Classic ASP / ShipEngine Walkthrough / Validate an address (warning)
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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.
' [
' {
' "address_line1": "Studio Tour Drive, Leavesden WD25 7LR, UK",
' "country_code": "GB"
' }
' ]
' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.JsonArray")
set jarr = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonArray")
success = jarr.AddObjectAt(-1)
' jsonObj_1 is a Chilkat.JsonObject
Set jsonObj_1 = jarr.ObjectAt(jarr.Size - 1)
success = jsonObj_1.UpdateString("address_line1","Studio Tour Drive, Leavesden WD25 7LR, UK")
success = jsonObj_1.UpdateString("country_code","GB")
http.SetRequestHeader "API-Key","{{API_KEY}}"
http.SetRequestHeader "Content-Type","application/json"
' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.StringBuilder")
set sbRequestBody = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
success = jarr.EmitSb(sbRequestBody)
' resp is a Chilkat.HttpResponse
Set resp = http.PTextSb("POST","https://api.shipengine.com/v1/addresses/validate",sbRequestBody,"utf-8","application/json",0,0)
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.JsonArray")
set jarrResp = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonArray")
success = jarrResp.LoadSb(sbResponseBody)
jarrResp.EmitCompact = 0
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Response Body:") & "</pre>"
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( jarrResp.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)
' [
' {
' "status": "verified",
' "original_address": {
' "name": null,
' "phone": null,
' "company_name": null,
' "address_line1": "Studio Tour Drive, Leavesden WD25 7LR, UK",
' "address_line2": null,
' "address_line3": null,
' "city_locality": null,
' "state_province": null,
' "postal_code": null,
' "country_code": "GB",
' "address_residential_indicator": "unknown"
' },
' "matched_address": {
' "name": null,
' "phone": null,
' "company_name": "WARNER BROS STUDIO TOUR",
' "address_line1": "Studio Tour Drive",
' "address_line2": "",
' "address_line3": "",
' "city_locality": "Watford",
' "state_province": "Hertfordshire",
' "postal_code": "WD25 7LR",
' "country_code": "GB",
' "address_residential_indicator": "unknown"
' },
' "messages": [
' {
' "code": "a1003",
' "message": "There was a change or addition to the state/province.",
' "type": "warning",
' "detail_code": "state_province_changed_or_added"
' },
' {
' "code": "a1007",
' "message": "This address has been verified down to the suite/PO box level (highest possible accuracy with the provided data)",
' "type": "info",
' "detail_code": "verified_to_suite_level"
' },
' {
' "code": "a1008",
' "message": "This record was successfully geocoded to the community level (ZIP centroid in the US, 3 digit postal code for Canada)",
' "type": "info",
' "detail_code": "coded_to_community_level"
' }
' ]
' }
' ]
' Sample code for parsing the JSON response...
' Use this online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON: Generate JSON Parsing Code
i = 0
count_i = jarrResp.Size
Do While i < count_i
' json is a Chilkat.JsonObject
Set 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")
Do While j < count_j
json.J = j
code = json.StringOf("messages[j].code")
message = json.StringOf("messages[j].message")
v_type = json.StringOf("messages[j].type")
detail_code = json.StringOf("messages[j].detail_code")
j = j + 1
Loop
i = i + 1
Loop
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Curl Command
curl -X POST
-H "API-Key: {{API_KEY}}"
-H "Content-Type: application/json"
-d '[
{
"address_line1": "Studio Tour Drive, Leavesden WD25 7LR, UK",
"country_code": "GB"
}
]'
https://api.shipengine.com/v1/addresses/validate
Postman Collection Item JSON
{
"name": "Validate an address (warning)",
"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 \"address_line1\": \"Studio Tour Drive, Leavesden WD25 7LR, UK\",\n \"country_code\": \"GB\"\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 shows how ShipEngine responds when an address can be verified, but there are warnings such as major corrections. The `status` field is `verified`, and the `messages` array lists the warnings and other information about the corrected the address."
},
"response": [
{
"name": "Validate an address (warning)",
"originalRequest": {
"method": "POST",
"header": [
{
"key": "Content-Type",
"name": "Content-Type",
"type": "text",
"value": "application/json"
}
],
"body": {
"mode": "raw",
"raw": "[\n\t{\n \"address_line1\": \"Studio Tour Drive, Leavesden WD25 7LR, UK\",\n \"country_code\": \"GB\"\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": "Tue, 22 Oct 2019 20:32:43 GMT"
},
{
"key": "Content-Type",
"value": "application/json; charset=utf-8"
},
{
"key": "Content-Length",
"value": "1614"
},
{
"key": "Connection",
"value": "keep-alive"
},
{
"key": "Access-Control-Allow-Origin",
"value": "https://www.shipengine.com"
},
{
"key": "Vary",
"value": "Origin"
},
{
"key": "x-shipengine-requestid",
"value": "12327571-2884-4f7d-bb9f-ad2cf9331d98"
}
],
"cookie": [
],
"body": "[\n {\n \"status\": \"verified\",\n \"original_address\": {\n \"name\": null,\n \"phone\": null,\n \"company_name\": null,\n \"address_line1\": \"Studio Tour Drive, Leavesden WD25 7LR, UK\",\n \"address_line2\": null,\n \"address_line3\": null,\n \"city_locality\": null,\n \"state_province\": null,\n \"postal_code\": null,\n \"country_code\": \"GB\",\n \"address_residential_indicator\": \"unknown\"\n },\n \"matched_address\": {\n \"name\": null,\n \"phone\": null,\n \"company_name\": \"WARNER BROS STUDIO TOUR\",\n \"address_line1\": \"Studio Tour Drive\",\n \"address_line2\": \"\",\n \"address_line3\": \"\",\n \"city_locality\": \"Watford\",\n \"state_province\": \"Hertfordshire\",\n \"postal_code\": \"WD25 7LR\",\n \"country_code\": \"GB\",\n \"address_residential_indicator\": \"unknown\"\n },\n \"messages\": [\n {\n \"code\": \"a1003\",\n \"message\": \"There was a change or addition to the state/province.\",\n \"type\": \"warning\",\n \"detail_code\": \"state_province_changed_or_added\"\n },\n {\n \"code\": \"a1007\",\n \"message\": \"This address has been verified down to the suite/PO box level (highest possible accuracy with the provided data)\",\n \"type\": \"info\",\n \"detail_code\": \"verified_to_suite_level\"\n },\n {\n \"code\": \"a1008\",\n \"message\": \"This record was successfully geocoded to the community level (ZIP centroid in the US, 3 digit postal code for Canada)\",\n \"type\": \"info\",\n \"detail_code\": \"coded_to_community_level\"\n }\n ]\n }\n]"
}
]
}
