expostal

An Elixir binding for libpostal, the statistical NLP library that parses and normalizes street addresses worldwide, wired through a native implemented function.

expostal is an Elixir binding for libpostal, a library for parsing and normalizing street addresses around the world, powered by statistical natural language processing and open geo data. The README keeps its opening to one line and lets libpostal carry the explanation. The binding is the Elixir interface to that library, and the project description adds nothing beyond that framing. The description and the README agree on the division: libpostal does the parsing, expostal exposes it to Elixir.

A tutorial link explains how to write Elixir and Erlang native implemented functions, which is the mechanism expostal uses to call the C based libpostal library. The NIF approach is what lets an Elixir package invoke the underlying C code for address parsing, and the link gives developers background if they want to extend it. It is a one link reference, enough to point at how the bridge works without documenting it inline. The tutorial is linked rather than reproduced, so the README stays short.

Documentation is available on hexdocs for expostal, or can be generated locally with mix docs, the standard Elixir workflow. The README does not spell out the API surface, instead pointing to the hosted docs. Users can pick whichever path suits them, hosted docs or local generation. What the repository offers is the binding and the route to the library's address handling capabilities, with the docs page carrying the details and the README keeping itself to a summary.

• Source 1 · Project repository
• Source 2 · README