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Use ChilkatAx-win32.pkg

Procedure Test
    Handle hoHttp
    Boolean iSuccess
    Variant vSbResponseBody
    Handle hoSbResponseBody
    Handle hoJResp
    Integer iRespStatusCode
    String sTracking_number
    String sStatus_code
    String sStatus_description
    String sCarrier_status_code
    String sCarrier_status_description
    String sShip_date
    String sEstimated_delivery_date
    String sActual_delivery_date
    String sException_description
    String sEvents
    String sTemp1

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

    Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatHttp)) To hoHttp
    If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoHttp))) Begin
        Send CreateComObject of hoHttp
    End

    Send ComSetRequestHeader To hoHttp "API-Key" "{{API_KEY}}"

    Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatStringBuilder)) To hoSbResponseBody
    If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoSbResponseBody))) Begin
        Send CreateComObject of hoSbResponseBody
    End
    Get pvComObject of hoSbResponseBody to vSbResponseBody
    Get ComQuickGetSb Of hoHttp "https://api.shipengine.com/v1/labels/se-123456/track" vSbResponseBody To iSuccess
    If (iSuccess = False) Begin
        Get ComLastErrorText Of hoHttp To sTemp1
        Showln sTemp1
        Procedure_Return
    End

    Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatJsonObject)) To hoJResp
    If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoJResp))) Begin
        Send CreateComObject of hoJResp
    End
    Get pvComObject of hoSbResponseBody to vSbResponseBody
    Get ComLoadSb Of hoJResp vSbResponseBody To iSuccess
    Set ComEmitCompact Of hoJResp To False

    Showln "Response Body:"
    Get ComEmit Of hoJResp To sTemp1
    Showln sTemp1

    Get ComLastStatus Of hoHttp To iRespStatusCode
    Showln "Response Status Code = " iRespStatusCode
    If (iRespStatusCode >= 400) Begin
        Showln "Response Header:"
        Get ComLastHeader Of hoHttp To sTemp1
        Showln sTemp1
        Showln "Failed."
        Procedure_Return
    End

    // 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

    Get ComStringOf Of hoJResp "tracking_number" To sTracking_number
    Get ComStringOf Of hoJResp "status_code" To sStatus_code
    Get ComStringOf Of hoJResp "status_description" To sStatus_description
    Get ComStringOf Of hoJResp "carrier_status_code" To sCarrier_status_code
    Get ComStringOf Of hoJResp "carrier_status_description" To sCarrier_status_description
    Get ComStringOf Of hoJResp "ship_date" To sShip_date
    Get ComStringOf Of hoJResp "estimated_delivery_date" To sEstimated_delivery_date
    Get ComStringOf Of hoJResp "actual_delivery_date" To sActual_delivery_date
    Get ComStringOf Of hoJResp "exception_description" To sException_description
    Get ComStringOf Of hoJResp "events" To sEvents


End_Procedure

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}"
    }
  ]
}