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Dim fso, outFile
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
'Create a Unicode (utf-16) output text file.
Set outFile = fso.CreateTextFile("output.txt", True, True)

' 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 CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.Http")
set http = CreateObject("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.

' {
'   "text": "I need to send a package to my friend Amanda Miller’s house at 525 Winchester Blvd in San Jose (that's california, obviously). The zip code there is 95128.",
'   "address": {
'     "country_code": "US"
'   }
' }

' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.JsonObject")
set json = CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
success = json.UpdateString("text","I need to send a package to my friend Amanda Miller’s house at 525 Winchester Blvd in San Jose (that's california, obviously). The zip code there is 95128.")
success = json.UpdateString("address.country_code","US")

http.SetRequestHeader "API-Key","{{API_KEY}}"
http.SetRequestHeader "Content-Type","application/json"

' resp is a Chilkat.HttpResponse
Set resp = http.PostJson3("https://api.shipengine.com/v1/addresses/recognize","application/json",json)
If (http.LastMethodSuccess = 0) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(http.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.StringBuilder")
set sbResponseBody = CreateObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
success = resp.GetBodySb(sbResponseBody)

' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.JsonObject")
set jResp = CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
success = jResp.LoadSb(sbResponseBody)
jResp.EmitCompact = 0

outFile.WriteLine("Response Body:")
outFile.WriteLine(jResp.Emit())

respStatusCode = resp.StatusCode
outFile.WriteLine("Response Status Code = " & respStatusCode)
If (respStatusCode >= 400) Then
    outFile.WriteLine("Response Header:")
    outFile.WriteLine(resp.Header)
    outFile.WriteLine("Failed.")

    WScript.Quit
End If

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

' {
'   "score": 0.9710697187242877,
'   "address": {
'     "name": "Amanda Miller",
'     "address_line1": "525 Winchester Blvd",
'     "city_locality": "San Jose",
'     "state_province": "CA",
'     "postal_code": "95128",
'     "country_code": "US",
'     "address_residential_indicator": "yes"
'   },
'   "entities": [
'     {
'       "type": "person",
'       "score": 0.9519646137063122,
'       "text": "Amanda Miller",
'       "start_index": 38,
'       "end_index": 50,
'       "result": {
'         "value": "Amanda Miller"
'       }
'     },
'     {
'       "type": "residential_indicator",
'       "score": 0.9519646137063122,
'       "text": "house",
'       "start_index": 54,
'       "end_index": 58,
'       "result": {
'         "value": "yes"
'       }
'     },
'     {
'       "type": "address_line",
'       "score": 0.9805313966503588,
'       "text": "525 Winchester Blvd",
'       "start_index": 63,
'       "end_index": 81,
'       "result": {
'         "line": 1,
'         "value": "525 Winchester Blvd"
'       }
'     },
'     {
'       "type": "number",
'       "score": 0.9805313966503588,
'       "text": "525",
'       "start_index": 63,
'       "end_index": 65,
'       "result": {
'         "type": "cardinal",
'         "value": 525
'       }
'     },
'     {
'       "type": "city_locality",
'       "score": 0.9805313966503588,
'       "text": "San Jose",
'       "start_index": 86,
'       "end_index": 93,
'       "result": {
'         "value": "San Jose"
'       }
'     },
'     {
'       "type": "state_province",
'       "score": 0.9805313966503588,
'       "text": "california",
'       "start_index": 103,
'       "end_index": 112,
'       "result": {
'         "name": "California",
'         "value": "CA"
'       }
'     },
'     {
'       "type": "postal_code",
'       "score": 0.9519646137063122,
'       "text": "95128",
'       "start_index": 149,
'       "end_index": 153,
'       "result": {
'         "value": "95128"
'       }
'     }
'   ]
' }

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

score = jResp.StringOf("score")
Name = jResp.StringOf("address.name")
Address_line1 = jResp.StringOf("address.address_line1")
City_locality = jResp.StringOf("address.city_locality")
State_province = jResp.StringOf("address.state_province")
Postal_code = jResp.StringOf("address.postal_code")
Country_code = jResp.StringOf("address.country_code")
Address_residential_indicator = jResp.StringOf("address.address_residential_indicator")
i = 0
count_i = jResp.SizeOfArray("entities")
Do While i < count_i
    jResp.I = i
    v_type = jResp.StringOf("entities[i].type")
    score = jResp.StringOf("entities[i].score")
    text = jResp.StringOf("entities[i].text")
    start_index = jResp.IntOf("entities[i].start_index")
    end_index = jResp.IntOf("entities[i].end_index")
    Value = jResp.StringOf("entities[i].result.value")
    Line = jResp.IntOf("entities[i].result.line")
    v_Type = jResp.StringOf("entities[i].result.type")
    resultName = jResp.StringOf("entities[i].result.name")
    i = i + 1
Loop

outFile.Close

Curl Command

curl -X POST
	-H "API-Key: {{API_KEY}}"
	-H "Content-Type: application/json"
	-d '{
	"text": "I need to send a package to my friend Amanda Miller’s house at 525 Winchester Blvd in San Jose (that\'s california, obviously). The zip code there is 95128.",
	"address": {
		"country_code": "US"
	}
}'
https://api.shipengine.com/v1/addresses/recognize

