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Shippo Label Purchase

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Demonstrates how to create a shipping label in one API call through Shippo.

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

BOOL success = NO;

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

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

// Implements the following CURL command:

// curl https://api.goshippo.com/transactions/  \
//     -H "Authorization: ShippoToken <API_Token>" \
//     -H "Content-Type: application/json"  \
//     -d '{
//         "shipment": {
//             "address_from": {
//                 "name": "Mr. Hippo",
//                 "street1": "215 Clayton St.",
//                 "city": "San Francisco",
//                 "state": "CA",
//                 "zip": "94117",
//                 "country": "US",
//                 "phone": "+1 555 341 9393",
//                 "email": "support@goshippo.com"
//             },
//             "address_to": {
//                 "name": "Mrs. Hippo",
//                 "street1": "965 Mission St.",
//                 "city": "San Francisco",
//                 "state": "CA",
//                 "zip": "94105",
//                 "country": "US",
//                 "phone": "+1 555 341 9393",
//                 "email": "support@goshippo.com"
//             },
//             "parcels": [{
//                 "length": "5",
//                 "width": "5",
//                 "height": "5",
//                 "distance_unit": "in",
//                 "weight": "2",
//                 "mass_unit": "lb"
//             }]
//         },
//         "carrier_account": "b741b99f95e841639b54272834bc478c",
//         "servicelevel_token": "usps_priority"
//         }'

// Use this online tool to generate code from sample JSON:
// Generate Code to Create JSON

// The following JSON is sent in the request body.

// {
//   "shipment": {
//     "address_from": {
//       "name": "Mr. Hippo",
//       "street1": "215 Clayton St.",
//       "city": "San Francisco",
//       "state": "CA",
//       "zip": "94117",
//       "country": "US",
//       "phone": "+1 555 341 9393",
//       "email": "support@goshippo.com"
//     },
//     "address_to": {
//       "name": "Mrs. Hippo",
//       "street1": "965 Mission St.",
//       "city": "San Francisco",
//       "state": "CA",
//       "zip": "94105",
//       "country": "US",
//       "phone": "+1 555 341 9393",
//       "email": "support@goshippo.com"
//     },
//     "parcels": [
//       {
//         "length": "5",
//         "width": "5",
//         "height": "5",
//         "distance_unit": "in",
//         "weight": "2",
//         "mass_unit": "lb"
//       }
//     ]
//   },
//   "carrier_account": "b741b99f95e841639b54272834bc478c",
//   "servicelevel_token": "usps_priority"
// }

CkoJsonObject *json = [[CkoJsonObject alloc] init];
[json UpdateString: @"shipment.address_from.name" value: @"Mr. Hippo"];
[json UpdateString: @"shipment.address_from.street1" value: @"215 Clayton St."];
[json UpdateString: @"shipment.address_from.city" value: @"San Francisco"];
[json UpdateString: @"shipment.address_from.state" value: @"CA"];
[json UpdateString: @"shipment.address_from.zip" value: @"94117"];
[json UpdateString: @"shipment.address_from.country" value: @"US"];
[json UpdateString: @"shipment.address_from.phone" value: @"+1 555 341 9393"];
[json UpdateString: @"shipment.address_from.email" value: @"support@goshippo.com"];
[json UpdateString: @"shipment.address_to.name" value: @"Mrs. Hippo"];
[json UpdateString: @"shipment.address_to.street1" value: @"965 Mission St."];
[json UpdateString: @"shipment.address_to.city" value: @"San Francisco"];
[json UpdateString: @"shipment.address_to.state" value: @"CA"];
[json UpdateString: @"shipment.address_to.zip" value: @"94105"];
[json UpdateString: @"shipment.address_to.country" value: @"US"];
[json UpdateString: @"shipment.address_to.phone" value: @"+1 555 341 9393"];
[json UpdateString: @"shipment.address_to.email" value: @"support@goshippo.com"];
[json UpdateString: @"shipment.parcels[0].length" value: @"5"];
[json UpdateString: @"shipment.parcels[0].width" value: @"5"];
[json UpdateString: @"shipment.parcels[0].height" value: @"5"];
[json UpdateString: @"shipment.parcels[0].distance_unit" value: @"in"];
[json UpdateString: @"shipment.parcels[0].weight" value: @"2"];
[json UpdateString: @"shipment.parcels[0].mass_unit" value: @"lb"];
[json UpdateString: @"carrier_account" value: @"b741b99f95e841639b54272834bc478c"];
[json UpdateString: @"servicelevel_token" value: @"usps_priority"];

[http SetRequestHeader: @"Authorization" value: @"ShippoToken <API_Token>"];
[http SetRequestHeader: @"Content-Type" value: @"application/json"];

