Geo code API Response for below postal code 63126

Question

Is there any chance to change the Geocode API Response for below postal code 63126, as it is resulting in the same response for both short_name and long_name for locality political.

Please check the expected data for both long_name and short_name

{
               "long_name" : "St. Louis",
               "short_name" : "St. Louis",
               "types" : [ "locality", "political" ]
},

https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?address=63126&key=(useyourkey)

{
   "results" : [
      {
         "address_components" : [
            {
               "long_name" : "63126",
               "short_name" : "63126",
               "types" : [ "postal_code" ]
            },
            {
               "long_name" : "St. Louis",
               "short_name" : "St. Louis",
               "types" : [ "locality", "political" ]
            },
            {
               "long_name" : "St. Louis County",
               "short_name" : "St Louis County",
               "types" : [ "administrative_area_level_2", "political" ]
            },
            {
               "long_name" : "Missouri",
               "short_name" : "MO",
               "types" : [ "administrative_area_level_1", "political" ]
            },
            {
               "long_name" : "United States",
               "short_name" : "US",
               "types" : [ "country", "political" ]
            }

betofarina betofarina · Accepted Answer · 2018-01-18T09:26:00

There is no way to change the API response, but you can report a bug or a feature request in https://developers.google.com/issue-tracker/

Although I do not see anything wrong with the response. short_name and long_name are the same for locality political because there is no shorter nor longer way for St. Louis.

Geo code API Response for below postal code 63126

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