Objective-C / ShipEngine Walkthrough / Validate an address (invalid)
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#import <CkoHttp.h>
#import <CkoJsonArray.h>
#import <CkoJsonObject.h>
#import <CkoStringBuilder.h>
#import <CkoHttpResponse.h>
#import <NSString.h>
// This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
// See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.
CkoHttp *http = [[CkoHttp alloc] init];
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": "Winchester Blvd",
// "city_locality": "San Jose",
// "state_province": "CA",
// "postal_code": "78756",
// "country_code": "US"
// }
// ]
CkoJsonArray *jarr = [[CkoJsonArray alloc] init];
[jarr AddObjectAt: [NSNumber numberWithInt: -1]];
CkoJsonObject *jsonObj_1 = [jarr ObjectAt: [NSNumber numberWithInt: ([jarr.Size intValue] - 1)]];
[jsonObj_1 UpdateString: @"address_line1" value: @"Winchester Blvd"];
[jsonObj_1 UpdateString: @"city_locality" value: @"San Jose"];
[jsonObj_1 UpdateString: @"state_province" value: @"CA"];
[jsonObj_1 UpdateString: @"postal_code" value: @"78756"];
[jsonObj_1 UpdateString: @"country_code" value: @"US"];
[http SetRequestHeader: @"API-Key" value: @"{{API_KEY}}"];
[http SetRequestHeader: @"Content-Type" value: @"application/json"];
CkoStringBuilder *sbRequestBody = [[CkoStringBuilder alloc] init];
[jarr EmitSb: sbRequestBody];
CkoHttpResponse *resp = [http PTextSb: @"POST" url: @"https://api.shipengine.com/v1/addresses/validate" textData: sbRequestBody charset: @"utf-8" contentType: @"application/json" md5: NO gzip: NO];
if (http.LastMethodSuccess == NO) {
NSLog(@"%@",http.LastErrorText);
return;
}
CkoStringBuilder *sbResponseBody = [[CkoStringBuilder alloc] init];
[resp GetBodySb: sbResponseBody];
CkoJsonArray *jarrResp = [[CkoJsonArray alloc] init];
[jarrResp LoadSb: sbResponseBody];
jarrResp.EmitCompact = NO;
NSLog(@"%@",@"Response Body:");
NSLog(@"%@",[jarrResp Emit]);
int respStatusCode = [resp.StatusCode intValue];
NSLog(@"%@%d",@"Response Status Code = ",respStatusCode);
if (respStatusCode >= 400) {
NSLog(@"%@",@"Response Header:");
NSLog(@"%@",resp.Header);
NSLog(@"%@",@"Failed.");
return;
}
// 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
CkoJsonObject *json = 0;
NSString *status = 0;
NSString *Name = 0;
NSString *Phone = 0;
NSString *Company_name = 0;
NSString *Address_line1 = 0;
NSString *Address_line2 = 0;
NSString *Address_line3 = 0;
NSString *City_locality = 0;
NSString *State_province = 0;
NSString *Postal_code = 0;
NSString *Country_code = 0;
NSString *Address_residential_indicator = 0;
NSString *matched_address = 0;
int j;
int count_j;
NSString *code = 0;
NSString *message = 0;
NSString *v_type = 0;
NSString *detail_code = 0;
int i = 0;
int count_i = [jarrResp.Size intValue];
while (i < count_i) {
json = [jarrResp ObjectAt: [NSNumber numberWithInt: 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_address = [json StringOf: @"matched_address"];
j = 0;
count_j = [[json SizeOfArray: @"messages"] intValue];
while (j < count_j) {
json.J = [NSNumber numberWithInt: j];
code = [json StringOf: @"messages[j].code"];
message = [json StringOf: @"messages[j].message"];
v_type = [json StringOf: @"messages[j].type"];
detail_code = [json StringOf: @"messages[j].detail_code"];
j = j + 1;
}
i = i + 1;
}
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]"
}
]
}
