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UPS Address Validation (City, State, Zip)

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Demonstrates making a call to the UPS address validation REST API.

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llSuccess = .F.

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

loHttp = createobject("CkHttp")

// This is the testing endpoint for address validation:
lcUrl = "https://wwwcie.ups.com/rest/AV"

// Send an HTTP request with the following JSON body:

// {
//   "AccessRequest": {
//     "AccessLicenseNumber": "Your Access License Number",
//     "UserId": "Your Username",
//     "Password": "Your Password"
//   },
//   "AddressValidationRequest": {
//     "Request": {
//       "TransactionReference": {
//         "CustomerContext": "Your Customer Context"
//       },
//       "RequestAction": "AV"
//     },
//     "Address": {
//       "City": "ALPHARETTA",
//       "StateProvinceCode": "GA",
//       "PostalCode": "30005"
//     }
//   }
// }

// Build the above JSON.
loJson = createobject("CkJsonObject")
loJson.UpdateString("AccessRequest.AccessLicenseNumber","UPS_ACCESS_KEY")
loJson.UpdateString("AccessRequest.UserId","UPS_USERNAME")
loJson.UpdateString("AccessRequest.Password","UPS_PASSWORD")
loJson.UpdateString("AddressValidationRequest.Request.TransactionReference.CustomerContext","Your Customer Context")
loJson.UpdateString("AddressValidationRequest.Request.RequestAction","AV")
loJson.UpdateString("AddressValidationRequest.Address.City","ALPHARETTA")
// We're making an intentional mistake here by passing CA instead of GA.
loJson.UpdateString("AddressValidationRequest.Address.StateProvinceCode","CA")
loJson.UpdateString("AddressValidationRequest.Address.PostalCode","30005")

loSb = createobject("CkStringBuilder")
loResp = createobject("CkHttpResponse")
llSuccess = loHttp.HttpJson("POST",lcUrl,loJson,"application/json",loResp)
if (llSuccess = .F.) then
    ? loHttp.LastErrorText
    release loHttp
    release loJson
    release loSb
    release loResp
    return
endif

? "status = " + str(loResp.StatusCode)

// A 200 response status indicate success.
if (loResp.StatusCode <> 200) then
    ? loResp.BodyStr
    ? "Failed."
    release loHttp
    release loJson
    release loSb
    release loResp
    return
endif

loJson.Load(loResp.BodyStr)
loJson.EmitCompact = .F.
? loJson.Emit()

// A successful exact response looks like this:

// {
//   "AddressValidationResponse": {
//     "Response": {
//       "TransactionReference": {
//         "CustomerContext": "Your Customer Context"
//       },
//       "ResponseStatusCode": "1",
//       "ResponseStatusDescription": "Success"
//     },
//     "AddressValidationResult": {
//       "Rank": "1",
//       "Quality": "1.0",
//       "Address": {
//         "City": "ALPHARETTA",
//         "StateProvinceCode": "GA"
//       },
//       "PostalCodeLowEnd": "30005",
//       "PostalCodeHighEnd": "30005"
//     }
//   }
// }
// 

// A successful response that was not an exact match provides an array of closest matches, like this:

// {
//   "AddressValidationResponse": {
//     "Response": {
//       "TransactionReference": {
//         "CustomerContext": "Your Customer Context"
//         "Quality": "0.9875",
//         "Address": {
//       },
//       "ResponseStatusCode": "1",
//       "ResponseStatusDescription": "Success"
//     },
//     "AddressValidationResult": [
//       {
//         "Rank": "1",
//           "City": "ALPHARETTA",
//           "StateProvinceCode": "GA"
//         },
//         "PostalCodeLowEnd": "30005",
//         "PostalCodeHighEnd": "30005"
//       },
//       {
//         "Rank": "2",
//         "Quality": "0.9750",
//         "Address": {
//           "City": "ALPHARETTA",
//           "StateProvinceCode": "GA"
//         },
//         "PostalCodeLowEnd": "30004",
//         "PostalCodeHighEnd": "30004"
//       },
//       {
//         "Rank": "3",
//         "Quality": "0.9750",
//         "Address": {
//           "City": "ALPHARETTA",
//           "StateProvinceCode": "GA"
//         },
//         "PostalCodeLowEnd": "30009",
//         "PostalCodeHighEnd": "30009"
//       }
//     ]
//   }
// }

// Use the online tool at Generate JSON Parsing Code
// to generate JSON parsing code.

lnNumResults = loJson.SizeOfArray("AddressValidationResponse.AddressValidationResult")
if (lnNumResults < 0) then

    // Here's parse code for the above JSON exact response:
    lcCustomerContext = loJson.StringOf("AddressValidationResponse.Response.TransactionReference.CustomerContext")
    lcStatusCode = loJson.StringOf("AddressValidationResponse.Response.ResponseStatusCode")
    lcStatusDescription = loJson.StringOf("AddressValidationResponse.Response.ResponseStatusDescription")
    lcResultRank = loJson.StringOf("AddressValidationResponse.AddressValidationResult.Rank")
    lcResultQuality = loJson.StringOf("AddressValidationResponse.AddressValidationResult.Quality")
    lcCity = loJson.StringOf("AddressValidationResponse.AddressValidationResult.Address.City")
    lcProvinceCode = loJson.StringOf("AddressValidationResponse.AddressValidationResult.Address.StateProvinceCode")
    lcPostalCodeLowEnd = loJson.StringOf("AddressValidationResponse.AddressValidationResult.PostalCodeLowEnd")
    lcPostalCodeHighEnd = loJson.StringOf("AddressValidationResponse.AddressValidationResult.PostalCodeHighEnd")

    ? "Exact match!"
    ? "postal code: " + lcPostalCodeLowEnd

else

    ? "Non-Exact match."

    lcCustomerContext = loJson.StringOf("AddressValidationResponse.Response.TransactionReference.CustomerContext")
    lcStatusCode = loJson.StringOf("AddressValidationResponse.Response.ResponseStatusCode")
    lcStatusDescription = loJson.StringOf("AddressValidationResponse.Response.ResponseStatusDescription")
    i = 0
    do while i < lnNumResults
        loJson.I = i
        lcRank = loJson.StringOf("AddressValidationResponse.AddressValidationResult[i].Rank")
        ? "rank: " + lcRank
        lcQuality = loJson.StringOf("AddressValidationResponse.AddressValidationResult[i].Quality")
        lcAddressCity = loJson.StringOf("AddressValidationResponse.AddressValidationResult[i].Address.City")
        ? "addressCity: " + lcAddressCity
        lcAddressStateProvinceCode = loJson.StringOf("AddressValidationResponse.AddressValidationResult[i].Address.StateProvinceCode")
        lcPostalCodeLowEnd = loJson.StringOf("AddressValidationResponse.AddressValidationResult[i].PostalCodeLowEnd")
        ? "postal code: " + lcPostalCodeLowEnd
        lcPostalCodeHighEnd = loJson.StringOf("AddressValidationResponse.AddressValidationResult[i].PostalCodeHighEnd")
        i = i + 1
    enddo
endif



release loHttp
release loJson
release loSb
release loResp