LightBox Identifier Linking Together Data Assets

LightBox IDs

Provide identification across a wide range of objects including parcels, structures, addresses, and property records.

Connect data across the LightBox property graph, helping gain comprehensive insights.

Are unique and never reused, allowing you to traverse object changes over time.

LightBox Identifier connecting parcels, addresses, property and structures.

The LightBox ID is used to navigate the LightBox property graph.

Examples:

Using a LightBox Parcel ID - return all addresses on that parcel record.

Using a LightBox Structure ID - return all address on that structure record.

Using a LightBox Parcel ID - return all structures that are on that parcel record.

Using a LightBox Assessment ID - return all addresses related to that assessment record.

LightBox ID in the API

s are found throughout our s. If you have any one of the IDs you can use _on/id endpoints to retrieve data associated with that id.

Note:

While we reference name IDs within this document, our ID fields names have a prefix of _LID (LightBox ID).
When referencing them in our SmartFabric product you will see them with these field names:

ASSESSMENT_LID
PARCEL_LID
ADDRESS_LID
BUILDING_LID
etc.

LightBox API resources that include the LightBox ID

Geocoding

Addresses

Structure footprints

Parcel boundaries

Assessment

Transactions

Location

Pro Tip:

LightBox IDs are not only available through the LightBox APIs. LightBox IDs are also delivered with our data via on-site delivery; this allows the use of the LightBox APIs, and the ability to link resources returned through the back to data that you are storing locally, providing a reliable link mechanism.

LightBox ID in SmartFabric

LightBox IDs are also populated within each of the products. This provides the same ID graph that is found in the APIs and because these IDs are persistent you can use them interchangeably between onsite data and through the .

Pro Tip:

Many of our clients and partners subscribe to a SmartFabric product. They typically have data that they source with address information that they would like to link to the SmartFabric records. To do this they will use the LightBox Geocoder, sending in the address and retrieving the s to achieve this join.

If your data only has a number and no address, don't worry. LightBox has a APN Lookup service that will also return the s.

LightBox Identifier

Introduction

LightBox API resources that include the LightBox ID

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