Objective-C

UPS Address Validation (City, State, Zip)

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

#import <CkoHttp.h>
#import <NSString.h>
#import <CkoJsonObject.h>
#import <CkoStringBuilder.h>
#import <CkoHttpResponse.h>

BOOL success = NO;

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

CkoHttp *http = [[CkoHttp alloc] init];

// This is the testing endpoint for address validation:
NSString *url = @"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.
CkoJsonObject *json = [[CkoJsonObject alloc] init];
[json UpdateString: @"AccessRequest.AccessLicenseNumber" value: @"UPS_ACCESS_KEY"];
[json UpdateString: @"AccessRequest.UserId" value: @"UPS_USERNAME"];
[json UpdateString: @"AccessRequest.Password" value: @"UPS_PASSWORD"];
[json UpdateString: @"AddressValidationRequest.Request.TransactionReference.CustomerContext" value: @"Your Customer Context"];
[json UpdateString: @"AddressValidationRequest.Request.RequestAction" value: @"AV"];
[json UpdateString: @"AddressValidationRequest.Address.City" value: @"ALPHARETTA"];
// We're making an intentional mistake here by passing CA instead of GA.
[json UpdateString: @"AddressValidationRequest.Address.StateProvinceCode" value: @"CA"];
[json UpdateString: @"AddressValidationRequest.Address.PostalCode" value: @"30005"];

CkoStringBuilder *sb = [[CkoStringBuilder alloc] init];
CkoHttpResponse *resp = [[CkoHttpResponse alloc] init];
success = [http HttpJson: @"POST" url: url json: json contentType: @"application/json" response: resp];
if (success == NO) {
    NSLog(@"%@",http.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

NSLog(@"%@%d",@"status = ",[resp.StatusCode intValue]);

// A 200 response status indicate success.
if ([resp.StatusCode intValue] != 200) {
    NSLog(@"%@",resp.BodyStr);
    NSLog(@"%@",@"Failed.");
    return;
}

[json Load: resp.BodyStr];
json.EmitCompact = NO;
NSLog(@"%@",[json 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.

NSString *customerContext = 0;
NSString *statusCode = 0;
NSString *statusDescription = 0;
NSString *resultRank = 0;
NSString *resultQuality = 0;
NSString *city = 0;
NSString *provinceCode = 0;
NSString *postalCodeLowEnd = 0;
NSString *postalCodeHighEnd = 0;
NSString *rank = 0;
NSString *quality = 0;
NSString *addressCity = 0;
NSString *addressStateProvinceCode = 0;

int numResults = [[json SizeOfArray: @"AddressValidationResponse.AddressValidationResult"] intValue];
if (numResults < 0) {

    // Here's parse code for the above JSON exact response:
    customerContext = [json StringOf: @"AddressValidationResponse.Response.TransactionReference.CustomerContext"];
    statusCode = [json StringOf: @"AddressValidationResponse.Response.ResponseStatusCode"];
    statusDescription = [json StringOf: @"AddressValidationResponse.Response.ResponseStatusDescription"];
    resultRank = [json StringOf: @"AddressValidationResponse.AddressValidationResult.Rank"];
    resultQuality = [json StringOf: @"AddressValidationResponse.AddressValidationResult.Quality"];
    city = [json StringOf: @"AddressValidationResponse.AddressValidationResult.Address.City"];
    provinceCode = [json StringOf: @"AddressValidationResponse.AddressValidationResult.Address.StateProvinceCode"];
    postalCodeLowEnd = [json StringOf: @"AddressValidationResponse.AddressValidationResult.PostalCodeLowEnd"];
    postalCodeHighEnd = [json StringOf: @"AddressValidationResponse.AddressValidationResult.PostalCodeHighEnd"];

    NSLog(@"%@",@"Exact match!");
    NSLog(@"%@%@",@"postal code: ",postalCodeLowEnd);

}
else {

    NSLog(@"%@",@"Non-Exact match.");

    customerContext = [json StringOf: @"AddressValidationResponse.Response.TransactionReference.CustomerContext"];
    statusCode = [json StringOf: @"AddressValidationResponse.Response.ResponseStatusCode"];
    statusDescription = [json StringOf: @"AddressValidationResponse.Response.ResponseStatusDescription"];
    int i = 0;
    while (i < numResults) {
        json.I = [NSNumber numberWithInt: i];
        rank = [json StringOf: @"AddressValidationResponse.AddressValidationResult[i].Rank"];
        NSLog(@"%@%@",@"rank: ",rank);
        quality = [json StringOf: @"AddressValidationResponse.AddressValidationResult[i].Quality"];
        addressCity = [json StringOf: @"AddressValidationResponse.AddressValidationResult[i].Address.City"];
        NSLog(@"%@%@",@"addressCity: ",addressCity);
        addressStateProvinceCode = [json StringOf: @"AddressValidationResponse.AddressValidationResult[i].Address.StateProvinceCode"];
        postalCodeLowEnd = [json StringOf: @"AddressValidationResponse.AddressValidationResult[i].PostalCodeLowEnd"];
        NSLog(@"%@%@",@"postal code: ",postalCodeLowEnd);
        postalCodeHighEnd = [json StringOf: @"AddressValidationResponse.AddressValidationResult[i].PostalCodeHighEnd"];
        i = i + 1;
    }

}