Android / ShipEngine Walkthrough / Validate an address (incomplete)
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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.
// [
// {
// "address_line1": "525 Winchester",
// "postal_code": "95128",
// "country_code": "US"
// }
// ]
CkJsonArray jarr = new CkJsonArray();
jarr.AddObjectAt(-1);
CkJsonObject jsonObj_1 = jarr.ObjectAt(jarr.get_Size() - 1);
jsonObj_1.UpdateString("address_line1","525 Winchester");
jsonObj_1.UpdateString("postal_code","95128");
jsonObj_1.UpdateString("country_code","US");
http.SetRequestHeader("API-Key","{{API_KEY}}");
http.SetRequestHeader("Content-Type","application/json");
CkStringBuilder sbRequestBody = new CkStringBuilder();
jarr.EmitSb(sbRequestBody);
CkHttpResponse resp = http.PTextSb("POST","https://api.shipengine.com/v1/addresses/validate",sbRequestBody,"utf-8","application/json",false,false);
if (http.get_LastMethodSuccess() == false) {
Log.i(TAG, http.lastErrorText());
return;
}
CkStringBuilder sbResponseBody = new CkStringBuilder();
resp.GetBodySb(sbResponseBody);
CkJsonArray jarrResp = new CkJsonArray();
jarrResp.LoadSb(sbResponseBody);
jarrResp.put_EmitCompact(false);
Log.i(TAG, "Response Body:");
Log.i(TAG, jarrResp.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)
// [
// {
// "status": "verified",
// "original_address": {
// "name": null,
// "phone": null,
// "company_name": null,
// "address_line1": "525 Winchester",
// "address_line2": null,
// "address_line3": null,
// "city_locality": null,
// "state_province": null,
// "postal_code": "95128",
// "country_code": "US",
// "address_residential_indicator": "unknown"
// },
// "matched_address": {
// "name": null,
// "phone": null,
// "company_name": null,
// "address_line1": "525 S WINCHESTER BLVD",
// "address_line2": "",
// "address_line3": null,
// "city_locality": "SAN JOSE",
// "state_province": "CA",
// "postal_code": "95128-2537",
// "country_code": "US",
// "address_residential_indicator": "no"
// },
// "messages": [
// ]
// }
// ]
// Sample code for parsing the JSON response...
// Use this online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON: Generate JSON Parsing Code
CkJsonObject json;
String status;
String Name;
String Phone;
String Company_name;
String Address_line1;
String Address_line2;
String Address_line3;
String City_locality;
String State_province;
String Postal_code;
String Country_code;
String Address_residential_indicator;
String matched_addressName;
String matched_addressPhone;
String matched_addressCompany_name;
String matched_addressAddress_line1;
String matched_addressAddress_line2;
String matched_addressAddress_line3;
String matched_addressCity_locality;
String matched_addressState_province;
String matched_addressPostal_code;
String matched_addressCountry_code;
String matched_addressAddress_residential_indicator;
int j;
int count_j;
int i = 0;
int count_i = jarrResp.get_Size();
while (i < count_i) {
json = jarrResp.ObjectAt(i);
status = json.stringOf("status");
Name = json.stringOf("original_address.name");
Phone = json.stringOf("original_address.phone");
Company_name = json.stringOf("original_address.company_name");
Address_line1 = json.stringOf("original_address.address_line1");
Address_line2 = json.stringOf("original_address.address_line2");
Address_line3 = json.stringOf("original_address.address_line3");
City_locality = json.stringOf("original_address.city_locality");
State_province = json.stringOf("original_address.state_province");
Postal_code = json.stringOf("original_address.postal_code");
Country_code = json.stringOf("original_address.country_code");
Address_residential_indicator = json.stringOf("original_address.address_residential_indicator");
matched_addressName = json.stringOf("matched_address.name");
