Android™

Shippo Validate Address

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Demonstrates how to validate your addresses through the Shippo API before you create labels. Android™

// 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/addresses/ \
    //      -H "Authorization: ShippoToken <API_TOKEN>" \
    //      -d name="Shawn Ippotle" \
    //      -d company="Shippo" \
    //      -d street1="215 Clayton St." \
    //      -d city="San Francisco" \
    //      -d state="CA" \
    //      -d zip=94117 \
    //      -d country="US" \
    //      -d email="shippotle@goshippo.com"\
    //      -d validate=true

    CkHttpRequest req = new CkHttpRequest();
    req.put_HttpVerb("POST");
    req.put_Path("/addresses/");
    req.put_ContentType("application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
    req.AddParam("name","Shawn Ippotle");
    req.AddParam("company","Shippo");
    req.AddParam("street1","215 Clayton St.");
    req.AddParam("city","San Francisco");
    req.AddParam("state","CA");
    req.AddParam("zip","94117");
    req.AddParam("country","US");
    req.AddParam("email","shippotle@goshippo.com");
    req.AddParam("validate","true");

    req.AddHeader("Authorization","ShippoToken <API_TOKEN>");

    CkHttpResponse resp = new CkHttpResponse();
    success = http.HttpReq("https://api.goshippo.com/addresses/",req,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": "2015-03-30T23:47:11.574Z",
    //    "object_updated": "2015-03-30T23:47:11.596Z",
    //    "object_id": "67183b2e81e9421f894bfbcdc4236b16",
    //    "is_complete": false,
    //    "validation_results": {
    //      "is_valid": false,
    //      "messages": [
    //        {
    //          "source": "USPS",
    //          "code": "Address Not Found",
    //          "type": "address_error",
    //          "text": "The address as submitted could not be found. Please check for excessive abbreviations in the street address line or in the City name."
    //        }
    //      ]
    //    },
    //    "object_owner": "shippotle@goshippo.com",
    //    "name": "Shawn Ippotle",
    //    "company": "Shippo",
    //    "street_no": "",
    //    "street1": "215 HIPPO ST.",
    //    "street2": "",
    //    "city": "SAN FRANCISCO",
    //    "state": "CA",
    //    "zip": "94107",
    //    "country": "US",
    //    "phone": ""
    //  }

    //  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 source;
    String code;
    String v_type;
    String text;

    String object_created = jResp.stringOf("object_created");
    String object_updated = jResp.stringOf("object_updated");
    String object_id = jResp.stringOf("object_id");
    boolean is_complete = jResp.BoolOf("is_complete");
    boolean validation_resultsIs_valid = jResp.BoolOf("validation_results.is_valid");
    String object_owner = jResp.stringOf("object_owner");
    String name = jResp.stringOf("name");
    String company = jResp.stringOf("company");
    String street_no = jResp.stringOf("street_no");
    String street1 = jResp.stringOf("street1");
    String street2 = jResp.stringOf("street2");
    String city = jResp.stringOf("city");
    String state = jResp.stringOf("state");
    String zip = jResp.stringOf("zip");
    String country = jResp.stringOf("country");
    String phone = jResp.stringOf("phone");
    int i = 0;
    int count_i = jResp.SizeOfArray("validation_results.messages");
    while (i < count_i) {
        jResp.put_I(i);
        source = jResp.stringOf("validation_results.messages[i].source");
        code = jResp.stringOf("validation_results.messages[i].code");
        v_type = jResp.stringOf("validation_results.messages[i].type");
        text = jResp.stringOf("validation_results.messages[i].text");
        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."
  }
}