Tax Cloud API improperly drops leading 0's from zip codes.

gistfile1.txt

- request:
    method: post
    uri: https://api.taxcloud.net/1.0/TaxCloud.asmx
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        Main Street</ins0:Address1><ins0:Address2 xsi:nil="true"/><ins0:City>Burlington</ins0:City><ins0:State>AL</ins0:State><ins0:Zip5>05401</ins0:Zip5></ins0:origin><ins0:destination><ins0:Address1>128
        State St</ins0:Address1><ins0:Address2></ins0:Address2><ins0:City>Montpelier</ins0:City><ins0:State>AL</ins0:State><ins0:Zip5>05433</ins0:Zip5><ins0:Zip4
        xsi:nil="true"/></ins0:destination></ins0:Lookup></env:Body></env:Envelope>
    headers:
      Soapaction:
      - '"http://taxcloud.net/Lookup"'
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      Accept-Encoding:
      - gzip;q=1.0,deflate;q=0.6,identity;q=0.3
      Accept:
      - '*/*'
      User-Agent:
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  response:
    status:
      code: 200
      message: OK
    headers:
      Cache-Control:
      - private, max-age=0
      Content-Type:
      - text/xml; charset=utf-8
      Server:
      - Microsoft-IIS/7.0
      X-Aspnet-Version:
      - 4.0.30319
      X-Powered-By:
      - TaxCloud
      Date:
      - Sun, 18 Aug 2013 20:29:24 GMT
      Content-Length:
      - '560'
    body:
      encoding: UTF-8
      string: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"
        xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"><soap:Body><LookupResponse
        xmlns="http://taxcloud.net"><LookupResult><ResponseType>Error</ResponseType><Messages><ResponseMessage><ResponseType>Error</ResponseType><Message>The
        Ship To zip code (5433) is not valid for this state (AL)</Message></ResponseMessage></Messages><CartItemsResponse
        /></LookupResult></LookupResponse></soap:Body></soap:Envelope>
    http_version: 
  recorded_at: Sun, 18 Aug 2013 20:29:24 GMT
recorded_with: VCR 2.5.0

Good morning,

The missing leading 0 on the zip code is a cosmetic error. The issue with this Lookup request is that both the origin and destination zip codes (05401 and 05433) are located in the state of Vermont. However, the state referenced the Lookup call is AL (Alabama). The error message is correct.

This error would have been caught if the VerifyAddress API call were used.

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