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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

Dim queryParams As New Chilkat.JsonObject
queryParams.UpdateString("carrier_code","fedex")
queryParams.UpdateString("tracking_number","555671072708")

http.SetRequestHeader("API-Key","{{API_KEY}}")


Dim resp As Chilkat.HttpResponse = http.QuickRequestParams("GET","https://api.shipengine.com/v1/tracking",queryParams)
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)

' {
'   "tracking_number": "789830651142",
'   "status_code": "DE",
'   "status_description": "Delivered",
'   "carrier_status_code": "DL",
'   "carrier_status_description": "Delivered",
'   "ship_date": "2019-09-16T21:55:00Z",
'   "estimated_delivery_date": null,
'   "actual_delivery_date": "2019-09-17T20:02:00Z",
'   "exception_description": null,
'   "events": [
'     {
'       "occurred_at": "2019-09-17T20:02:00Z",
'       "description": "Delivered",
'       "city_locality": "Austin",
'       "state_province": "TX",
'       "postal_code": "78702",
'       "country_code": "US",
'       "company_name": null,
'       "signer": "Signature not required",
'       "event_code": "DL"
'     },
'     {
'       "occurred_at": "2019-09-17T13:13:00Z",
'       "description": "On FedEx vehicle for delivery",
'       "city_locality": "AUSTIN",
'       "state_province": "TX",
'       "postal_code": "78721",
'       "country_code": "US",
'       "company_name": null,
'       "signer": null,
'       "event_code": "OD"
'     },
'     {
'       "occurred_at": "2019-09-17T12:09:00Z",
'       "description": "At local FedEx facility",
'       "city_locality": "AUSTIN",
'       "state_province": "TX",
'       "postal_code": "78721",
'       "country_code": "US",
'       "company_name": null,
'       "signer": null,
'       "event_code": "AR"
'     },
'     {
'       "occurred_at": "2019-09-17T08:05:00Z",
'       "description": "Departed FedEx location",
'       "city_locality": "FORT WORTH",
'       "state_province": "TX",
'       "postal_code": "76177",
'       "country_code": "US",
'       "company_name": null,
'       "signer": null,
'       "event_code": "DP"
'     },
'     {
'       "occurred_at": "2019-09-17T06:22:00Z",
'       "description": "Arrived at FedEx location",
'       "city_locality": "FORT WORTH",
'       "state_province": "TX",
'       "postal_code": "76177",
'       "country_code": "US",
'       "company_name": null,
'       "signer": null,
'       "event_code": "AR"
'     },
'     {
'       "occurred_at": "2019-09-17T03:27:00Z",
'       "description": "Departed FedEx location",
'       "city_locality": "OAKLAND",
'       "state_province": "CA",
'       "postal_code": "94621",
'       "country_code": "US",
'       "company_name": null,
'       "signer": null,
'       "event_code": "DP"
'     },
'     {
'       "occurred_at": "2019-09-17T01:04:00Z",
'       "description": "Arrived at FedEx location",
'       "city_locality": "OAKLAND",
'       "state_province": "CA",
'       "postal_code": "94621",
'       "country_code": "US",
'       "company_name": null,
'       "signer": null,
'       "event_code": "AR"
'     },
'     {
'       "occurred_at": "2019-09-17T00:10:00Z",
'       "description": "Left FedEx origin facility",
'       "city_locality": "PETALUMA",
'       "state_province": "CA",
'       "postal_code": "94954",
'       "country_code": "US",
'       "company_name": null,
'       "signer": null,
'       "event_code": "DP"
'     },
'     {
'       "occurred_at": "2019-09-16T21:55:00Z",
'       "description": "Picked up",
'       "city_locality": "PETALUMA",
'       "state_province": "CA",
'       "postal_code": "94954",
'       "country_code": "US",
'       "company_name": null,
'       "signer": null,
'       "event_code": "PU"
'     },
'     {
'       "occurred_at": "2019-09-16T15:31:38Z",
'       "description": "Shipment information sent to FedEx",
'       "city_locality": null,
'       "state_province": null,
'       "postal_code": null,
'       "country_code": null,
'       "company_name": null,
'       "signer": null,
'       "event_code": "OC"
'     }
'   ]
' }

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



Dim occurred_at As String
Dim description As String
Dim city_locality As String
Dim state_province As String
Dim postal_code As String
Dim country_code As String
Dim company_name As String
Dim signer As String
Dim event_code As String

