PowerBuilder

UPS Address Validation (City, State, Zip)

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

integer li_rc
integer li_Success
oleobject loo_Http
string ls_Url
oleobject loo_Json
oleobject loo_Sb
oleobject loo_Resp
string ls_CustomerContext
string ls_StatusCode
string ls_StatusDescription
string ls_ResultRank
string ls_ResultQuality
string ls_City
string ls_ProvinceCode
string ls_PostalCodeLowEnd
string ls_PostalCodeHighEnd
string ls_Rank
string ls_Quality
string ls_AddressCity
string ls_AddressStateProvinceCode
integer li_NumResults
integer i

li_Success = 0

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

loo_Http = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_Http.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.Http")
if li_rc < 0 then
    destroy loo_Http
    MessageBox("Error","Connecting to COM object failed")
    return
end if

// This is the testing endpoint for address validation:
ls_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.
loo_Json = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_Json.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")

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

loo_Sb = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_Sb.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")

loo_Resp = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_Resp.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.HttpResponse")

li_Success = loo_Http.HttpJson("POST",ls_Url,loo_Json,"application/json",loo_Resp)
if li_Success = 0 then
    Write-Debug loo_Http.LastErrorText
    destroy loo_Http
    destroy loo_Json
    destroy loo_Sb
    destroy loo_Resp
    return
end if

Write-Debug "status = " + string(loo_Resp.StatusCode)

// A 200 response status indicate success.
if loo_Resp.StatusCode <> 200 then
    Write-Debug loo_Resp.BodyStr
    Write-Debug "Failed."
    destroy loo_Http
    destroy loo_Json
    destroy loo_Sb
    destroy loo_Resp
    return
end if

loo_Json.Load(loo_Resp.BodyStr)
loo_Json.EmitCompact = 0
Write-Debug loo_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.

li_NumResults = loo_Json.SizeOfArray("AddressValidationResponse.AddressValidationResult")
if li_NumResults < 0 then

    // Here's parse code for the above JSON exact response:
    ls_CustomerContext = loo_Json.StringOf("AddressValidationResponse.Response.TransactionReference.CustomerContext")
    ls_StatusCode = loo_Json.StringOf("AddressValidationResponse.Response.ResponseStatusCode")
    ls_StatusDescription = loo_Json.StringOf("AddressValidationResponse.Response.ResponseStatusDescription")
    ls_ResultRank = loo_Json.StringOf("AddressValidationResponse.AddressValidationResult.Rank")
    ls_ResultQuality = loo_Json.StringOf("AddressValidationResponse.AddressValidationResult.Quality")
    ls_City = loo_Json.StringOf("AddressValidationResponse.AddressValidationResult.Address.City")
    ls_ProvinceCode = loo_Json.StringOf("AddressValidationResponse.AddressValidationResult.Address.StateProvinceCode")
    ls_PostalCodeLowEnd = loo_Json.StringOf("AddressValidationResponse.AddressValidationResult.PostalCodeLowEnd")
    ls_PostalCodeHighEnd = loo_Json.StringOf("AddressValidationResponse.AddressValidationResult.PostalCodeHighEnd")

    Write-Debug "Exact match!"
    Write-Debug "postal code: " + ls_PostalCodeLowEnd

else

    Write-Debug "Non-Exact match."

    ls_CustomerContext = loo_Json.StringOf("AddressValidationResponse.Response.TransactionReference.CustomerContext")
    ls_StatusCode = loo_Json.StringOf("AddressValidationResponse.Response.ResponseStatusCode")
    ls_StatusDescription = loo_Json.StringOf("AddressValidationResponse.Response.ResponseStatusDescription")
    i = 0
    do while i < li_NumResults
        loo_Json.I = i
        ls_Rank = loo_Json.StringOf("AddressValidationResponse.AddressValidationResult[i].Rank")
        Write-Debug "rank: " + ls_Rank
        ls_Quality = loo_Json.StringOf("AddressValidationResponse.AddressValidationResult[i].Quality")
        ls_AddressCity = loo_Json.StringOf("AddressValidationResponse.AddressValidationResult[i].Address.City")
        Write-Debug "addressCity: " + ls_AddressCity
        ls_AddressStateProvinceCode = loo_Json.StringOf("AddressValidationResponse.AddressValidationResult[i].Address.StateProvinceCode")
        ls_PostalCodeLowEnd = loo_Json.StringOf("AddressValidationResponse.AddressValidationResult[i].PostalCodeLowEnd")
        Write-Debug "postal code: " + ls_PostalCodeLowEnd
        ls_PostalCodeHighEnd = loo_Json.StringOf("AddressValidationResponse.AddressValidationResult[i].PostalCodeHighEnd")
        i = i + 1
    loop
end if



destroy loo_Http
destroy loo_Json
destroy loo_Sb
destroy loo_Resp