript-rendered content extraction launched.
NewWeb Screenshot API — full-page URL screenshot capture.
NewWeb to Text API — clean text extraction from any web page.
NewBarcode Generator API — added PDF417, DataMatrix, and Codabar formats. Now supports 20+ formats.
NewQR Code API — added logo overlay support and SVG output.
ImprovedAddress Autosuggest API — response latency reduced by 40% via improved caching layer.

2024-Q1Geocoding & UPRN APIs

NewUK Rooftop Geocoding API launched — latitude and longitude at rooftop precision for any UK address.
NewUPRN Lookup API launched — returns the Unique Property Reference Number for any UK address.
NewIndia Pincode API launched — state, district, taluk, and post office lookup by Indian pincode.
ImprovedUK Postcode Lookup API — Royal Mail PAF dataset updated to January 2024 refresh.
FixedEmail Validation API — fixed false-positive SMTP unreachable result for certain Outlook-hosted domains.

2023Platform Foundation

NewUK Postcode Lookup API — initial release with Royal Mail PAF data.
NewUK Address Lookup API — partial address search across all PAF records.
NewUK Address Autosuggest API — real-time address autocomplete.
NewEmail Validation API — syntax, MX, SMTP, and disposable email detection.
NewPhone Validation API — international number parsing with carrier and line type detection.
NewVAT Validation API — EU VIES validation for all member states.
NewBarcode Generator API — Code128, EAN-13, EAN-8, UPC-A, Code39, ITF.
NewQR Code Generator API — URL and text encoding with customisable colours.
NewDeveloper portal launched — dashboard, API key management, credit usage tracking.

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