Postman Collection Item JSON

{
  "name": "Already-known fields",
  "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\"text\": \"I need to send a package to my friend Amanda Miller’s house at 525 Winchester Blvd in San Jose (that's california, obviously). The zip code there is 95128.\",\n\t\"address\": {\n\t\t\"country_code\": \"US\"\n\t}\n}"
    },
    "url": {
      "raw": "https://api.shipengine.com/v1/addresses/recognize",
      "protocol": "https",
      "host": [
        "api",
        "shipengine",
        "com"
      ],
      "path": [
        "v1",
        "addresses",
        "recognize"
      ]
    },
    "description": "If you already know some parts of the address, you can provide them to ShipEngine, and we'll use those values. These values can also help us recognize other parts of the address."
  },
  "response": [
    {
      "name": "Already-known fields",
      "originalRequest": {
        "method": "POST",
        "header": [
          {
            "key": "Content-Type",
            "name": "Content-Type",
            "type": "text",
            "value": "application/json"
          }
        ],
        "body": {
          "mode": "raw",
          "raw": "{\n\t\"text\": \"I need to send a package to my friend Amanda Miller’s house at 525 Winchester Blvd in San Jose (that's california, obviously). The zip code there is 95128.\",\n\t\"address\": {\n\t\t\"country_code\": \"US\"\n\t}\n}",
          "options": {
            "raw": {
              "language": "json"
            }
          }
        },
        "url": {
          "raw": "https://api.shipengine.com/v1/addresses/recognize",
          "protocol": "https",
          "host": [
            "api",
            "shipengine",
            "com"
          ],
          "path": [
            "v1",
            "addresses",
            "recognize"
          ]
        }
      },
      "status": "OK",
      "code": 200,
      "_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
      "header": [
        {
          "key": "Date",
          "value": "Wed, 18 Sep 2019 16:21:30 GMT"
        },
        {
          "key": "Content-Type",
          "value": "application/json; charset=utf-8"
        },
        {
          "key": "Transfer-Encoding",
          "value": "chunked"
        },
        {
          "key": "Connection",
          "value": "keep-alive"
        },
        {
          "key": "Access-Control-Allow-Origin",
          "value": "https://www.shipengine.com"
        },
        {
          "key": "Vary",
          "value": "Origin"
        },
        {
          "key": "content-encoding",
          "value": "gzip"
        }
      ],
      "cookie": [
      ],
      "body": "{\n    \"score\": 0.9710697187242877,\n    \"address\": {\n        \"name\": \"Amanda Miller\",\n        \"address_line1\": \"525 Winchester Blvd\",\n        \"city_locality\": \"San Jose\",\n        \"state_province\": \"CA\",\n        \"postal_code\": \"95128\",\n        \"country_code\": \"US\",\n        \"address_residential_indicator\": \"yes\"\n    },\n    \"entities\": [\n        {\n            \"type\": \"person\",\n            \"score\": 0.9519646137063122,\n            \"text\": \"Amanda Miller\",\n            \"start_index\": 38,\n            \"end_index\": 50,\n            \"result\": {\n                \"value\": \"Amanda Miller\"\n            }\n        },\n        {\n            \"type\": \"residential_indicator\",\n            \"score\": 0.9519646137063122,\n            \"text\": \"house\",\n            \"start_index\": 54,\n            \"end_index\": 58,\n            \"result\": {\n                \"value\": \"yes\"\n            }\n        },\n        {\n            \"type\": \"address_line\",\n            \"score\": 0.9805313966503588,\n            \"text\": \"525 Winchester Blvd\",\n            \"start_index\": 63,\n            \"end_index\": 81,\n            \"result\": {\n                \"line\": 1,\n                \"value\": \"525 Winchester Blvd\"\n            }\n        },\n        {\n            \"type\": \"number\",\n            \"score\": 0.9805313966503588,\n            \"text\": \"525\",\n            \"start_index\": 63,\n            \"end_index\": 65,\n            \"result\": {\n                \"type\": \"cardinal\",\n                \"value\": 525\n            }\n        },\n        {\n            \"type\": \"city_locality\",\n            \"score\": 0.9805313966503588,\n            \"text\": \"San Jose\",\n            \"start_index\": 86,\n            \"end_index\": 93,\n            \"result\": {\n                \"value\": \"San Jose\"\n            }\n        },\n        {\n            \"type\": \"state_province\",\n            \"score\": 0.9805313966503588,\n            \"text\": \"california\",\n            \"start_index\": 103,\n            \"end_index\": 112,\n            \"result\": {\n                \"name\": \"California\",\n                \"value\": \"CA\"\n            }\n        },\n        {\n            \"type\": \"postal_code\",\n            \"score\": 0.9519646137063122,\n            \"text\": \"95128\",\n            \"start_index\": 149,\n            \"end_index\": 153,\n            \"result\": {\n                \"value\": \"95128\"\n            }\n        }\n    ]\n}"
    }
  ]
}