Rich, I played with this app a while back (USPS address verification). Here was my test program. I didn't parse the result but look at EXAMPLE15 for how to handle that part.
Mike Krebs
H DFTACTGRP(*NO) ACTGRP(*NEW) BNDDIR('LIBHTTP/HTTPAPI')
D/copy libhttp/qrpglesrc,httpapi_h
D rc s 10I 0
D msg s 52A
d USPSUserID s 12a inz('your user id')
d address1 s 38a inz(*blanks)
d address2 s 38a inz('6406 Ivy Lane')
d city s 15a inz('Greenbelt')
d state s 2a inz('MD')
d zip5 s 5a inz(*blanks)
d zip4 s 4a inz(*blanks)
d Enc s like(HTTP_URL_ENCODER)
d url s 32767a varying
d urlValues s 32767a varying
C* retrieve the ILE RPG/400 refernece manual from IBM:
c eval urlValues =
c 'ShippingAPItest.dll?API=Verify'+
c 'ShippingAPItest.dll?API=Verify'+
c '&XML=<AddressValidateRequest '+
c 'USERID="' + %trim(USPSUserID) + '">'
c '<Address ID="0">'+
c '<Address1>' + %trim(Address1) +
c '</Address1>' +
c '<Address2>' + %trim(Address2) +
c '</Address2>' +
c '<City>' + %trim(City) +
c '</City>' +
c '<State>' + %trim(State) +
c '</State>' +
c '<Zip5>' + %trim(Zip5) +
c '</Zip5>' +
c '<Zip4>' + %trim(Zip4) +
c '</Zip4>' +
c '</Address></AddressValidateRequest>'
c eval url =
c 'http://testing.shippingapis.com/'
c eval Enc = http_url_encoder_new()
c eval rc = http_url_get(url +
c http_url_encoder_getstr(Enc):
c '/tmp/address_valid.txt')
c if rc <> 1
c eval msg = http_error
c dsply msg
c endif
c callp http_url_encoder_free(Enc)
c eval *inlr = *on
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