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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. Her last name is Miller, btw. Her office address is 525 Winchester Blvd. That's in California for sure. Pretty sure it's San Jose, but I'm only like 90% sure about that. Pretty sure the zip code is something like 95128, or maybe 90210."
' }
' 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. Her last name is Miller, btw. Her office address is 525 Winchester Blvd. That's in California for sure. Pretty sure it's San Jose, but I'm only like 90% sure about that. Pretty sure the zip code is something like 95128, or maybe 90210.")
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": 0.7503696513496741,
' "address": {
' "address_line1": "525 Winchester Blvd",
' "city_locality": "Miller",
' "postal_code": "90210",
' "address_residential_indicator": "no"
' },
' "entities": [
' {
' "type": "city_locality",
' "score": 0.4792571878834418,
' "text": "Miller",
' "start_index": 63,
' "end_index": 68,
' "result": {
' "value": "Miller"
' }
' },
' {
' "type": "residential_indicator",
' "score": 0.9519646137063122,
' "text": "office",
' "start_index": 80,
' "end_index": 85,
' "result": {
' "value": "no"
' }
' },
' {
' "type": "address_line",
' "score": 0.6082904353940255,
' "text": "525 Winchester Blvd",
' "start_index": 98,
' "end_index": 116,
' "result": {
' "line": 1,
' "value": "525 Winchester Blvd"
' }
' },
' {
' "type": "number",
' "score": 0.9805313966503588,
' "text": "525",
' "start_index": 98,
' "end_index": 100,
' "result": {
' "type": "cardinal",
' "value": 525
' }
' },
' {
' "type": "city_locality",
' "score": 0.4792571878834418,
' "text": "San Jose",
' "start_index": 167,
' "end_index": 174,
' "result": {
' "value": "San Jose"
' }
' },
' {
' "type": "number",
' "score": 0.9805313966503588,
' "text": "90%",
' "start_index": 195,
' "end_index": 197,
' "result": {
' "type": "percentage",
' "value": 0.9
' }
' },
' {
' "type": "number",
' "score": 0.9805313966503588,
' "text": "95128",
' "start_index": 259,
' "end_index": 263,
' "result": {
' "type": "cardinal",
' "value": 95128
' }
' },
' {
' "type": "postal_code",
' "score": 0.9519646137063122,
' "text": "90210",
' "start_index": 275,
' "end_index": 279,
' "result": {
' "value": "90210"
' }
' }
' ]
' }
' 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")
Address_line1 = jResp.StringOf("address.address_line1")
City_locality = jResp.StringOf("address.city_locality")
Postal_code = jResp.StringOf("address.postal_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")
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. Her last name is Miller, btw. Her office address is 525 Winchester Blvd. That\'s in California for sure. Pretty sure it\'s San Jose, but I\'m only like 90% sure about that. Pretty sure the zip code is something like 95128, or maybe 90210."
}'
https://api.shipengine.com/v1/addresses/recognize
Postman Collection Item JSON
{
"name": "Confidence scores",
"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. Her last name is Miller, btw. Her office address is 525 Winchester Blvd. That's in California for sure. Pretty sure it's San Jose, but I'm only like 90% sure about that. Pretty sure the zip code is something like 95128, or maybe 90210.\"\n}"
},
"url": {
"raw": "https://api.shipengine.com/v1/addresses/recognize",
"protocol": "https",
"host": [
"api",
"shipengine",
"com"
],
"path": [
"v1",
"addresses",
"recognize"
]
},
"description": "ShipEngine's Parse Address API returns confidence scores for each entity that it recognizes, as well as for the address as a whole. You can use these scores to determine whether the address is safe to use or requires additional validation or information from the user."
},
"response": [
{
"name": "Confidence scores",
"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. Her last name is Miller, btw. Her office address is 525 Winchester Blvd. That's in California for sure. Pretty sure it's San Jose, but I'm only like 90% sure about that. Pretty sure the zip code is something like 95128, or maybe 90210.\"\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 16:18:21 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\": 0.7503696513496741,\n \"address\": {\n \"address_line1\": \"525 Winchester Blvd\",\n \"city_locality\": \"Miller\",\n \"postal_code\": \"90210\",\n \"address_residential_indicator\": \"no\"\n },\n \"entities\": [\n {\n \"type\": \"city_locality\",\n \"score\": 0.4792571878834418,\n \"text\": \"Miller\",\n \"start_index\": 63,\n \"end_index\": 68,\n \"result\": {\n \"value\": \"Miller\"\n }\n },\n {\n \"type\": \"residential_indicator\",\n \"score\": 0.9519646137063122,\n \"text\": \"office\",\n \"start_index\": 80,\n \"end_index\": 85,\n \"result\": {\n \"value\": \"no\"\n }\n },\n {\n \"type\": \"address_line\",\n \"score\": 0.6082904353940255,\n \"text\": \"525 Winchester Blvd\",\n \"start_index\": 98,\n \"end_index\": 116,\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\": 98,\n \"end_index\": 100,\n \"result\": {\n \"type\": \"cardinal\",\n \"value\": 525\n }\n },\n {\n \"type\": \"city_locality\",\n \"score\": 0.4792571878834418,\n \"text\": \"San Jose\",\n \"start_index\": 167,\n \"end_index\": 174,\n \"result\": {\n \"value\": \"San Jose\"\n }\n },\n {\n \"type\": \"number\",\n \"score\": 0.9805313966503588,\n \"text\": \"90%\",\n \"start_index\": 195,\n \"end_index\": 197,\n \"result\": {\n \"type\": \"percentage\",\n \"value\": 0.9\n }\n },\n {\n \"type\": \"number\",\n \"score\": 0.9805313966503588,\n \"text\": \"95128\",\n \"start_index\": 259,\n \"end_index\": 263,\n \"result\": {\n \"type\": \"cardinal\",\n \"value\": 95128\n }\n },\n {\n \"type\": \"postal_code\",\n \"score\": 0.9519646137063122,\n \"text\": \"90210\",\n \"start_index\": 275,\n \"end_index\": 279,\n \"result\": {\n \"value\": \"90210\"\n }\n }\n ]\n}"
}
]
}
