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' This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
' See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.
Dim http As New ChilkatHttp
Dim success As Long
' 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. Her last name is Miller, btw. Her office address is 525 Winchester Blvd. That's in California for sure. Pretty sure it's San Jose, but I'm only like 90% sure about that. Pretty sure the zip code is something like 95128, or maybe 90210."
' }
Dim json As New ChilkatJsonObject
success = json.UpdateString("text","I need to send a package to my friend Amanda. Her last name is Miller, btw. Her office address is 525 Winchester Blvd. That's in California for sure. Pretty sure it's San Jose, but I'm only like 90% sure about that. Pretty sure the zip code is something like 95128, or maybe 90210.")
http.SetRequestHeader "API-Key","{{API_KEY}}"
http.SetRequestHeader "Content-Type","application/json"
Dim resp As ChilkatHttpResponse
Set resp = http.PostJson3("https://api.shipengine.com/v1/addresses/recognize","application/json",json)
If (http.LastMethodSuccess = 0) Then
Debug.Print http.LastErrorText
Exit Sub
End If
Dim sbResponseBody As New ChilkatStringBuilder
success = resp.GetBodySb(sbResponseBody)
Dim jResp As New ChilkatJsonObject
success = jResp.LoadSb(sbResponseBody)
jResp.EmitCompact = 0
Debug.Print "Response Body:"
Debug.Print jResp.Emit()
Dim respStatusCode As Long
respStatusCode = resp.StatusCode
Debug.Print "Response Status Code = " & respStatusCode
If (respStatusCode >= 400) Then
Debug.Print "Response Header:"
Debug.Print resp.Header
Debug.Print "Failed."
Exit Sub
End If
' Sample JSON response:
' (Sample code for parsing the JSON response is shown below)
' {
' "score": 0.7503696513496741,
' "address": {
' "address_line1": "525 Winchester Blvd",
' "city_locality": "Miller",
' "postal_code": "90210",
' "address_residential_indicator": "no"
' },
' "entities": [
' {
' "type": "city_locality",
' "score": 0.4792571878834418,
' "text": "Miller",
' "start_index": 63,
' "end_index": 68,
' "result": {
' "value": "Miller"
' }
' },
' {
' "type": "residential_indicator",
' "score": 0.9519646137063122,
' "text": "office",
' "start_index": 80,
' "end_index": 85,
' "result": {
' "value": "no"
' }
' },
' {
' "type": "address_line",
' "score": 0.6082904353940255,
' "text": "525 Winchester Blvd",
' "start_index": 98,
' "end_index": 116,
' "result": {
' "line": 1,
' "value": "525 Winchester Blvd"
' }
' },
' {
' "type": "number",
' "score": 0.9805313966503588,
' "text": "525",
' "start_index": 98,
' "end_index": 100,
' "result": {
' "type": "cardinal",
' "value": 525
' }
' },
' {
' "type": "city_locality",
' "score": 0.4792571878834418,
' "text": "San Jose",
' "start_index": 167,
' "end_index": 174,
' "result": {
' "value": "San Jose"
' }
' },
' {
' "type": "number",
' "score": 0.9805313966503588,
' "text": "90%",
' "start_index": 195,
' "end_index": 197,
' "result": {
' "type": "percentage",
' "value": 0.9
' }
' },
' {
' "type": "number",
' "score": 0.9805313966503588,
' "text": "95128",
' "start_index": 259,
' "end_index": 263,
' "result": {
' "type": "cardinal",
' "value": 95128
' }
' },
' {
' "type": "postal_code",
' "score": 0.9519646137063122,
' "text": "90210",
' "start_index": 275,
' "end_index": 279,
' "result": {
' "value": "90210"
' }
' }
' ]
' }
' Sample code for parsing the JSON response...