Dim tracking_number As String = jResp.StringOf("tracking_number")
Dim status_code As String = jResp.StringOf("status_code")
Dim status_description As String = jResp.StringOf("status_description")
Dim carrier_status_code As String = jResp.StringOf("carrier_status_code")
Dim carrier_status_description As String = jResp.StringOf("carrier_status_description")
Dim ship_date As String = jResp.StringOf("ship_date")
Dim estimated_delivery_date As String = jResp.StringOf("estimated_delivery_date")
Dim actual_delivery_date As String = jResp.StringOf("actual_delivery_date")
Dim exception_description As String = jResp.StringOf("exception_description")
Dim i As Integer = 0
Dim count_i As Integer = jResp.SizeOfArray("events")
While i < count_i
    jResp.I = i
    occurred_at = jResp.StringOf("events[i].occurred_at")
    description = jResp.StringOf("events[i].description")
    city_locality = jResp.StringOf("events[i].city_locality")
    state_province = jResp.StringOf("events[i].state_province")
    postal_code = jResp.StringOf("events[i].postal_code")
    country_code = jResp.StringOf("events[i].country_code")
    company_name = jResp.StringOf("events[i].company_name")
    signer = jResp.StringOf("events[i].signer")
    event_code = jResp.StringOf("events[i].event_code")
    i = i + 1
End While

Curl Command

curl -G -d "carrier_code=fedex"
	-d "tracking_number=555671072708"
	-H "API-Key: {{API_KEY}}"
https://api.shipengine.com/v1/tracking