matched_addressPhone = json.stringOf("matched_address.phone");
matched_addressCompany_name = json.stringOf("matched_address.company_name");
matched_addressAddress_line1 = json.stringOf("matched_address.address_line1");
matched_addressAddress_line2 = json.stringOf("matched_address.address_line2");
matched_addressAddress_line3 = json.stringOf("matched_address.address_line3");
matched_addressCity_locality = json.stringOf("matched_address.city_locality");
matched_addressState_province = json.stringOf("matched_address.state_province");
matched_addressPostal_code = json.stringOf("matched_address.postal_code");
matched_addressCountry_code = json.stringOf("matched_address.country_code");
matched_addressAddress_residential_indicator = json.stringOf("matched_address.address_residential_indicator");
j = 0;
count_j = json.SizeOfArray("messages");
while (j < count_j) {
json.put_J(j);
j = j + 1;
}
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 '[
{
"address_line1": "525 Winchester",
"postal_code": "95128",
"country_code": "US"
}
]'
https://api.shipengine.com/v1/addresses/validate
Postman Collection Item JSON
{
"name": "Validate an address (incomplete)",
"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{\n\t\t\"address_line1\": \"525 Winchester\",\n\t\t\"postal_code\": \"95128\",\n\t\t\"country_code\": \"US\"\n\t}\n]"
},
"url": {
"raw": "https://api.shipengine.com/v1/addresses/validate",
"protocol": "https",
"host": [
"api",
"shipengine",
"com"
],
"path": [
"v1",
"addresses",
"validate"
]
},
"description": "This request demonstrates ShipEngine's ability to validate and fill-in an incomplete address. For most addresses, a `postal_code` is sufficient to fill-in the `city_locality` and `state_province`, or vice-versa. Also notice that the incomplete stree address (525 Winchester) is filled-in as well (525 S Winchester Blvd)."
},
"response": [
{
"name": "Validate an address (incomplete)",
"originalRequest": {
"method": "POST",
"header": [
{
"key": "Content-Type",
"name": "Content-Type",
"type": "text",
"value": "application/json"
}
],
"body": {
"mode": "raw",
"raw": "[\n\t{\n\t\t\"address_line1\": \"525 Winchester\",\n\t\t\"postal_code\": \"95128\",\n\t\t\"country_code\": \"US\"\n\t}\n]",
"options": {
"raw": {
"language": "json"
}
}
},
"url": {
"raw": "https://api.shipengine.com/v1/addresses/validate",
"protocol": "https",
"host": [
"api",
"shipengine",
"com"
],
"path": [
"v1",
"addresses",
"validate"
]
}
},
"status": "OK",
"code": 200,
"_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
"header": [
{
"key": "Date",
"value": "Wed, 18 Sep 2019 14:10:26 GMT"
},
{
"key": "Content-Type",
"value": "application/json; charset=utf-8"
},
{
"key": "Content-Length",
"value": "831"
},
{
"key": "Connection",
"value": "keep-alive"
},
{
"key": "Access-Control-Allow-Origin",
"value": "https://www.shipengine.com"
},
{
"key": "Vary",
"value": "Origin"
},
{
"key": "x-shipengine-requestid",
"value": "9bf1b583-40ed-4715-92b7-0e6bd6cd374c"
}
],
"cookie": [
],
"body": "[\n {\n \"status\": \"verified\",\n \"original_address\": {\n \"name\": null,\n \"phone\": null,\n \"company_name\": null,\n \"address_line1\": \"525 Winchester\",\n \"address_line2\": null,\n \"address_line3\": null,\n \"city_locality\": null,\n \"state_province\": null,\n \"postal_code\": \"95128\",\n \"country_code\": \"US\",\n \"address_residential_indicator\": \"unknown\"\n },\n \"matched_address\": {\n \"name\": null,\n \"phone\": null,\n \"company_name\": null,\n \"address_line1\": \"525 S WINCHESTER BLVD\",\n \"address_line2\": \"\",\n \"address_line3\": null,\n \"city_locality\": \"SAN JOSE\",\n \"state_province\": \"CA\",\n \"postal_code\": \"95128-2537\",\n \"country_code\": \"US\",\n \"address_residential_indicator\": \"no\"\n },\n \"messages\": []\n }\n]"
}
]
}
