Finding the CEP (brazilian zip code) of a complete address

Código de Endereçamento Postal (Postal Addressing Code) is the
Brazilian postal code system commonly known as CEP.

WikiPedia

There are several services and libraries that can get an address by providing a CEP number. This repository works the other way around, the input is a complete address and the matching CEP number is the output.

Correios official website endpoint is not available anymore

When I first wrote this piece of code, the Correios website allowed to search for a CEP using its complete address. This is not possible anymore as you can see on this page (the original endpoint):

http://www.buscacep.correios.com.br/sistemas/buscacep/resultadoBuscaCep.cfm

I'm currently using the Mapacep website for the requests.

https://www.mapacep.com.br/

Running an example

1. Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/rodrigobercini/CEP-por-endereco-completo.git

2. Install the requirements via pip:

pip install -r requirements.txt

3. Run the example file:

python example.py

Package in PyPI

The package currently available in PyPI is outdaded. I haven't created a CI/CD pipeline when I first uploaded the library and I don't have time to update the files there. Also, I've made some structural changes to the methods and I don't want to break people's projects (even though I highly doubt there is someone using this library).