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C / ShipEngine Walkthrough / Track using a label ID

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#include <C_CkHttp.h>
#include <C_CkStringBuilder.h>
#include <C_CkJsonObject.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    HCkHttp http;
    BOOL success;
    HCkStringBuilder sbResponseBody;
    HCkJsonObject jResp;
    int respStatusCode;
    const char *tracking_number;
    const char *status_code;
    const char *status_description;
    const char *carrier_status_code;
    const char *carrier_status_description;
    const char *ship_date;
    const char *estimated_delivery_date;
    const char *actual_delivery_date;
    const char *exception_description;
    const char *events;

    // 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}}");

    sbResponseBody = CkStringBuilder_Create();
    success = CkHttp_QuickGetSb(http,"https://api.shipengine.com/v1/labels/se-123456/track",sbResponseBody);
    if (success == FALSE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkHttp_lastErrorText(http));
        CkHttp_Dispose(http);
        CkStringBuilder_Dispose(sbResponseBody);
        return;
    }

    jResp = CkJsonObject_Create();
    CkJsonObject_LoadSb(jResp,sbResponseBody);
    CkJsonObject_putEmitCompact(jResp,FALSE);

    printf("Response Body:\n");
    printf("%s\n",CkJsonObject_emit(jResp));

    respStatusCode = CkHttp_getLastStatus(http);
    printf("Response Status Code = %d\n",respStatusCode);
    if (respStatusCode >= 400) {
        printf("Response Header:\n");
        printf("%s\n",CkHttp_lastHeader(http));
        printf("Failed.\n");
        CkHttp_Dispose(http);
        CkStringBuilder_Dispose(sbResponseBody);
        CkJsonObject_Dispose(jResp);
        return;
    }

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

    // {
    //   "tracking_number": "9405511899564298877610",
    //   "status_code": "NY",
    //   "status_description": "Not Yet In System",
    //   "carrier_status_code": "-2147219283",
    //   "carrier_status_description": "A status update is not yet available for this tracking number.  More information will become available when USPS receives the tracking information, or when the package is received by USPS.",
    //   "ship_date": null,
    //   "estimated_delivery_date": null,
    //   "actual_delivery_date": null,
    //   "exception_description": null,
    //   "events": null
    // }

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

    // Chilkat functions returning "const char *" return a pointer to temporary internal memory owned and managed by Chilkat.

    tracking_number = CkJsonObject_stringOf(jResp,"tracking_number");
    status_code = CkJsonObject_stringOf(jResp,"status_code");
    status_description = CkJsonObject_stringOf(jResp,"status_description");
    carrier_status_code = CkJsonObject_stringOf(jResp,"carrier_status_code");
    carrier_status_description = CkJsonObject_stringOf(jResp,"carrier_status_description");
    ship_date = CkJsonObject_stringOf(jResp,"ship_date");
    estimated_delivery_date = CkJsonObject_stringOf(jResp,"estimated_delivery_date");
    actual_delivery_date = CkJsonObject_stringOf(jResp,"actual_delivery_date");
    exception_description = CkJsonObject_stringOf(jResp,"exception_description");
    events = CkJsonObject_stringOf(jResp,"events");


    CkHttp_Dispose(http);
    CkStringBuilder_Dispose(sbResponseBody);
    CkJsonObject_Dispose(jResp);

    }

Curl Command

curl -X GET
	-H "API-Key: {{API_KEY}}"
https://api.shipengine.com/v1/labels/se-123456/track

Postman Collection Item JSON

{
  "name": "Track using a label ID",
  "event": [
    {
      "listen": "test",
      "script": {
        "exec": [
          ""
        ],
        "type": "text/javascript"
      }
    }
  ],
  "request": {
    "method": "GET",
    "header": [
    ],
    "url": {
      "raw": "https://api.shipengine.com/v1/labels/{{label_id}}/track",
      "protocol": "https",
      "host": [
        "api",
        "shipengine",
        "com"
      ],
      "path": [
        "v1",
        "labels",
        "{{label_id}}",
        "track"
      ]
    },
    "description": "If you created the shipping label using ShipEngine, then tracking a package is even easier. No need to specify the `carrier_code` and `tracking_number`. All you need is the `label_id`."
  },
  "response": [
    {
      "name": "Track using a label ID",
      "originalRequest": {
        "method": "GET",
        "header": [
        ],
        "url": {
          "raw": "https://api.shipengine.com/v1/labels/{{label_id}}/track",
          "protocol": "https",
          "host": [
            "api",
            "shipengine",
            "com"
          ],
          "path": [
            "v1",
            "labels",
            "{{label_id}}",
            "track"
          ]
        }
      },
      "status": "OK",
      "code": 200,
      "_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
      "header": [
        {
          "key": "Date",
          "value": "Wed, 18 Sep 2019 18:53:59 GMT"
        },
        {
          "key": "Content-Type",
          "value": "application/json; charset=utf-8"
        },
        {
          "key": "Content-Length",
          "value": "531"
        },
        {
          "key": "Connection",
          "value": "keep-alive"
        },
        {
          "key": "Access-Control-Allow-Origin",
          "value": "https://www.shipengine.com"
        },
        {
          "key": "Vary",
          "value": "Origin"
        },
        {
          "key": "x-shipengine-requestid",
          "value": "853bc684-6123-43aa-91ab-5ce1a8da908b"
        }
      ],
      "cookie": [
      ],
      "body": "{\n    \"tracking_number\": \"9405511899564298877610\",\n    \"status_code\": \"NY\",\n    \"status_description\": \"Not Yet In System\",\n    \"carrier_status_code\": \"-2147219283\",\n    \"carrier_status_description\": \"A status update is not yet available for this tracking number.  More information will become available when USPS receives the tracking information, or when the package is received by USPS.\",\n    \"ship_date\": null,\n    \"estimated_delivery_date\": null,\n    \"actual_delivery_date\": null,\n    \"exception_description\": null,\n    \"events\": null\n}"
    }
  ]
}