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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.
' {
' "event": "track",
' "url": "https://your-domain-here.com/some/path"
' }
' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.JsonObject")
set json = CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
success = json.UpdateString("event","track")
success = 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
Set resp = http.PostJson3("https://api.shipengine.com/v1/environment/webhooks","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)
' {
' "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")
outFile.Close
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}"
}
]
}