ANZSIC code search

Search

The search service is available at this URL:

https://industrycoder.abs.gov.au/pocc

The service takes a single parameter s which is a string containing your search terms separated by spaces.

The service will return an array of JSON objects, ordered by relevance and limited to 20 results.

Field	Description
code	The 5-digit ANZSIC category code
parsedText	Unparsed text modified to allow efficient searching. This is what the query terms have been searched against
unparsedText	The natural language description of the ANZSIC category
score	Weighted closeness score, a decimal value between 0 and 10
rank	Integer closeness ranking within the results

Example code

Here is a basic example webpage that uses AJAX to query the service and display the results.

Note that in this example, on the the 'code' and 'unparsedText' fields are displayed.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
    <title>PoCC Search</title>
</head>
<body>
    <div>
        <h2>Search for a Classification</h2>
        <input type="text" id="search" size="20" />
        <input type="button" id="searchButton" value="Search" onclick="find();" />
        <ol id="results" />
    </div>
    <script src="https://ajax.aspnetcdn.com/ajax/jQuery/jquery-2.0.3.min.js"></script>
    <script>
        var uri = 'https://industrycoder.abs.gov.au/pocc?s=';
    function formatItem(item) {
            return item.code + ": " + item.unparsedText;
    }
    function find() {
      var id = $('#search').val();
      $.getJSON(uri + id)
          .done(function (data) {
              $('#results').text(''); //clear previous search results
              $.each(data, function (key, item) {
                  $('<li>', { text : formatItem(item) }).appendTo($('#results'));
              });
          })
          .fail(function (jqXHR, textStatus, err) {
            window.alert('Error: ' + err);
          });
    }
    </script>
    <script>
        $('#search').keyup(function(event) {
            if (event.keyCode === 13) {
                $('#searchButton').click();
            }
        });
    </script>
</body>
</html>

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