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Shippo Create Customs Declaration

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Demonstrates how to create a customs declaration and send a POST request with the necessary information to the Customs Declarations endpoint.

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// Important: Don't forget to include the call to System.loadLibrary
// as shown at the bottom of this code sample.
package com.test;

import android.app.Activity;
import com.chilkatsoft.*;

import android.widget.TextView;
import android.os.Bundle;

public class SimpleActivity extends Activity {

  private static final String TAG = "Chilkat";

  // Called when the activity is first created.
  @Override
  public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

    boolean success = false;

    //  This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    //  See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    CkHttp http = new CkHttp();

    //  Implements the following CURL command:

    //  curl https://api.goshippo.com/customs/declarations/ \
    //      -H "Authorization: ShippoToken <API_TOKEN>" \
    //      -H "Content-Type: application/json"  \
    //      -d '{          
    //            "contents_type": "MERCHANDISE",
    //            "non_delivery_option": "RETURN",
    //            "certify": true,
    //            "certify_signer": "Simon Kreuz",
    //            "incoterm": "DDU",
    //            "items": [{
    //                      "description": "T-shirt",
    //                      "quantity": 20,
    //                      "net_weight": "5",
    //                      "mass_unit": "lb",
    //                      "value_amount": "200",
    //                      "value_currency": "USD",
    //                      "tariff_number": "",
    //                      "origin_country": "US"
    //              }]
    //      }'

    //  Use this online tool to generate code from sample JSON:
    //  Generate Code to Create JSON

    //  The following JSON is sent in the request body.

    //  {
    //    "contents_type": "MERCHANDISE",
    //    "non_delivery_option": "RETURN",
    //    "certify": true,
    //    "certify_signer": "Simon Kreuz",
    //    "incoterm": "DDU",
    //    "items": [
    //      {
    //        "description": "T-shirt",
    //        "quantity": 20,
    //        "net_weight": "5",
    //        "mass_unit": "lb",
    //        "value_amount": "200",
    //        "value_currency": "USD",
    //        "tariff_number": "",
    //        "origin_country": "US"
    //      }
    //    ]
    //  }

    CkJsonObject json = new CkJsonObject();
    json.UpdateString("contents_type","MERCHANDISE");
    json.UpdateString("non_delivery_option","RETURN");
    json.UpdateBool("certify",true);
    json.UpdateString("certify_signer","Simon Kreuz");
    json.UpdateString("incoterm","DDU");
    json.UpdateString("items[0].description","T-shirt");
    json.UpdateInt("items[0].quantity",20);
    json.UpdateString("items[0].net_weight","5");
    json.UpdateString("items[0].mass_unit","lb");
    json.UpdateString("items[0].value_amount","200");
    json.UpdateString("items[0].value_currency","USD");
    json.UpdateString("items[0].tariff_number","");
    json.UpdateString("items[0].origin_country","US");

    http.SetRequestHeader("Authorization","ShippoToken <API_TOKEN>");
    http.SetRequestHeader("Content-Type","application/json");

    CkHttpResponse resp = new CkHttpResponse();
    success = http.HttpJson("POST","https://api.goshippo.com/customs/declarations/",json,"application/json",resp);
    if (success == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, http.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    CkStringBuilder sbResponseBody = new CkStringBuilder();
    resp.GetBodySb(sbResponseBody);
    CkJsonObject jResp = new CkJsonObject();
    jResp.LoadSb(sbResponseBody);
    jResp.put_EmitCompact(false);

    Log.i(TAG, "Response Body:");
    Log.i(TAG, jResp.emit());

    int respStatusCode = resp.get_StatusCode();
    Log.i(TAG, "Response Status Code = " + String.valueOf(respStatusCode));
    if (respStatusCode >= 400) {
        Log.i(TAG, "Response Header:");
        Log.i(TAG, resp.header());
        Log.i(TAG, "Failed.");
        return;
        }

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

    //  {
    //    "object_created": "2019-07-04T16:00:29.043Z",
    //    "object_updated": "2019-07-04T16:00:29.043Z",
    //    "object_id": "4a1e6ab7b1ba49ed9bc6cb1a8798e0fd",
    //    "object_owner": "admin@chilkatsoft.com",
    //    "object_state": "VALID",
    //    "address_importer": null,
    //    "certify_signer": "Simon Kreuz",
    //    "certify": true,
    //    "items": [
    //      "4096c68693364b7ea0af72fb869ee861"
    //    ],
    //    "non_delivery_option": "RETURN",
    //    "contents_type": "MERCHANDISE",
    //    "contents_explanation": "",
    //    "exporter_reference": "",
    //    "importer_reference": "",
    //    "invoice": "",
    //    "commercial_invoice": false,
    //    "license": "",
    //    "certificate": "",
    //    "notes": "",
    //    "eel_pfc": "",
    //    "aes_itn": "",
    //    "disclaimer": "",
    //    "incoterm": "DDU",
    //    "metadata": "",
    //    "test": true,
    //    "duties_payor": null
    //  }

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

    String strVal;

    String object_created = jResp.stringOf("object_created");
    String object_updated = jResp.stringOf("object_updated");
    String object_id = jResp.stringOf("object_id");
    String object_owner = jResp.stringOf("object_owner");
    String object_state = jResp.stringOf("object_state");
    String address_importer = jResp.stringOf("address_importer");
    String certify_signer = jResp.stringOf("certify_signer");
    boolean certify = jResp.BoolOf("certify");
    String non_delivery_option = jResp.stringOf("non_delivery_option");
    String contents_type = jResp.stringOf("contents_type");
    String contents_explanation = jResp.stringOf("contents_explanation");
    String exporter_reference = jResp.stringOf("exporter_reference");
    String importer_reference = jResp.stringOf("importer_reference");
    String invoice = jResp.stringOf("invoice");
    boolean commercial_invoice = jResp.BoolOf("commercial_invoice");
    String license = jResp.stringOf("license");
    String certificate = jResp.stringOf("certificate");
    String notes = jResp.stringOf("notes");
    String eel_pfc = jResp.stringOf("eel_pfc");
    String aes_itn = jResp.stringOf("aes_itn");
    String disclaimer = jResp.stringOf("disclaimer");
    String incoterm = jResp.stringOf("incoterm");
    String metadata = jResp.stringOf("metadata");
    boolean test = jResp.BoolOf("test");
    String duties_payor = jResp.stringOf("duties_payor");
    int i = 0;
    int count_i = jResp.SizeOfArray("items");
    while (i < count_i) {
        jResp.put_I(i);
        strVal = jResp.stringOf("items[i]");
        i = i + 1;
        }


  }

  static {
      System.loadLibrary("chilkat");

      // Note: If the incorrect library name is passed to System.loadLibrary,
      // then you will see the following error message at application startup:
      //"The application <your-application-name> has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again."
  }
}