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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.
' [
' {
' "address_line1": "Winchester Blvd",
' "city_locality": "San Jose",
' "state_province": "CA",
' "postal_code": "78756",
' "country_code": "US"
' }
' ]
' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.JsonArray")
set jarr = CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonArray")
success = jarr.AddObjectAt(-1)
' jsonObj_1 is a Chilkat.JsonObject
Set jsonObj_1 = jarr.ObjectAt(jarr.Size - 1)
success = jsonObj_1.UpdateString("address_line1","Winchester Blvd")
success = jsonObj_1.UpdateString("city_locality","San Jose")
success = jsonObj_1.UpdateString("state_province","CA")
success = jsonObj_1.UpdateString("postal_code","78756")
success = jsonObj_1.UpdateString("country_code","US")
http.SetRequestHeader "API-Key","{{API_KEY}}"
http.SetRequestHeader "Content-Type","application/json"
' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.StringBuilder")
set sbRequestBody = CreateObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
success = jarr.EmitSb(sbRequestBody)
' resp is a Chilkat.HttpResponse
Set resp = http.PTextSb("POST","https://api.shipengine.com/v1/addresses/validate",sbRequestBody,"utf-8","application/json",0,0)
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.JsonArray")
set jarrResp = CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonArray")
success = jarrResp.LoadSb(sbResponseBody)
jarrResp.EmitCompact = 0
outFile.WriteLine("Response Body:")
outFile.WriteLine(jarrResp.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)
' [
' {
' "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
i = 0
count_i = jarrResp.Size
Do While i < count_i
' json is a Chilkat.JsonObject
Set json = jarrResp.ObjectAt(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")
Do While j < count_j
json.J = 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
Loop
i = i + 1
Loop
outFile.Close
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]"
}
]
}
