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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 Chilkat.Http
Dim success As Boolean

' 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."
' }

Dim json As 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.")

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

Dim resp As Chilkat.HttpResponse = http.PostJson3("https://api.shipengine.com/v1/addresses/recognize","application/json",json)
If (http.LastMethodSuccess = False) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(http.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


Dim sbResponseBody As New Chilkat.StringBuilder
resp.GetBodySb(sbResponseBody)

Dim jResp As New Chilkat.JsonObject
jResp.LoadSb(sbResponseBody)
jResp.EmitCompact = False

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

Dim respStatusCode As Integer = resp.StatusCode
Debug.WriteLine("Response Status Code = " & respStatusCode)
If (respStatusCode >= 400) Then
    Debug.WriteLine("Response Header:")
    Debug.WriteLine(resp.Header)
    Debug.WriteLine("Failed.")

    Exit Sub
End If



' 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",
'     "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



Dim v_type As String
Dim text As String
Dim start_index As Integer
Dim end_index As Integer
Dim Value As String
Dim Line As Integer
Dim v_Type As String
Dim resultName As String

Dim score As String = jResp.StringOf("score")
Dim Name As String = jResp.StringOf("address.name")
Dim Address_line1 As String = jResp.StringOf("address.address_line1")
Dim City_locality As String = jResp.StringOf("address.city_locality")
Dim State_province As String = jResp.StringOf("address.state_province")
Dim Postal_code As String = jResp.StringOf("address.postal_code")
Dim Address_residential_indicator As String = jResp.StringOf("address.address_residential_indicator")
Dim i As Integer = 0
Dim count_i As Integer = 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
End While

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."
}'
https://api.shipengine.com/v1/addresses/recognize

Postman Collection Item JSON

{
  "name": "Parse an Address",
  "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}"
    },
    "url": {
      "raw": "https://api.shipengine.com/v1/addresses/recognize",
      "protocol": "https",
      "host": [
        "api",
        "shipengine",
        "com"
      ],
      "path": [
        "v1",
        "addresses",
        "recognize"
      ]
    },
    "description": "This request shows how to pass unstructured text to ShipEngine that contains address information. ShipEngine will recognize any address-related parts of the text and give you back an `address` object."
  },
  "response": [
    {
      "name": "Parse an Address",
      "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}",
          "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 14:59:19 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        \"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}"
    }
  ]
}