Chilkat Online Tools

C / ShipEngine Walkthrough / Subscribe to tracking updates for a package

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#include <C_CkHttp.h>
#include <C_CkHttpResponse.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    HCkHttp http;
    BOOL success;
    HCkHttpResponse resp;

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

    http = CkHttp_Create();

    CkHttp_SetRequestHeader(http,"API-Key","{{API_KEY}}");

    resp = CkHttp_QuickRequest(http,"POST","https://api.shipengine.com/v1/tracking/start?carrier_code=stamps_com&tracking_number=1Z6Y21Y60300230257");
    if (CkHttp_getLastMethodSuccess(http) == FALSE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkHttp_lastErrorText(http));
        CkHttp_Dispose(http);
        return;
    }

    printf("%d\n",CkHttpResponse_getStatusCode(resp));
    printf("%s\n",CkHttpResponse_bodyStr(resp));
    CkHttpResponse_Dispose(resp);


    CkHttp_Dispose(http);

    }

Curl Command

curl -X POST
	-H "API-Key: {{API_KEY}}"
https://api.shipengine.com/v1/tracking/start?carrier_code=stamps_com&tracking_number=1Z6Y21Y60300230257

Postman Collection Item JSON

{
  "name": "Subscribe to tracking updates for a package",
  "event": [
    {
      "listen": "test",
      "script": {
        "exec": [
          ""
        ],
        "type": "text/javascript"
      }
    }
  ],
  "request": {
    "method": "POST",
    "header": [
    ],
    "url": {
      "raw": "https://api.shipengine.com/v1/tracking/start?carrier_code=stamps_com&tracking_number={{tracking_number}}",
      "protocol": "https",
      "host": [
        "api",
        "shipengine",
        "com"
      ],
      "path": [
        "v1",
        "tracking",
        "start"
      ],
      "query": [
        {
          "key": "carrier_code",
          "value": "stamps_com"
        },
        {
          "key": "tracking_number",
          "value": "{{tracking_number}}"
        }
      ]
    },
    "description": "Once you've setup a tracking webhook, you can start subscribing to tracking updates for packages.  Your webhook will be notified whenever any tracking events occur on a subscribed package."
  },
  "response": [
  ]
}