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LOCAL loHttp
LOCAL lnSuccess
LOCAL loJarr
LOCAL loJsonObj_1
LOCAL loSbRequestBody
LOCAL loResp
LOCAL loSbResponseBody
LOCAL loJarrResp
LOCAL lnRespStatusCode
LOCAL loJson
LOCAL lcStatus
LOCAL lcName
LOCAL lcPhone
LOCAL lcCompany_name
LOCAL lcAddress_line1
LOCAL lcAddress_line2
LOCAL lcAddress_line3
LOCAL lcCity_locality
LOCAL lcState_province
LOCAL lcPostal_code
LOCAL lcCountry_code
LOCAL lcAddress_residential_indicator
LOCAL lcMatched_address
LOCAL j
LOCAL lnCount_j
LOCAL lcCode
LOCAL lcMessage
LOCAL lcV_type
LOCAL lcDetail_code
LOCAL i
LOCAL lnCount_i

* 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')
loHttp = 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": "Winchester Blvd",
*     "city_locality": "San Jose",
*     "state_province": "CA",
*     "postal_code": "78756",
*     "country_code": "US"
*   }
* ]

* For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject('Chilkat_9_5_0.JsonArray')
loJarr = CreateObject('Chilkat.JsonArray')

loJarr.AddObjectAt(-1)
loJsonObj_1 = loJarr.ObjectAt(loJarr.Size - 1)
loJsonObj_1.UpdateString("address_line1","Winchester Blvd")
loJsonObj_1.UpdateString("city_locality","San Jose")
loJsonObj_1.UpdateString("state_province","CA")
loJsonObj_1.UpdateString("postal_code","78756")
loJsonObj_1.UpdateString("country_code","US")
RELEASE loJsonObj_1

loHttp.SetRequestHeader("API-Key","{{API_KEY}}")
loHttp.SetRequestHeader("Content-Type","application/json")

* For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject('Chilkat_9_5_0.StringBuilder')
loSbRequestBody = CreateObject('Chilkat.StringBuilder')
loJarr.EmitSb(loSbRequestBody)

loResp = loHttp.PTextSb("POST","https://api.shipengine.com/v1/addresses/validate",loSbRequestBody,"utf-8","application/json",0,0)
IF (loHttp.LastMethodSuccess = 0) THEN
    ? loHttp.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loHttp
    RELEASE loJarr
    RELEASE loSbRequestBody
    CANCEL
ENDIF

* For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject('Chilkat_9_5_0.StringBuilder')
loSbResponseBody = CreateObject('Chilkat.StringBuilder')
loResp.GetBodySb(loSbResponseBody)

* For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject('Chilkat_9_5_0.JsonArray')
loJarrResp = CreateObject('Chilkat.JsonArray')
loJarrResp.LoadSb(loSbResponseBody)
loJarrResp.EmitCompact = 0

? "Response Body:"
? loJarrResp.Emit()

lnRespStatusCode = loResp.StatusCode
? "Response Status Code = " + STR(lnRespStatusCode)
IF (lnRespStatusCode >= 400) THEN
    ? "Response Header:"
    ? loResp.Header
    ? "Failed."
    RELEASE loResp
    RELEASE loHttp
    RELEASE loJarr
    RELEASE loSbRequestBody
    RELEASE loSbResponseBody
    RELEASE loJarrResp
    CANCEL
ENDIF

RELEASE loResp

* Sample JSON response:
* (Sample code for parsing the JSON response is shown below)

* [
*   {
*     "status": "error",
*     "original_address": {
*       "name": null,
*       "phone": null,
*       "company_name": null,
*       "address_line1": "Winchester Blvd",
*       "address_line2": null,
*       "address_line3": null,
*       "city_locality": "San Jose",
*       "state_province": "CA",
*       "postal_code": "78756",
*       "country_code": "US",
*       "address_residential_indicator": "unknown"
*     },
*     "matched_address": null,
*     "messages": [
*       {
*         "code": "a1004",
*         "message": "Address not found",
*         "type": "warning",
*         "detail_code": null
*       },
*       {
*         "code": "a1002",
*         "message": "Invalid City, State, or Zip",
*         "type": "error",
*         "detail_code": null
*       },
*       {
*         "code": "a1004",
*         "message": "Insufficient or Incorrect Address Data",
*         "type": "warning",
*         "detail_code": null
*       }
*     ]
*   }
* ]

