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<%
' This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
' See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.
' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.Http")
set http = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.Http")
' 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 Miller’s house at 525 Winchester Blvd in San Jose (that's california, obviously). The zip code there is 95128."
' }
' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.JsonObject")
set json = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
success = json.UpdateString("text","I need to send a package to my friend Amanda Miller’s house at 525 Winchester Blvd in San Jose (that's california, obviously). The zip code there is 95128.")
http.SetRequestHeader "API-Key","{{API_KEY}}"
http.SetRequestHeader "Content-Type","application/json"
' resp is a Chilkat.HttpResponse
Set resp = http.PostJson3("https://api.shipengine.com/v1/addresses/recognize","application/json",json)
If (http.LastMethodSuccess = 0) Then
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( http.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
Response.End
End If
' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.StringBuilder")
set sbResponseBody = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
success = resp.GetBodySb(sbResponseBody)
' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.JsonObject")
set jResp = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
success = jResp.LoadSb(sbResponseBody)
jResp.EmitCompact = 0
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Response Body:") & "</pre>"
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( jResp.Emit()) & "</pre>"
respStatusCode = resp.StatusCode
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Response Status Code = " & respStatusCode) & "</pre>"
If (respStatusCode >= 400) Then
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Response Header:") & "</pre>"
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( resp.Header) & "</pre>"
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Failed.") & "</pre>"
Response.End
End If
' Sample JSON response:
' (Sample code for parsing the JSON response is shown below)
' {
' "score": 0.9710697187242877,
' "address": {
' "name": "Amanda Miller",
' "address_line1": "525 Winchester Blvd",
' "city_locality": "San Jose",
' "state_province": "CA",
' "postal_code": "95128",
' "address_residential_indicator": "yes"
' },
' "entities": [
' {
' "type": "person",
' "score": 0.9519646137063122,
' "text": "Amanda Miller",
' "start_index": 38,
' "end_index": 50,
' "result": {
' "value": "Amanda Miller"
' }
' },
' {
' "type": "residential_indicator",
' "score": 0.9519646137063122,
' "text": "house",
' "start_index": 54,
' "end_index": 58,
' "result": {
' "value": "yes"
' }
' },
' {
' "type": "address_line",
' "score": 0.9805313966503588,
' "text": "525 Winchester Blvd",
' "start_index": 63,
' "end_index": 81,
' "result": {
' "line": 1,
' "value": "525 Winchester Blvd"
' }
' },
' {
' "type": "number",
' "score": 0.9805313966503588,
' "text": "525",
' "start_index": 63,
' "end_index": 65,
' "result": {
' "type": "cardinal",
' "value": 525
' }
' },
' {
' "type": "city_locality",
' "score": 0.9805313966503588,
' "text": "San Jose",
' "start_index": 86,
' "end_index": 93,
' "result": {
' "value": "San Jose"
' }
' },
' {
' "type": "state_province",
' "score": 0.9805313966503588,
' "text": "california",
' "start_index": 103,
' "end_index": 112,
' "result": {
' "name": "California",
' "value": "CA"
' }
' },
' {
' "type": "postal_code",
' "score": 0.9519646137063122,
' "text": "95128",
' "start_index": 149,
' "end_index": 153,
' "result": {
' "value": "95128"
' }
' }
' ]
' }
' Sample code for parsing the JSON response...
' Use this online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON: Generate JSON Parsing Code
score = jResp.StringOf("score")
Name = jResp.StringOf("address.name")
Address_line1 = jResp.StringOf("address.address_line1")
City_locality = jResp.StringOf("address.city_locality")
State_province = jResp.StringOf("address.state_province")
Postal_code = jResp.StringOf("address.postal_code")
Address_residential_indicator = jResp.StringOf("address.address_residential_indicator")
i = 0
count_i = jResp.SizeOfArray("entities")
Do While i < count_i
jResp.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")
resultName = jResp.StringOf("entities[i].result.name")
i = i + 1
Loop
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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 Miller’s house at 525 Winchester Blvd in San Jose (that\'s california, obviously). The zip code there is 95128."
}'
https://api.shipengine.com/v1/addresses/recognize
Postman Collection Item JSON
{
"name": "Parse an Address",
"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 Miller’s house at 525 Winchester Blvd in San Jose (that's california, obviously). The zip code there is 95128.\"\n}"
},
"url": {
"raw": "https://api.shipengine.com/v1/addresses/recognize",
"protocol": "https",
"host": [
"api",
"shipengine",
"com"
],
"path": [
"v1",
"addresses",
"recognize"
]
},
"description": "This request shows how to pass unstructured text to ShipEngine that contains address information. ShipEngine will recognize any address-related parts of the text and give you back an `address` object."
},
"response": [
{
"name": "Parse an Address",
"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 Miller’s house at 525 Winchester Blvd in San Jose (that's california, obviously). The zip code there is 95128.\"\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 14:59:19 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\": 0.9710697187242877,\n \"address\": {\n \"name\": \"Amanda Miller\",\n \"address_line1\": \"525 Winchester Blvd\",\n \"city_locality\": \"San Jose\",\n \"state_province\": \"CA\",\n \"postal_code\": \"95128\",\n \"address_residential_indicator\": \"yes\"\n },\n \"entities\": [\n {\n \"type\": \"person\",\n \"score\": 0.9519646137063122,\n \"text\": \"Amanda Miller\",\n \"start_index\": 38,\n \"end_index\": 50,\n \"result\": {\n \"value\": \"Amanda Miller\"\n }\n },\n {\n \"type\": \"residential_indicator\",\n \"score\": 0.9519646137063122,\n \"text\": \"house\",\n \"start_index\": 54,\n \"end_index\": 58,\n \"result\": {\n \"value\": \"yes\"\n }\n },\n {\n \"type\": \"address_line\",\n \"score\": 0.9805313966503588,\n \"text\": \"525 Winchester Blvd\",\n \"start_index\": 63,\n \"end_index\": 81,\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\": 63,\n \"end_index\": 65,\n \"result\": {\n \"type\": \"cardinal\",\n \"value\": 525\n }\n },\n {\n \"type\": \"city_locality\",\n \"score\": 0.9805313966503588,\n \"text\": \"San Jose\",\n \"start_index\": 86,\n \"end_index\": 93,\n \"result\": {\n \"value\": \"San Jose\"\n }\n },\n {\n \"type\": \"state_province\",\n \"score\": 0.9805313966503588,\n \"text\": \"california\",\n \"start_index\": 103,\n \"end_index\": 112,\n \"result\": {\n \"name\": \"California\",\n \"value\": \"CA\"\n }\n },\n {\n \"type\": \"postal_code\",\n \"score\": 0.9519646137063122,\n \"text\": \"95128\",\n \"start_index\": 149,\n \"end_index\": 153,\n \"result\": {\n \"value\": \"95128\"\n }\n }\n ]\n}"
}
]
}
