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// Important: Don't forget to include the call to System.loadLibrary
// as shown at the bottom of this code sample.
package com.test;

import android.app.Activity;
import com.chilkatsoft.*;

import android.widget.TextView;
import android.os.Bundle;

public class SimpleActivity extends Activity {

  private static final String TAG = "Chilkat";

  // Called when the activity is first created.
  @Override
  public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

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

    CkHttp http = new CkHttp();
    boolean success;

    // 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."
    // }

    CkJsonObject json = new CkJsonObject();
    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");

    CkHttpResponse resp = http.PostJson3("https://api.shipengine.com/v1/addresses/recognize","application/json",json);
    if (http.get_LastMethodSuccess() == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, http.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    CkStringBuilder sbResponseBody = new CkStringBuilder();
    resp.GetBodySb(sbResponseBody);

    CkJsonObject jResp = new CkJsonObject();
    jResp.LoadSb(sbResponseBody);
    jResp.put_EmitCompact(false);

    Log.i(TAG, "Response Body:");
    Log.i(TAG, jResp.emit());

    int respStatusCode = resp.get_StatusCode();
    Log.i(TAG, "Response Status Code = " + String.valueOf(respStatusCode));
    if (respStatusCode >= 400) {
        Log.i(TAG, "Response Header:");
        Log.i(TAG, resp.header());
        Log.i(TAG, "Failed.");

        return;
        }

    // 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

    String v_type;
    String text;
    int start_index;
    int end_index;
    String Value;
    int Line;
    String v_Type;

    String score = jResp.stringOf("score");
    String Address_line1 = jResp.stringOf("address.address_line1");
    String City_locality = jResp.stringOf("address.city_locality");
    String Postal_code = jResp.stringOf("address.postal_code");
    String Address_residential_indicator = jResp.stringOf("address.address_residential_indicator");
    int i = 0;
    int count_i = jResp.SizeOfArray("entities");
    while (i < count_i) {
        jResp.put_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;
        }


  }

  static {
      System.loadLibrary("chilkat");

      // Note: If the incorrect library name is passed to System.loadLibrary,
      // then you will see the following error message at application startup:
      //"The application <your-application-name> has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again."
  }
}

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}"
    }
  ]
}