' Use this online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON: Generate JSON Parsing Code
Dim v_type As String
Dim text As String
Dim start_index As Long
Dim end_index As Long
Dim Value As String
Dim Line As Long
Dim v_Type As String
Dim score As String
score = jResp.StringOf("score")
Dim Address_line1 As String
Address_line1 = jResp.StringOf("address.address_line1")
Dim City_locality As String
City_locality = jResp.StringOf("address.city_locality")
Dim Postal_code As String
Postal_code = jResp.StringOf("address.postal_code")
Dim Address_residential_indicator As String
Address_residential_indicator = jResp.StringOf("address.address_residential_indicator")
Dim i As Long
i = 0
Dim count_i As Long
count_i = jResp.SizeOfArray("entities")
Do 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")
i = i + 1
Loop
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. Her last name is Miller, btw. Her office address is 525 Winchester Blvd. That\'s in California for sure. Pretty sure it\'s San Jose, but I\'m only like 90% sure about that. Pretty sure the zip code is something like 95128, or maybe 90210."
}'
https://api.shipengine.com/v1/addresses/recognize
Postman Collection Item JSON
{
"name": "Confidence scores",
"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. Her last name is Miller, btw. Her office address is 525 Winchester Blvd. That's in California for sure. Pretty sure it's San Jose, but I'm only like 90% sure about that. Pretty sure the zip code is something like 95128, or maybe 90210.\"\n}"
},
"url": {
"raw": "https://api.shipengine.com/v1/addresses/recognize",
"protocol": "https",
"host": [
"api",
"shipengine",
"com"
],
"path": [
"v1",
"addresses",
"recognize"
]
},
"description": "ShipEngine's Parse Address API returns confidence scores for each entity that it recognizes, as well as for the address as a whole. You can use these scores to determine whether the address is safe to use or requires additional validation or information from the user."
},
"response": [
{
"name": "Confidence scores",
"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. Her last name is Miller, btw. Her office address is 525 Winchester Blvd. That's in California for sure. Pretty sure it's San Jose, but I'm only like 90% sure about that. Pretty sure the zip code is something like 95128, or maybe 90210.\"\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 16:18:21 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\": 0.7503696513496741,\n \"address\": {\n \"address_line1\": \"525 Winchester Blvd\",\n \"city_locality\": \"Miller\",\n \"postal_code\": \"90210\",\n \"address_residential_indicator\": \"no\"\n },\n \"entities\": [\n {\n \"type\": \"city_locality\",\n \"score\": 0.4792571878834418,\n \"text\": \"Miller\",\n \"start_index\": 63,\n \"end_index\": 68,\n \"result\": {\n \"value\": \"Miller\"\n }\n },\n {\n \"type\": \"residential_indicator\",\n \"score\": 0.9519646137063122,\n \"text\": \"office\",\n \"start_index\": 80,\n \"end_index\": 85,\n \"result\": {\n \"value\": \"no\"\n }\n },\n {\n \"type\": \"address_line\",\n \"score\": 0.6082904353940255,\n \"text\": \"525 Winchester Blvd\",\n \"start_index\": 98,\n \"end_index\": 116,\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\": 98,\n \"end_index\": 100,\n \"result\": {\n \"type\": \"cardinal\",\n \"value\": 525\n }\n },\n {\n \"type\": \"city_locality\",\n \"score\": 0.4792571878834418,\n \"text\": \"San Jose\",\n \"start_index\": 167,\n \"end_index\": 174,\n \"result\": {\n \"value\": \"San Jose\"\n }\n },\n {\n \"type\": \"number\",\n \"score\": 0.9805313966503588,\n \"text\": \"90%\",\n \"start_index\": 195,\n \"end_index\": 197,\n \"result\": {\n \"type\": \"percentage\",\n \"value\": 0.9\n }\n },\n {\n \"type\": \"number\",\n \"score\": 0.9805313966503588,\n \"text\": \"95128\",\n \"start_index\": 259,\n \"end_index\": 263,\n \"result\": {\n \"type\": \"cardinal\",\n \"value\": 95128\n }\n },\n {\n \"type\": \"postal_code\",\n \"score\": 0.9519646137063122,\n \"text\": \"90210\",\n \"start_index\": 275,\n \"end_index\": 279,\n \"result\": {\n \"value\": \"90210\"\n }\n }\n ]\n}"
}
]
}
