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Best Practices & Known Limitations

Best Practices

To ensure the most accurate and reliable results:

  1. Provide geocoordinates whenever possible: it improves accuracy.
  2. Use Predict only until real-time tracking becomes available.
  3. Refresh Predict whenever the delivery date changes.
  4. Avoid caching results by address: predictions vary per delivery day and are continuously updated.

Testing & Validation

  • Monitor API latency and error codes.
  • Validate with known address samples.
  • For test credentials, contact: customer@bettermile.com

Known Limitations

  • Predict does not predict the delivery date itself: it relies on the estimated delivery date provided in the request.
  • Coverage may be limited in regions without sufficient historical data.
  • Contradictory input data can result in no Predict window being returned.