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-- Important: See this note about string length limitations for strings returned by sp_OAMethod calls.
--
CREATE PROCEDURE ChilkatSample
AS
BEGIN
    DECLARE @hr int
    DECLARE @iTmp0 int
    -- Important: Do not use nvarchar(max).  See the warning about using nvarchar(max).
    DECLARE @sTmp0 nvarchar(4000)
    -- This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    -- See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    DECLARE @http int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat_9_5_0.Http', @http OUT
    IF @hr <> 0
    BEGIN
        PRINT 'Failed to create ActiveX component'
        RETURN
    END

    DECLARE @success int

    -- 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"
    --   }
    -- ]

    DECLARE @jarr int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat_9_5_0.JsonArray', @jarr OUT

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @jarr, 'AddObjectAt', @success OUT, -1
    DECLARE @jsonObj_1 int
    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @jarr, 'Size', @iTmp0 OUT
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @jarr, 'ObjectAt', @jsonObj_1 OUT, @iTmp0 - 1
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @jsonObj_1, 'UpdateString', @success OUT, 'address_line1', '525 S Winchester Blvd'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @jsonObj_1, 'UpdateString', @success OUT, 'city_locality', 'San Jose'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @jsonObj_1, 'UpdateString', @success OUT, 'state_province', 'CA'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @jsonObj_1, 'UpdateString', @success OUT, 'postal_code', '95128'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @jsonObj_1, 'UpdateString', @success OUT, 'country_code', 'US'
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @jsonObj_1

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @http, 'SetRequestHeader', NULL, 'API-Key', '{{API_KEY}}'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @http, 'SetRequestHeader', NULL, 'Content-Type', 'application/json'

    DECLARE @sbRequestBody int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat_9_5_0.StringBuilder', @sbRequestBody OUT

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @jarr, 'EmitSb', @success OUT, @sbRequestBody

    DECLARE @resp int
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @http, 'PTextSb', @resp OUT, 'POST', 'https://api.shipengine.com/v1/addresses/validate', @sbRequestBody, 'utf-8', 'application/json', 0, 0
    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @http, 'LastMethodSuccess', @iTmp0 OUT
    IF @iTmp0 = 0
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @http, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @http
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @jarr
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @sbRequestBody
        RETURN
      END

    DECLARE @sbResponseBody int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat_9_5_0.StringBuilder', @sbResponseBody OUT

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @resp, 'GetBodySb', @success OUT, @sbResponseBody

    DECLARE @jarrResp int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat_9_5_0.JsonArray', @jarrResp OUT

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @jarrResp, 'LoadSb', @success OUT, @sbResponseBody
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @jarrResp, 'EmitCompact', 0


    PRINT 'Response Body:'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @jarrResp, 'Emit', @sTmp0 OUT
    PRINT @sTmp0

    DECLARE @respStatusCode int
    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @resp, 'StatusCode', @respStatusCode OUT

    PRINT 'Response Status Code = ' + @respStatusCode
    IF @respStatusCode >= 400
      BEGIN

        PRINT 'Response Header:'
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @resp, 'Header', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0

        PRINT 'Failed.'
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @resp

        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @http
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @jarr
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @sbRequestBody
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @sbResponseBody
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @jarrResp
        RETURN
      END
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @resp

    -- 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

    DECLARE @json int

    DECLARE @status nvarchar(4000)

    DECLARE @Name nvarchar(4000)

    DECLARE @Phone nvarchar(4000)

    DECLARE @Company_name nvarchar(4000)

    DECLARE @Address_line1 nvarchar(4000)

    DECLARE @Address_line2 nvarchar(4000)

    DECLARE @Address_line3 nvarchar(4000)

    DECLARE @City_locality nvarchar(4000)

    DECLARE @State_province nvarchar(4000)

    DECLARE @Postal_code nvarchar(4000)

    DECLARE @Country_code nvarchar(4000)

    DECLARE @Address_residential_indicator nvarchar(4000)

    DECLARE @matched_addressName nvarchar(4000)

    DECLARE @matched_addressPhone nvarchar(4000)

    DECLARE @matched_addressCompany_name nvarchar(4000)

    DECLARE @matched_addressAddress_line1 nvarchar(4000)

    DECLARE @matched_addressAddress_line2 nvarchar(4000)

    DECLARE @matched_addressAddress_line3 nvarchar(4000)

    DECLARE @matched_addressCity_locality nvarchar(4000)

    DECLARE @matched_addressState_province nvarchar(4000)

    DECLARE @matched_addressPostal_code nvarchar(4000)

    DECLARE @matched_addressCountry_code nvarchar(4000)

    DECLARE @matched_addressAddress_residential_indicator nvarchar(4000)

    DECLARE @j int

    DECLARE @count_j int

    DECLARE @i int
    SELECT @i = 0
    DECLARE @count_i int
    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @jarrResp, 'Size', @count_i OUT
    WHILE @i < @count_i
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAMethod @jarrResp, 'ObjectAt', @json OUT, @i
        EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'StringOf', @status OUT, 'status'
        EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'StringOf', @Name OUT, 'original_address.name'
        EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'StringOf', @Phone OUT, 'original_address.phone'
        EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'StringOf', @Company_name OUT, 'original_address.company_name'
        EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'StringOf', @Address_line1 OUT, 'original_address.address_line1'
        EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'StringOf', @Address_line2 OUT, 'original_address.address_line2'
        EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'StringOf', @Address_line3 OUT, 'original_address.address_line3'
        EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'StringOf', @City_locality OUT, 'original_address.city_locality'
        EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'StringOf', @State_province OUT, 'original_address.state_province'
        EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'StringOf', @Postal_code OUT, 'original_address.postal_code'
        EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'StringOf', @Country_code OUT, 'original_address.country_code'
        EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'StringOf', @Address_residential_indicator OUT, 'original_address.address_residential_indicator'
        EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'StringOf', @matched_addressName OUT, 'matched_address.name'
        EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'StringOf', @matched_addressPhone OUT, 'matched_address.phone'
        EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'StringOf', @matched_addressCompany_name OUT, 'matched_address.company_name'
        EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'StringOf', @matched_addressAddress_line1 OUT, 'matched_address.address_line1'
        EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'StringOf', @matched_addressAddress_line2 OUT, 'matched_address.address_line2'
        EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'StringOf', @matched_addressAddress_line3 OUT, 'matched_address.address_line3'
        EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'StringOf', @matched_addressCity_locality OUT, 'matched_address.city_locality'
        EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'StringOf', @matched_addressState_province OUT, 'matched_address.state_province'
        EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'StringOf', @matched_addressPostal_code OUT, 'matched_address.postal_code'
        EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'StringOf', @matched_addressCountry_code OUT, 'matched_address.country_code'
        EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'StringOf', @matched_addressAddress_residential_indicator OUT, 'matched_address.address_residential_indicator'
        SELECT @j = 0
        EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'SizeOfArray', @count_j OUT, 'messages'
        WHILE @j < @count_j
          BEGIN
            EXEC sp_OASetProperty @json, 'J', @j
            SELECT @j = @j + 1
          END
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @json

        SELECT @i = @i + 1
      END

    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @http
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @jarr
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @sbRequestBody
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @sbResponseBody
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @jarrResp


END
GO

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]"
    }
  ]
}