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// This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
// See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.
Chilkat.Http http = new Chilkat.Http();
bool success;
// 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": "525 S Winchester Blvd",
// "city_locality": "San Jose",
// "state_province": "CA",
// "postal_code": "95128",
// "country_code": "US"
// }
// ]
Chilkat.JsonArray jarr = new Chilkat.JsonArray();
jarr.AddObjectAt(-1);
Chilkat.JsonObject jsonObj_1 = jarr.ObjectAt(jarr.Size - 1);
jsonObj_1.UpdateString("address_line1","525 S Winchester Blvd");
jsonObj_1.UpdateString("city_locality","San Jose");
jsonObj_1.UpdateString("state_province","CA");
jsonObj_1.UpdateString("postal_code","95128");
jsonObj_1.UpdateString("country_code","US");
http.SetRequestHeader("API-Key","{{API_KEY}}");
http.SetRequestHeader("Content-Type","application/json");
Chilkat.StringBuilder sbRequestBody = new Chilkat.StringBuilder();
jarr.EmitSb(sbRequestBody);
Chilkat.HttpResponse resp = http.PTextSb("POST","https://api.shipengine.com/v1/addresses/validate",sbRequestBody,"utf-8","application/json",false,false);
if (http.LastMethodSuccess == false) {
Debug.WriteLine(http.LastErrorText);
return;
}
Chilkat.StringBuilder sbResponseBody = new Chilkat.StringBuilder();
resp.GetBodySb(sbResponseBody);
Chilkat.JsonArray jarrResp = new Chilkat.JsonArray();
jarrResp.LoadSb(sbResponseBody);
jarrResp.EmitCompact = false;
Debug.WriteLine("Response Body:");
Debug.WriteLine(jarrResp.Emit());
int respStatusCode = resp.StatusCode;
Debug.WriteLine("Response Status Code = " + Convert.ToString(respStatusCode));
if (respStatusCode >= 400) {
Debug.WriteLine("Response Header:");
Debug.WriteLine(resp.Header);
Debug.WriteLine("Failed.");
return;
}
// 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": "525 S Winchester Blvd",
// "address_line2": null,
// "address_line3": null,
// "city_locality": "San Jose",
// "state_province": "CA",
// "postal_code": "95128",
// "country_code": "US",
// "address_residential_indicator": "unknown"
// },
// "matched_address": {
// "name": null,
// "phone": null,
// "company_name": null,
// "address_line1": "525 S WINCHESTER BLVD",
// "address_line2": "",
// "address_line3": null,
// "city_locality": "SAN JOSE",
// "state_province": "CA",
// "postal_code": "95128-2537",
// "country_code": "US",
// "address_residential_indicator": "no"
// },
// "messages": [
// ]
// }
// ]
// Sample code for parsing the JSON response...
// Use this online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON: Generate JSON Parsing Code
Chilkat.JsonObject json = null;
string status;
string Name;
string Phone;
string Company_name;
string Address_line1;
string Address_line2;
string Address_line3;
string City_locality;
string State_province;
string Postal_code;
string Country_code;
string Address_residential_indicator;
string matched_addressName;
string matched_addressPhone;
string matched_addressCompany_name;
string matched_addressAddress_line1;
string matched_addressAddress_line2;
string matched_addressAddress_line3;
string matched_addressCity_locality;
string matched_addressState_province;
string matched_addressPostal_code;
string matched_addressCountry_code;
string matched_addressAddress_residential_indicator;
int j;
int count_j;
int i = 0;
int count_i = jarrResp.Size;
while (i < count_i) {
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");
while (j < count_j) {
json.J = j;
j = j + 1;
}
i = i + 1;
}
Curl Command
curl -X POST
-H "API-Key: {{API_KEY}}"
-H "Content-Type: application/json"
-d '[
{
"address_line1": "525 S Winchester Blvd",
"city_locality": "San Jose",
"state_province": "CA",
"postal_code": "95128",
"country_code": "US"
}
]'
https://api.shipengine.com/v1/addresses/validate
Postman Collection Item JSON
{
"name": "Validate an address (valid)",
"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\": \"525 S Winchester Blvd\",\n\t\t\"city_locality\": \"San Jose\",\n\t\t\"state_province\": \"CA\",\n\t\t\"postal_code\": \"95128\",\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": "ShipEngine supports address validation for nearly every country on Earth, including the United States, Canada, Great Britain, Australia, Germany, France, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Israel, Italy, and over 160 others."
},
"response": [
{
"name": "Validate an address (valid)",
"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\": \"525 S Winchester Blvd\",\n\t\t\"city_locality\": \"San Jose\",\n\t\t\"state_province\": \"CA\",\n\t\t\"postal_code\": \"95128\",\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 14:06:22 GMT"
},
{
"key": "Content-Type",
"value": "application/json; charset=utf-8"
},
{
"key": "Content-Length",
"value": "844"
},
{
"key": "Connection",
"value": "keep-alive"
},
{
"key": "Access-Control-Allow-Origin",
"value": "https://www.shipengine.com"
},
{
"key": "Vary",
"value": "Origin"
},
{
"key": "x-shipengine-requestid",
"value": "241f9781-18b7-4c54-b872-8e29c04b4c9e"
}
],
"cookie": [
],
"body": "[\n {\n \"status\": \"verified\",\n \"original_address\": {\n \"name\": null,\n \"phone\": null,\n \"company_name\": null,\n \"address_line1\": \"525 S Winchester Blvd\",\n \"address_line2\": null,\n \"address_line3\": null,\n \"city_locality\": \"San Jose\",\n \"state_province\": \"CA\",\n \"postal_code\": \"95128\",\n \"country_code\": \"US\",\n \"address_residential_indicator\": \"unknown\"\n },\n \"matched_address\": {\n \"name\": null,\n \"phone\": null,\n \"company_name\": null,\n \"address_line1\": \"525 S WINCHESTER BLVD\",\n \"address_line2\": \"\",\n \"address_line3\": null,\n \"city_locality\": \"SAN JOSE\",\n \"state_province\": \"CA\",\n \"postal_code\": \"95128-2537\",\n \"country_code\": \"US\",\n \"address_residential_indicator\": \"no\"\n },\n \"messages\": []\n }\n]"
}
]
}
