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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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<?php

include("chilkat.php");

$success = false;

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

$http = new CkHttp();

// This is the testing endpoint for address validation:
$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.
$json = new CkJsonObject();
$json->UpdateString('AccessRequest.AccessLicenseNumber','UPS_ACCESS_KEY');
$json->UpdateString('AccessRequest.UserId','UPS_USERNAME');
$json->UpdateString('AccessRequest.Password','UPS_PASSWORD');
$json->UpdateString('AddressValidationRequest.Request.TransactionReference.CustomerContext','Your Customer Context');
$json->UpdateString('AddressValidationRequest.Request.RequestAction','AV');
$json->UpdateString('AddressValidationRequest.Address.City','ALPHARETTA');
// We're making an intentional mistake here by passing CA instead of GA.
$json->UpdateString('AddressValidationRequest.Address.StateProvinceCode','CA');
$json->UpdateString('AddressValidationRequest.Address.PostalCode','30005');

$sb = new CkStringBuilder();
$resp = new CkHttpResponse();
$success = $http->HttpJson('POST',$url,$json,'application/json',$resp);
if ($success == false) {
    print $http->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

print 'status = ' . $resp->get_StatusCode() . "\n";

// A 200 response status indicate success.
if ($resp->get_StatusCode() != 200) {
    print $resp->bodyStr() . "\n";
    print 'Failed.' . "\n";
    exit;
}

$json->Load($resp->bodyStr());
$json->put_EmitCompact(false);
print $json->emit() . "\n";

// 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.

$numResults = $json->SizeOfArray('AddressValidationResponse.AddressValidationResult');
if ($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');

    print 'Exact match!' . "\n";
    print 'postal code: ' . $postalCodeLowEnd . "\n";

}
else {

    print 'Non-Exact match.' . "\n";

    $customerContext = $json->stringOf('AddressValidationResponse.Response.TransactionReference.CustomerContext');
    $statusCode = $json->stringOf('AddressValidationResponse.Response.ResponseStatusCode');
    $statusDescription = $json->stringOf('AddressValidationResponse.Response.ResponseStatusDescription');
    $i = 0;
    while ($i < $numResults) {
        $json->put_I($i);
        $rank = $json->stringOf('AddressValidationResponse.AddressValidationResult[i].Rank');
        print 'rank: ' . $rank . "\n";
        $quality = $json->stringOf('AddressValidationResponse.AddressValidationResult[i].Quality');
        $addressCity = $json->stringOf('AddressValidationResponse.AddressValidationResult[i].Address.City');
        print 'addressCity: ' . $addressCity . "\n";
        $addressStateProvinceCode = $json->stringOf('AddressValidationResponse.AddressValidationResult[i].Address.StateProvinceCode');
        $postalCodeLowEnd = $json->stringOf('AddressValidationResponse.AddressValidationResult[i].PostalCodeLowEnd');
        print 'postal code: ' . $postalCodeLowEnd . "\n";
        $postalCodeHighEnd = $json->stringOf('AddressValidationResponse.AddressValidationResult[i].PostalCodeHighEnd');
        $i = $i + 1;
    }

}


?>