README

A Laravel package to look up the German Bundesland (federal state) by postal code (PLZ), optionally verifying the city, using the Zippopotam.us API.

It provides a Facade, global helper, and optional API route — with caching for efficiency.

🚀 Installation

Require the package via Composer:

composer require ialpro/bundesland

⚙️ Configuration

Publish the config (optional):

php artisan vendor:publish --tag=bundesland-config

This will create config/zippopotam.php:

return [
    'base_url'         => env('ZIPPOPOTAM_BASE_URL', 'https://api.zippopotam.us'),
    'country'          => env('ZIPPOPOTAM_COUNTRY', 'de'),
    'timeout'          => (int) env('ZIPPOPOTAM_TIMEOUT', 5),
    'cache_ttl'        => (int) env('ZIPPOPOTAM_CACHE_TTL', 21600), // 6h
    'enable_api_route' => (bool) env('BUNDESLAND_ENABLE_API', false),
];

🧑‍💻 Usage

Using the Facade

use Ialpro\Bundesland\Facades\ZipLookup;

// Get Bundesland directly
$state = ZipLookup::stateByZip('10115'); // "Berlin"

// Full lookup with city check
$res = ZipLookup::lookup('80331', 'München');
if ($res->ok) {
    echo $res->state; // "Bayern"
} else {
    echo $res->message; // e.g. "City does not match ZIP"
}

Using the Helper

$state = bundesland('20095');                // "Hamburg"
$stateWithCheck = bundesland('80331','München'); // "Bayern"

In Blade

<p>ZIP 10115 → {{ bundesland('10115') }}</p>
<p>ZIP 80331 + München → {{ bundesland('80331', 'München') }}</p>

🌐 Optional API Route

Enable in .env:

BUNDESLAND_ENABLE_API=true

This activates:

GET /api/bundesland/{zip}

Example:

GET /api/bundesland/10115
{
  "zip": "10115",
  "state": "Berlin"
}

🧪 Testing

You can test with Orchestra Testbench.