Android™

UPS Address Validation (City, State, Zip)

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Demonstrates making a call to the UPS address validation REST API. 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 requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    CkHttp http = new CkHttp();

    // This is the testing endpoint for address validation:
    String 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.
    CkJsonObject 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");

    CkStringBuilder sb = new CkStringBuilder();
    CkHttpResponse resp = new CkHttpResponse();
    success = http.HttpJson("POST",url,json,"application/json",resp);
    if (success == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, http.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    Log.i(TAG, "status = " + String.valueOf(resp.get_StatusCode()));

    // A 200 response status indicate success.
    if (resp.get_StatusCode() != 200) {
        Log.i(TAG, resp.bodyStr());
        Log.i(TAG, "Failed.");
        return;
        }

    json.Load(resp.bodyStr());
    json.put_EmitCompact(false);
    Log.i(TAG, 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.

    String customerContext;
    String statusCode;
    String statusDescription;
    String resultRank;
    String resultQuality;
    String city;
    String provinceCode;
    String postalCodeLowEnd;
    String postalCodeHighEnd;
    String rank;
    String quality;
    String addressCity;
    String addressStateProvinceCode;

    int 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");

        Log.i(TAG, "Exact match!");
        Log.i(TAG, "postal code: " + postalCodeLowEnd);

        }
    else {

        Log.i(TAG, "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.put_I(i);
            rank = json.stringOf("AddressValidationResponse.AddressValidationResult[i].Rank");
            Log.i(TAG, "rank: " + rank);
            quality = json.stringOf("AddressValidationResponse.AddressValidationResult[i].Quality");
            addressCity = json.stringOf("AddressValidationResponse.AddressValidationResult[i].Address.City");
            Log.i(TAG, "addressCity: " + addressCity);
            addressStateProvinceCode = json.stringOf("AddressValidationResponse.AddressValidationResult[i].Address.StateProvinceCode");
            postalCodeLowEnd = json.stringOf("AddressValidationResponse.AddressValidationResult[i].PostalCodeLowEnd");
            Log.i(TAG, "postal code: " + postalCodeLowEnd);
            postalCodeHighEnd = json.stringOf("AddressValidationResponse.AddressValidationResult[i].PostalCodeHighEnd");
            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."
  }
}