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

CkoStringBuilder *sbResponseBody = [[CkoStringBuilder alloc] init];
[resp GetBodySb: sbResponseBody];
CkoJsonObject *jResp = [[CkoJsonObject alloc] init];
[jResp LoadSb: sbResponseBody];
jResp.EmitCompact = NO;

NSLog(@"%@",@"Response Body:");
NSLog(@"%@",[jResp Emit]);

int respStatusCode = [resp.StatusCode intValue];
NSLog(@"%@%d",@"Response Status Code = ",respStatusCode);
if (respStatusCode >= 400) {
    NSLog(@"%@",@"Response Header:");
    NSLog(@"%@",resp.Header);
    NSLog(@"%@",@"Failed.");
    return;
}

// Sample JSON response:
// (Sample code for parsing the JSON response is shown below)

// {
//   "object_state": "VALID",
//   "status": "SUCCESS",
//   "object_created": "2013-12-27T19:14:48.273Z",
//   "object_updated": "2013-12-27T19:14:48.273Z",
//   "object_id": "64bba01845ef40d29374032599f22588",
//   "object_owner": "shippotle@goshippo.com",
//   "was_test": false,
//   "rate": {
//     "object_id": "cf6fea899f1848b494d9568e8266e076",
//     "amount": "5.50",
//     "currency": "USD",
//     "amount_local": "5.50",
//     "currency_local": "USD",
//     "provider": "USPS",
//     "servicelevel_name": "Priority Mail",
//     "servicelevel_token": "usps_priority",
//     "carrier_account": "078870331023437cb917f5187429b093"
//   },
//   "tracking_number": "ZW70QJC",
//   "tracking_status": {
//     "object_created": "2013-12-27T23:17:41.411Z",
//     "object_id": "a21b3d6831c14ceaba6730179ce6e784",
//     "status": "UNKNOWN",
//     "status_details": "",
//     "status_date": "2013-12-28T12:04:04.214Z"
//   },
//   "tracking_url_provider": "https://tools.usps.com/go/TrackConfirmAction.action?tLabels=ZW70QJC",
//   "eta": "2013-12-30T12:00:00.000Z",
//   "label_url": "https://shippo-delivery.s3.amazonaws.com/96.pdf?Signature=PEdWrp0mFWAGwJp7FW3b%2FeA2eyY%3D&Expires=1385930652&AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAJTHP3LLFMYAWALIA",
//   "commercial_invoice_url": "",
//   "metadata": "",
//   "messages": [
//   ]
// }

// Sample code for parsing the JSON response...
// Use the following online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON:
// Generate Parsing Code from JSON

NSString *object_state = [jResp StringOf: @"object_state"];
NSString *status = [jResp StringOf: @"status"];
NSString *object_created = [jResp StringOf: @"object_created"];
NSString *object_updated = [jResp StringOf: @"object_updated"];
NSString *object_id = [jResp StringOf: @"object_id"];
NSString *object_owner = [jResp StringOf: @"object_owner"];
BOOL was_test = [jResp BoolOf: @"was_test"];
NSString *rateObject_id = [jResp StringOf: @"rate.object_id"];
NSString *rateAmount = [jResp StringOf: @"rate.amount"];
NSString *rateCurrency = [jResp StringOf: @"rate.currency"];
NSString *rateAmount_local = [jResp StringOf: @"rate.amount_local"];
NSString *rateCurrency_local = [jResp StringOf: @"rate.currency_local"];
NSString *rateProvider = [jResp StringOf: @"rate.provider"];
NSString *rateServicelevel_name = [jResp StringOf: @"rate.servicelevel_name"];
NSString *rateServicelevel_token = [jResp StringOf: @"rate.servicelevel_token"];
NSString *rateCarrier_account = [jResp StringOf: @"rate.carrier_account"];
NSString *tracking_number = [jResp StringOf: @"tracking_number"];
NSString *tracking_statusObject_created = [jResp StringOf: @"tracking_status.object_created"];
NSString *tracking_statusObject_id = [jResp StringOf: @"tracking_status.object_id"];
NSString *tracking_statusStatus = [jResp StringOf: @"tracking_status.status"];
NSString *tracking_statusStatus_details = [jResp StringOf: @"tracking_status.status_details"];
NSString *tracking_statusStatus_date = [jResp StringOf: @"tracking_status.status_date"];
NSString *tracking_url_provider = [jResp StringOf: @"tracking_url_provider"];
NSString *eta = [jResp StringOf: @"eta"];
NSString *label_url = [jResp StringOf: @"label_url"];
NSString *commercial_invoice_url = [jResp StringOf: @"commercial_invoice_url"];
NSString *metadata = [jResp StringOf: @"metadata"];
int i = 0;
int count_i = [[jResp SizeOfArray: @"messages"] intValue];
while (i < count_i) {
    jResp.I = [NSNumber numberWithInt: i];
    i = i + 1;
}