Postman Collection Item JSON

{
  "name": "Track a package",
  "event": [
    {
      "listen": "test",
      "script": {
        "exec": [
          ""
        ],
        "type": "text/javascript"
      }
    }
  ],
  "request": {
    "method": "GET",
    "header": [
    ],
    "url": {
      "raw": "https://api.shipengine.com/v1/tracking?carrier_code=fedex&tracking_number=555671072708",
      "protocol": "https",
      "host": [
        "api",
        "shipengine",
        "com"
      ],
      "path": [
        "v1",
        "tracking"
      ],
      "query": [
        {
          "key": "carrier_code",
          "value": "stamps_com",
          "disabled": true
        },
        {
          "key": "tracking_number",
          "value": "{{tracking_number}}",
          "disabled": true
        },
        {
          "key": "carrier_code",
          "value": "fedex"
        },
        {
          "key": "tracking_number",
          "value": "555671072708"
        }
      ]
    },
    "description": "This request demonstrates how to get tracking information for a package. The `carrier_code` and `tracking_number` are provided via query parameters."
  },
  "response": [
    {
      "name": "Track a package",
      "originalRequest": {
        "method": "GET",
        "header": [
        ],
        "url": {
          "raw": "https://api.shipengine.com/v1/tracking?carrier_code=fedex&tracking_number=789830651142",
          "protocol": "https",
          "host": [
            "api",
            "shipengine",
            "com"
          ],
          "path": [
            "v1",
            "tracking"
          ],
          "query": [
            {
              "key": "carrier_code",
              "value": "fedex"
            },
            {
              "key": "tracking_number",
              "value": "789830651142"
            }
          ]
        }
      },
      "status": "OK",
      "code": 200,
      "_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
      "header": [
        {
          "key": "Date",
          "value": "Wed, 18 Sep 2019 18:50:08 GMT"
        },
        {
          "key": "Content-Type",
          "value": "application/json; charset=utf-8"
        },
        {
          "key": "Content-Length",
          "value": "3515"
        },
        {
          "key": "Connection",
          "value": "keep-alive"
        },
        {
          "key": "Access-Control-Allow-Origin",
          "value": "https://www.shipengine.com"
        },
        {
          "key": "Vary",
          "value": "Origin"
        },
        {
          "key": "x-shipengine-requestid",
          "value": "f4e88104-edb8-4a8f-bd1c-a5d85334bdb1"
        }
      ],
      "cookie": [
      ],
      "body": "{\n    \"tracking_number\": \"789830651142\",\n    \"status_code\": \"DE\",\n    \"status_description\": \"Delivered\",\n    \"carrier_status_code\": \"DL\",\n    \"carrier_status_description\": \"Delivered\",\n    \"ship_date\": \"2019-09-16T21:55:00Z\",\n    \"estimated_delivery_date\": null,\n    \"actual_delivery_date\": \"2019-09-17T20:02:00Z\",\n    \"exception_description\": null,\n    \"events\": [\n        {\n            \"occurred_at\": \"2019-09-17T20:02:00Z\",\n            \"description\": \"Delivered\",\n            \"city_locality\": \"Austin\",\n            \"state_province\": \"TX\",\n            \"postal_code\": \"78702\",\n            \"country_code\": \"US\",\n            \"company_name\": null,\n            \"signer\": \"Signature not required\",\n            \"event_code\": \"DL\"\n        },\n        {\n            \"occurred_at\": \"2019-09-17T13:13:00Z\",\n            \"description\": \"On FedEx vehicle for delivery\",\n            \"city_locality\": \"AUSTIN\",\n            \"state_province\": \"TX\",\n            \"postal_code\": \"78721\",\n            \"country_code\": \"US\",\n            \"company_name\": null,\n            \"signer\": null,\n            \"event_code\": \"OD\"\n        },\n        {\n            \"occurred_at\": \"2019-09-17T12:09:00Z\",\n            \"description\": \"At local FedEx facility\",\n            \"city_locality\": \"AUSTIN\",\n            \"state_province\": \"TX\",\n            \"postal_code\": \"78721\",\n            \"country_code\": \"US\",\n            \"company_name\": null,\n            \"signer\": null,\n            \"event_code\": \"AR\"\n        },\n        {\n            \"occurred_at\": \"2019-09-17T08:05:00Z\",\n            \"description\": \"Departed FedEx location\",\n            \"city_locality\": \"FORT WORTH\",\n            \"state_province\": \"TX\",\n            \"postal_code\": \"76177\",\n            \"country_code\": \"US\",\n            \"company_name\": null,\n            \"signer\": null,\n            \"event_code\": \"DP\"\n        },\n        {\n            \"occurred_at\": \"2019-09-17T06:22:00Z\",\n            \"description\": \"Arrived at FedEx location\",\n            \"city_locality\": \"FORT WORTH\",\n            \"state_province\": \"TX\",\n            \"postal_code\": \"76177\",\n            \"country_code\": \"US\",\n            \"company_name\": null,\n            \"signer\": null,\n            \"event_code\": \"AR\"\n        },\n        {\n            \"occurred_at\": \"2019-09-17T03:27:00Z\",\n            \"description\": \"Departed FedEx location\",\n            \"city_locality\": \"OAKLAND\",\n            \"state_province\": \"CA\",\n            \"postal_code\": \"94621\",\n            \"country_code\": \"US\",\n            \"company_name\": null,\n            \"signer\": null,\n            \"event_code\": \"DP\"\n        },\n        {\n            \"occurred_at\": \"2019-09-17T01:04:00Z\",\n            \"description\": \"Arrived at FedEx location\",\n            \"city_locality\": \"OAKLAND\",\n            \"state_province\": \"CA\",\n            \"postal_code\": \"94621\",\n            \"country_code\": \"US\",\n            \"company_name\": null,\n            \"signer\": null,\n            \"event_code\": \"AR\"\n        },\n        {\n            \"occurred_at\": \"2019-09-17T00:10:00Z\",\n            \"description\": \"Left FedEx origin facility\",\n            \"city_locality\": \"PETALUMA\",\n            \"state_province\": \"CA\",\n            \"postal_code\": \"94954\",\n            \"country_code\": \"US\",\n            \"company_name\": null,\n            \"signer\": null,\n            \"event_code\": \"DP\"\n        },\n        {\n            \"occurred_at\": \"2019-09-16T21:55:00Z\",\n            \"description\": \"Picked up\",\n            \"city_locality\": \"PETALUMA\",\n            \"state_province\": \"CA\",\n            \"postal_code\": \"94954\",\n            \"country_code\": \"US\",\n            \"company_name\": null,\n            \"signer\": null,\n            \"event_code\": \"PU\"\n        },\n        {\n            \"occurred_at\": \"2019-09-16T15:31:38Z\",\n            \"description\": \"Shipment information sent to FedEx\",\n            \"city_locality\": null,\n            \"state_province\": null,\n            \"postal_code\": null,\n            \"country_code\": null,\n            \"company_name\": null,\n            \"signer\": null,\n            \"event_code\": \"OC\"\n        }\n    ]\n}"
    }
  ]
}