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LOCAL loHttp
LOCAL lnSuccess
LOCAL loResp

* 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')

loHttp.SetRequestHeader("API-Key","{{API_KEY}}")

loResp = loHttp.QuickRequest("POST","https://api.shipengine.com/v1/tracking/start?carrier_code=stamps_com&tracking_number=1Z6Y21Y60300230257")
IF (loHttp.LastMethodSuccess = 0) THEN
    ? loHttp.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loHttp
    CANCEL
ENDIF

? STR(loResp.StatusCode)
? loResp.BodyStr
RELEASE loResp

RELEASE loHttp

Curl Command

curl -X POST
	-H "API-Key: {{API_KEY}}"
https://api.shipengine.com/v1/tracking/start?carrier_code=stamps_com&tracking_number=1Z6Y21Y60300230257

Postman Collection Item JSON

{
  "name": "Subscribe to tracking updates for a package",
  "event": [
    {
      "listen": "test",
      "script": {
        "exec": [
          ""
        ],
        "type": "text/javascript"
      }
    }
  ],
  "request": {
    "method": "POST",
    "header": [
    ],
    "url": {
      "raw": "https://api.shipengine.com/v1/tracking/start?carrier_code=stamps_com&tracking_number={{tracking_number}}",
      "protocol": "https",
      "host": [
        "api",
        "shipengine",
        "com"
      ],
      "path": [
        "v1",
        "tracking",
        "start"
      ],
      "query": [
        {
          "key": "carrier_code",
          "value": "stamps_com"
        },
        {
          "key": "tracking_number",
          "value": "{{tracking_number}}"
        }
      ]
    },
    "description": "Once you've setup a tracking webhook, you can start subscribing to tracking updates for packages.  Your webhook will be notified whenever any tracking events occur on a subscribed package."
  },
  "response": [
  ]
}