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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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Use ChilkatAx-win32.pkg

Procedure Test
    Boolean iSuccess
    Handle hoHttp
    Variant vJson
    Handle hoJson
    Variant vResp
    Handle hoResp
    Variant vSbResponseBody
    Handle hoSbResponseBody
    Handle hoJResp
    Integer iRespStatusCode
    String sStrVal
    String sObject_created
    String sObject_updated
    String sObject_id
    String sObject_owner
    String sObject_state
    String sAddress_importer
    String sCertify_signer
    Boolean iCertify
    String sNon_delivery_option
    String sContents_type
    String sContents_explanation
    String sExporter_reference
    String sImporter_reference
    String sInvoice
    Boolean iCommercial_invoice
    String sLicense
    String sCertificate
    String sNotes
    String sEel_pfc
    String sAes_itn
    String sDisclaimer
    String sIncoterm
    String sMetadata
    Boolean iTest
    String sDuties_payor
    Integer i
    Integer iCount_i
    String sTemp1

    Move False To iSuccess

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

    Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatHttp)) To hoHttp
    If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoHttp))) Begin
        Send CreateComObject of hoHttp
    End

    // 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"
    //     }
    //   ]
    // }

    Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatJsonObject)) To hoJson
    If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoJson))) Begin
        Send CreateComObject of hoJson
    End
    Get ComUpdateString Of hoJson "contents_type" "MERCHANDISE" To iSuccess
    Get ComUpdateString Of hoJson "non_delivery_option" "RETURN" To iSuccess
    Get ComUpdateBool Of hoJson "certify" True To iSuccess
    Get ComUpdateString Of hoJson "certify_signer" "Simon Kreuz" To iSuccess
    Get ComUpdateString Of hoJson "incoterm" "DDU" To iSuccess
    Get ComUpdateString Of hoJson "items[0].description" "T-shirt" To iSuccess
    Get ComUpdateInt Of hoJson "items[0].quantity" 20 To iSuccess
    Get ComUpdateString Of hoJson "items[0].net_weight" "5" To iSuccess
    Get ComUpdateString Of hoJson "items[0].mass_unit" "lb" To iSuccess
    Get ComUpdateString Of hoJson "items[0].value_amount" "200" To iSuccess
    Get ComUpdateString Of hoJson "items[0].value_currency" "USD" To iSuccess
    Get ComUpdateString Of hoJson "items[0].tariff_number" "" To iSuccess
    Get ComUpdateString Of hoJson "items[0].origin_country" "US" To iSuccess

    Send ComSetRequestHeader To hoHttp "Authorization" "ShippoToken <API_TOKEN>"
    Send ComSetRequestHeader To hoHttp "Content-Type" "application/json"

    Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatHttpResponse)) To hoResp
    If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoResp))) Begin
        Send CreateComObject of hoResp
    End
    Get pvComObject of hoJson to vJson
    Get pvComObject of hoResp to vResp
    Get ComHttpJson Of hoHttp "POST" "https://api.goshippo.com/customs/declarations/" vJson "application/json" vResp To iSuccess
    If (iSuccess = False) Begin
        Get ComLastErrorText Of hoHttp To sTemp1
        Showln sTemp1
        Procedure_Return
    End

    Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatStringBuilder)) To hoSbResponseBody
    If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoSbResponseBody))) Begin
        Send CreateComObject of hoSbResponseBody
    End
    Get pvComObject of hoSbResponseBody to vSbResponseBody
    Get ComGetBodySb Of hoResp vSbResponseBody To iSuccess
    Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatJsonObject)) To hoJResp
    If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoJResp))) Begin
        Send CreateComObject of hoJResp
    End
    Get pvComObject of hoSbResponseBody to vSbResponseBody
    Get ComLoadSb Of hoJResp vSbResponseBody To iSuccess
    Set ComEmitCompact Of hoJResp To False

    Showln "Response Body:"
    Get ComEmit Of hoJResp To sTemp1
    Showln sTemp1

    Get ComStatusCode Of hoResp To iRespStatusCode
    Showln "Response Status Code = " iRespStatusCode
    If (iRespStatusCode >= 400) Begin
        Showln "Response Header:"
        Get ComHeader Of hoResp To sTemp1
        Showln sTemp1
        Showln "Failed."
        Procedure_Return
    End

    // 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

    Get ComStringOf Of hoJResp "object_created" To sObject_created
    Get ComStringOf Of hoJResp "object_updated" To sObject_updated
    Get ComStringOf Of hoJResp "object_id" To sObject_id
    Get ComStringOf Of hoJResp "object_owner" To sObject_owner
    Get ComStringOf Of hoJResp "object_state" To sObject_state
    Get ComStringOf Of hoJResp "address_importer" To sAddress_importer
    Get ComStringOf Of hoJResp "certify_signer" To sCertify_signer
    Get ComBoolOf Of hoJResp "certify" To iCertify
    Get ComStringOf Of hoJResp "non_delivery_option" To sNon_delivery_option
    Get ComStringOf Of hoJResp "contents_type" To sContents_type
    Get ComStringOf Of hoJResp "contents_explanation" To sContents_explanation
    Get ComStringOf Of hoJResp "exporter_reference" To sExporter_reference
    Get ComStringOf Of hoJResp "importer_reference" To sImporter_reference
    Get ComStringOf Of hoJResp "invoice" To sInvoice
    Get ComBoolOf Of hoJResp "commercial_invoice" To iCommercial_invoice
    Get ComStringOf Of hoJResp "license" To sLicense
    Get ComStringOf Of hoJResp "certificate" To sCertificate
    Get ComStringOf Of hoJResp "notes" To sNotes
    Get ComStringOf Of hoJResp "eel_pfc" To sEel_pfc
    Get ComStringOf Of hoJResp "aes_itn" To sAes_itn
    Get ComStringOf Of hoJResp "disclaimer" To sDisclaimer
    Get ComStringOf Of hoJResp "incoterm" To sIncoterm
    Get ComStringOf Of hoJResp "metadata" To sMetadata
    Get ComBoolOf Of hoJResp "test" To iTest
    Get ComStringOf Of hoJResp "duties_payor" To sDuties_payor
    Move 0 To i
    Get ComSizeOfArray Of hoJResp "items" To iCount_i
    While (i < iCount_i)
        Set ComI Of hoJResp To i
        Get ComStringOf Of hoJResp "items[i]" To sStrVal
        Move (i + 1) To i
    Loop



End_Procedure