* Sample code for parsing the JSON response...
* Use this online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON: Generate JSON Parsing Code

i = 0
lnCount_i = loJarrResp.Size
DO WHILE i < lnCount_i
    loJson = loJarrResp.ObjectAt(i)
    lcStatus = loJson.StringOf("status")
    lcName = loJson.StringOf("original_address.name")
    lcPhone = loJson.StringOf("original_address.phone")
    lcCompany_name = loJson.StringOf("original_address.company_name")
    lcAddress_line1 = loJson.StringOf("original_address.address_line1")
    lcAddress_line2 = loJson.StringOf("original_address.address_line2")
    lcAddress_line3 = loJson.StringOf("original_address.address_line3")
    lcCity_locality = loJson.StringOf("original_address.city_locality")
    lcState_province = loJson.StringOf("original_address.state_province")
    lcPostal_code = loJson.StringOf("original_address.postal_code")
    lcCountry_code = loJson.StringOf("original_address.country_code")
    lcAddress_residential_indicator = loJson.StringOf("original_address.address_residential_indicator")
    lcMatched_address = loJson.StringOf("matched_address")
    j = 0
    lnCount_j = loJson.SizeOfArray("messages")
    DO WHILE j < lnCount_j
        loJson.J = j
        lcCode = loJson.StringOf("messages[j].code")
        lcMessage = loJson.StringOf("messages[j].message")
        lcV_type = loJson.StringOf("messages[j].type")
        lcDetail_code = loJson.StringOf("messages[j].detail_code")
        j = j + 1
    ENDDO
    RELEASE loJson
    i = i + 1
ENDDO

RELEASE loHttp
RELEASE loJarr
RELEASE loSbRequestBody
RELEASE loSbResponseBody
RELEASE loJarrResp

Curl Command

curl -X POST
	-H "API-Key: {{API_KEY}}"
	-H "Content-Type: application/json"
	-d '[
	{
		"address_line1": "Winchester Blvd",
		"city_locality": "San Jose",
		"state_province": "CA",
		"postal_code": "78756",
		"country_code": "US"
	}
]'
https://api.shipengine.com/v1/addresses/validate

Postman Collection Item JSON

{
  "name": "Validate an address (invalid)",
  "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\": \"Winchester Blvd\",\n\t\t\"city_locality\": \"San Jose\",\n\t\t\"state_province\": \"CA\",\n\t\t\"postal_code\": \"78756\",\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 shows how ShipEngine responds when an address is invalid. The `status` field is `error`, and the `messages` array lists the problems with the address."
  },
  "response": [
    {
      "name": "Validate an address (corrected) Copy",
      "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\": \"Winchester Blvd\",\n\t\t\"city_locality\": \"San Jose\",\n\t\t\"state_province\": \"CA\",\n\t\t\"postal_code\": \"78756\",\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 14:26:11 GMT"
        },
        {
          "key": "Content-Type",
          "value": "application/json; charset=utf-8"
        },
        {
          "key": "Content-Length",
          "value": "938"
        },
        {
          "key": "Connection",
          "value": "keep-alive"
        },
        {
          "key": "Access-Control-Allow-Origin",
          "value": "https://www.shipengine.com"
        },
        {
          "key": "Vary",
          "value": "Origin"
        },
        {
          "key": "x-shipengine-requestid",
          "value": "d582f7b7-7c4d-4f5a-aace-003457e14992"
        }
      ],
      "cookie": [
      ],
      "body": "[\n    {\n        \"status\": \"error\",\n        \"original_address\": {\n            \"name\": null,\n            \"phone\": null,\n            \"company_name\": null,\n            \"address_line1\": \"Winchester Blvd\",\n            \"address_line2\": null,\n            \"address_line3\": null,\n            \"city_locality\": \"San Jose\",\n            \"state_province\": \"CA\",\n            \"postal_code\": \"78756\",\n            \"country_code\": \"US\",\n            \"address_residential_indicator\": \"unknown\"\n        },\n        \"matched_address\": null,\n        \"messages\": [\n            {\n                \"code\": \"a1004\",\n                \"message\": \"Address not found\",\n                \"type\": \"warning\",\n                \"detail_code\": null\n            },\n            {\n                \"code\": \"a1002\",\n                \"message\": \"Invalid City, State, or Zip\",\n                \"type\": \"error\",\n                \"detail_code\": null\n            },\n            {\n                \"code\": \"a1004\",\n                \"message\": \"Insufficient or Incorrect Address Data\",\n                \"type\": \"warning\",\n                \"detail_code\": null\n            }\n        ]\n    }\n]"
    }
  ]
}