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// This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
// See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

Chilkat.Http http = new Chilkat.Http();
bool success;

// Use this online tool to generate code from sample JSON: Generate Code to Create JSON

// The following JSON is sent in the request body.

// {
//   "text": "I need to send a package to my friend Amanda Miller’s house at 525 Winchester Blvd in San Jose (that's california, obviously). The zip code there is 95128.",
//   "address": {
//     "country_code": "US"
//   }
// }

Chilkat.JsonObject json = new Chilkat.JsonObject();
json.UpdateString("text","I need to send a package to my friend Amanda Miller’s house at 525 Winchester Blvd in San Jose (that's california, obviously). The zip code there is 95128.");
json.UpdateString("address.country_code","US");

http.SetRequestHeader("API-Key","{{API_KEY}}");
http.SetRequestHeader("Content-Type","application/json");

Chilkat.HttpResponse resp = http.PostJson3("https://api.shipengine.com/v1/addresses/recognize","application/json",json);
if (http.LastMethodSuccess == false) {
    Debug.WriteLine(http.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

Chilkat.StringBuilder sbResponseBody = new Chilkat.StringBuilder();
resp.GetBodySb(sbResponseBody);

Chilkat.JsonObject jResp = new Chilkat.JsonObject();
jResp.LoadSb(sbResponseBody);
jResp.EmitCompact = false;

Debug.WriteLine("Response Body:");
Debug.WriteLine(jResp.Emit());

int respStatusCode = resp.StatusCode;
Debug.WriteLine("Response Status Code = " + Convert.ToString(respStatusCode));
if (respStatusCode >= 400) {
    Debug.WriteLine("Response Header:");
    Debug.WriteLine(resp.Header);
    Debug.WriteLine("Failed.");

    return;
}

// Sample JSON response:
// (Sample code for parsing the JSON response is shown below)

// {
//   "score": 0.9710697187242877,
//   "address": {
//     "name": "Amanda Miller",
//     "address_line1": "525 Winchester Blvd",
//     "city_locality": "San Jose",
//     "state_province": "CA",
//     "postal_code": "95128",
//     "country_code": "US",
//     "address_residential_indicator": "yes"
//   },
//   "entities": [
//     {
//       "type": "person",
//       "score": 0.9519646137063122,
//       "text": "Amanda Miller",
//       "start_index": 38,
//       "end_index": 50,
//       "result": {
//         "value": "Amanda Miller"
//       }
//     },
//     {
//       "type": "residential_indicator",
//       "score": 0.9519646137063122,
//       "text": "house",
//       "start_index": 54,
//       "end_index": 58,
//       "result": {
//         "value": "yes"
//       }
//     },
//     {
//       "type": "address_line",
//       "score": 0.9805313966503588,
//       "text": "525 Winchester Blvd",
//       "start_index": 63,
//       "end_index": 81,
//       "result": {
//         "line": 1,
//         "value": "525 Winchester Blvd"
//       }
//     },
//     {
//       "type": "number",
//       "score": 0.9805313966503588,
//       "text": "525",
//       "start_index": 63,
//       "end_index": 65,
//       "result": {
//         "type": "cardinal",
//         "value": 525
//       }
//     },
//     {
//       "type": "city_locality",
//       "score": 0.9805313966503588,
//       "text": "San Jose",
//       "start_index": 86,
//       "end_index": 93,
//       "result": {
//         "value": "San Jose"
//       }
//     },
//     {
//       "type": "state_province",
//       "score": 0.9805313966503588,
//       "text": "california",
//       "start_index": 103,
//       "end_index": 112,
//       "result": {
//         "name": "California",
//         "value": "CA"
//       }
//     },
//     {
//       "type": "postal_code",
//       "score": 0.9519646137063122,
//       "text": "95128",
//       "start_index": 149,
//       "end_index": 153,
//       "result": {
//         "value": "95128"
//       }
//     }
//   ]
// }

// Sample code for parsing the JSON response...
// Use this online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON: Generate JSON Parsing Code

string v_type;
string text;
int start_index;
int end_index;
string Value;
int Line;
string v_Type;
string resultName;

string score = jResp.StringOf("score");
string Name = jResp.StringOf("address.name");
string Address_line1 = jResp.StringOf("address.address_line1");
string City_locality = jResp.StringOf("address.city_locality");
string State_province = jResp.StringOf("address.state_province");
string Postal_code = jResp.StringOf("address.postal_code");
string Country_code = jResp.StringOf("address.country_code");
string Address_residential_indicator = jResp.StringOf("address.address_residential_indicator");
int i = 0;
int count_i = jResp.SizeOfArray("entities");
while (i < count_i) {
    jResp.I = i;
    v_type = jResp.StringOf("entities[i].type");
    score = jResp.StringOf("entities[i].score");
    text = jResp.StringOf("entities[i].text");
    start_index = jResp.IntOf("entities[i].start_index");
    end_index = jResp.IntOf("entities[i].end_index");
    Value = jResp.StringOf("entities[i].result.value");
    Line = jResp.IntOf("entities[i].result.line");
    v_Type = jResp.StringOf("entities[i].result.type");
    resultName = jResp.StringOf("entities[i].result.name");
    i = i + 1;
}

Curl Command

curl -X POST
	-H "API-Key: {{API_KEY}}"
	-H "Content-Type: application/json"
	-d '{
	"text": "I need to send a package to my friend Amanda Miller’s house at 525 Winchester Blvd in San Jose (that\'s california, obviously). The zip code there is 95128.",
	"address": {
		"country_code": "US"
	}
}'
https://api.shipengine.com/v1/addresses/recognize

