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Java / ShipEngine Walkthrough / Track using a label ID

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import com.chilkatsoft.*;

public class ChilkatExample {

  static {
    try {
        System.loadLibrary("chilkat");
    } catch (UnsatisfiedLinkError e) {
      System.err.println("Native code library failed to load.\n" + e);
      System.exit(1);
    }
  }

  public static void main(String argv[])
  {
    // This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    CkHttp http = new CkHttp();
    boolean success;

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

    CkStringBuilder sbResponseBody = new CkStringBuilder();
    success = http.QuickGetSb("https://api.shipengine.com/v1/labels/se-123456/track",sbResponseBody);
    if (success == false) {
        System.out.println(http.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    CkJsonObject jResp = new CkJsonObject();
    jResp.LoadSb(sbResponseBody);
    jResp.put_EmitCompact(false);

    System.out.println("Response Body:");
    System.out.println(jResp.emit());

    int respStatusCode = http.get_LastStatus();
    System.out.println("Response Status Code = " + respStatusCode);
    if (respStatusCode >= 400) {
        System.out.println("Response Header:");
        System.out.println(http.lastHeader());
        System.out.println("Failed.");
        return;
        }

    // 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

    String tracking_number = jResp.stringOf("tracking_number");
    String status_code = jResp.stringOf("status_code");
    String status_description = jResp.stringOf("status_description");
    String carrier_status_code = jResp.stringOf("carrier_status_code");
    String carrier_status_description = jResp.stringOf("carrier_status_description");
    String ship_date = jResp.stringOf("ship_date");
    String estimated_delivery_date = jResp.stringOf("estimated_delivery_date");
    String actual_delivery_date = jResp.stringOf("actual_delivery_date");
    String exception_description = jResp.stringOf("exception_description");
    String events = jResp.stringOf("events");
  }
}

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}"
    }
  ]
}