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<?php

// 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 new COM('Chilkat_9_5_0.Chilkat.Http')
$http = new COM("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.

// {
//   "event": "track",
//   "url": "https://your-domain-here.com/some/path"
// }

// For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use new COM('Chilkat_9_5_0.Chilkat.JsonObject')
$json = new COM("Chilkat.JsonObject");
$json->UpdateString('event','track');
$json->UpdateString('url','https://your-domain-here.com/some/path');

$http->SetRequestHeader('API-Key','{{API_KEY}}');
$http->SetRequestHeader('Content-Type','application/json');

// resp is a Chilkat.HttpResponse
$resp = $http->PostJson3('https://api.shipengine.com/v1/environment/webhooks','application/json',$json);
if ($http->LastMethodSuccess == 0) {
    print $http->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

// For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use new COM('Chilkat_9_5_0.Chilkat.StringBuilder')
$sbResponseBody = new COM("Chilkat.StringBuilder");
$resp->GetBodySb($sbResponseBody);

// For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use new COM('Chilkat_9_5_0.Chilkat.JsonObject')
$jResp = new COM("Chilkat.JsonObject");
$jResp->LoadSb($sbResponseBody);
$jResp->EmitCompact = 0;

print 'Response Body:' . "\n";
print $jResp->emit() . "\n";

$respStatusCode = $resp->StatusCode;
print 'Response Status Code = ' . $respStatusCode . "\n";
if ($respStatusCode >= 400) {
    print 'Response Header:' . "\n";
    print $resp->Header . "\n";
    print 'Failed.' . "\n";

    exit;
}

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

// {
//   "webhook_id": "102349",
//   "url": "https://your-domain-here.com/some/path",
//   "event": "track"
// }

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

$webhook_id = $jResp->stringOf('webhook_id');
$url = $jResp->stringOf('url');
$v_event = $jResp->stringOf('event');

?>

Curl Command

curl -X POST
	-H "API-Key: {{API_KEY}}"
	-H "Content-Type: application/json"
	-d '{
	"event": "track",
	"url": "https://your-domain-here.com/some/path"
}'
https://api.shipengine.com/v1/environment/webhooks

Postman Collection Item JSON

{
  "name": "Setup a tracking webhook",
  "event": [
    {
      "listen": "test",
      "script": {
        "exec": [
          ""
        ],
        "type": "text/javascript"
      }
    }
  ],
  "request": {
    "method": "POST",
    "header": [
      {
        "key": "Content-Type",
        "name": "Content-Type",
        "value": "application/json",
        "type": "text"
      }
    ],
    "body": {
      "mode": "raw",
      "raw": "{\n\t\"event\": \"track\",\n\t\"url\": \"https://your-domain-here.com/some/path\"\n}"
    },
    "url": {
      "raw": "https://api.shipengine.com/v1/environment/webhooks",
      "protocol": "https",
      "host": [
        "api",
        "shipengine",
        "com"
      ],
      "path": [
        "v1",
        "environment",
        "webhooks"
      ]
    },
    "description": "To subscribe to real-time tracking updates from ShipEngine, the first step is to setup a webhook.  This is a **one-time step** that can be performed via the API or manually in the ShipEngine dashboard."
  },
  "response": [
    {
      "name": "Setup a tracking webhook",
      "originalRequest": {
        "method": "POST",
        "header": [
        ],
        "body": {
          "mode": "raw",
          "raw": "{\n\t\"event\": \"track\",\n\t\"url\": \"https://your-domain-here.com/some/path\"\n}",
          "options": {
            "raw": {
              "language": "json"
            }
          }
        },
        "url": {
          "raw": "https://api.shipengine.com/v1/environment/webhooks",
          "protocol": "https",
          "host": [
            "api",
            "shipengine",
            "com"
          ],
          "path": [
            "v1",
            "environment",
            "webhooks"
          ]
        }
      },
      "status": "OK",
      "code": 200,
      "_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
      "header": [
        {
          "key": "Date",
          "value": "Wed, 18 Sep 2019 19:00:13 GMT"
        },
        {
          "key": "Content-Type",
          "value": "application/json; charset=utf-8"
        },
        {
          "key": "Content-Length",
          "value": "103"
        },
        {
          "key": "Connection",
          "value": "keep-alive"
        },
        {
          "key": "Access-Control-Allow-Origin",
          "value": "https://www.shipengine.com"
        },
        {
          "key": "Vary",
          "value": "Origin"
        },
        {
          "key": "server",
          "value": "Microsoft-IIS/8.0"
        },
        {
          "key": "x-newrelic-app-data",
          "value": "PxQGVFZXCgITVVZbAwMCV1YGFB9AMQYAZBBZDEtZV0ZaCldOZgRRIzR/GCQIFVFBXwoMB1lFGCUWVFdHBzEGAFgNVwkaFAQcA1UIUQJTB05UGAdSVVcABBxTUE4VBHFfVgVzBSdTIloIVnpSCxoYVFIJSgRs"
        },
        {
          "key": "x-powered-by",
          "value": "ASP.NET"
        },
        {
          "key": "x-shipengine-environment",
          "value": "j"
        },
        {
          "key": "x-shipengine-requestid",
          "value": "629d0a69-ee0a-44f3-8911-b48b0da70985"
        },
        {
          "key": "x-shipengine-server",
          "value": "SS-J-WEB03"
        }
      ],
      "cookie": [
      ],
      "body": "{\n    \"webhook_id\": \"102349\",\n    \"url\": \"https://your-domain-here.com/some/path\",\n    \"event\": \"track\"\n}"
    }
  ]
}