Postman Collection Item JSON

{
  "name": "Already-known fields",
  "event": [
    {
      "listen": "test",
      "script": {
        "exec": [
          ""
        ],
        "type": "text/javascript"
      }
    }
  ],
  "request": {
    "method": "POST",
    "header": [
      {
        "key": "Content-Type",
        "name": "Content-Type",
        "type": "text",
        "value": "application/json"
      }
    ],
    "body": {
      "mode": "raw",
      "raw": "{\n\t\"text\": \"I need to send a package to my friend Amanda Miller’s house at 525 Winchester Blvd in San Jose (that's california, obviously). The zip code there is 95128.\",\n\t\"address\": {\n\t\t\"country_code\": \"US\"\n\t}\n}"
    },
    "url": {
      "raw": "https://api.shipengine.com/v1/addresses/recognize",
      "protocol": "https",
      "host": [
        "api",
        "shipengine",
        "com"
      ],
      "path": [
        "v1",
        "addresses",
        "recognize"
      ]
    },
    "description": "If you already know some parts of the address, you can provide them to ShipEngine, and we'll use those values. These values can also help us recognize other parts of the address."
  },
  "response": [
    {
      "name": "Already-known fields",
      "originalRequest": {
        "method": "POST",
        "header": [
          {
            "key": "Content-Type",
            "name": "Content-Type",
            "type": "text",
            "value": "application/json"
          }
        ],
        "body": {
          "mode": "raw",
          "raw": "{\n\t\"text\": \"I need to send a package to my friend Amanda Miller’s house at 525 Winchester Blvd in San Jose (that's california, obviously). The zip code there is 95128.\",\n\t\"address\": {\n\t\t\"country_code\": \"US\"\n\t}\n}",
          "options": {
            "raw": {
              "language": "json"
            }
          }
        },
        "url": {
          "raw": "https://api.shipengine.com/v1/addresses/recognize",
          "protocol": "https",
          "host": [
            "api",
            "shipengine",
            "com"
          ],
          "path": [
            "v1",
            "addresses",
            "recognize"
          ]
        }
      },
      "status": "OK",
      "code": 200,
      "_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
      "header": [
        {
          "key": "Date",
          "value": "Wed, 18 Sep 2019 16:21:30 GMT"
        },
        {
          "key": "Content-Type",
          "value": "application/json; charset=utf-8"
        },
        {
          "key": "Transfer-Encoding",
          "value": "chunked"
        },
        {
          "key": "Connection",
          "value": "keep-alive"
        },
        {
          "key": "Access-Control-Allow-Origin",
          "value": "https://www.shipengine.com"
        },
        {
          "key": "Vary",
          "value": "Origin"
        },
        {
          "key": "content-encoding",
          "value": "gzip"
        }
      ],
      "cookie": [
      ],
      "body": "{\n    \"score\": 0.9710697187242877,\n    \"address\": {\n        \"name\": \"Amanda Miller\",\n        \"address_line1\": \"525 Winchester Blvd\",\n        \"city_locality\": \"San Jose\",\n        \"state_province\": \"CA\",\n        \"postal_code\": \"95128\",\n        \"country_code\": \"US\",\n        \"address_residential_indicator\": \"yes\"\n    },\n    \"entities\": [\n        {\n            \"type\": \"person\",\n            \"score\": 0.9519646137063122,\n            \"text\": \"Amanda Miller\",\n            \"start_index\": 38,\n            \"end_index\": 50,\n            \"result\": {\n                \"value\": \"Amanda Miller\"\n            }\n        },\n        {\n            \"type\": \"residential_indicator\",\n            \"score\": 0.9519646137063122,\n            \"text\": \"house\",\n            \"start_index\": 54,\n            \"end_index\": 58,\n            \"result\": {\n                \"value\": \"yes\"\n            }\n        },\n        {\n            \"type\": \"address_line\",\n            \"score\": 0.9805313966503588,\n            \"text\": \"525 Winchester Blvd\",\n            \"start_index\": 63,\n            \"end_index\": 81,\n            \"result\": {\n                \"line\": 1,\n                \"value\": \"525 Winchester Blvd\"\n            }\n        },\n        {\n            \"type\": \"number\",\n            \"score\": 0.9805313966503588,\n            \"text\": \"525\",\n            \"start_index\": 63,\n            \"end_index\": 65,\n            \"result\": {\n                \"type\": \"cardinal\",\n                \"value\": 525\n            }\n        },\n        {\n            \"type\": \"city_locality\",\n            \"score\": 0.9805313966503588,\n            \"text\": \"San Jose\",\n            \"start_index\": 86,\n            \"end_index\": 93,\n            \"result\": {\n                \"value\": \"San Jose\"\n            }\n        },\n        {\n            \"type\": \"state_province\",\n            \"score\": 0.9805313966503588,\n            \"text\": \"california\",\n            \"start_index\": 103,\n            \"end_index\": 112,\n            \"result\": {\n                \"name\": \"California\",\n                \"value\": \"CA\"\n            }\n        },\n        {\n            \"type\": \"postal_code\",\n            \"score\": 0.9519646137063122,\n            \"text\": \"95128\",\n            \"start_index\": 149,\n            \"end_index\": 153,\n            \"result\": {\n                \"value\": \"95128\"\n            }\n        }\n    ]\n}"
    }
  ]
}