On Jun 2, 2019, at 2:00 PM, JOHN BAUGHMAN wrote: > Thanks Kirk. Yes after looking through the 2 I think zipcodeapi is the better > choice. I registered my app and with a simple http request already have what > I needed…. > > C_TEXT($response) > C_OBJECT($oResponse) > $$zipcode:="96734" > $clientKey:=“;alks;dlfakjldflajdkl" > > $url:="https://www.zipcodeapi.com/rest/"+$clientKey+"/info.json/"+$zipcode+"/radians” > HTTP Request(HTTP GET method;$url;$content;$response) > > $oResponse:=JSON Parse($response) > $city:=$oResponse.city > $state=$oResponse.state > > Didn’t think it would be that easy. Hope this post helps someone else down > the line.
I had the same experience with Twilio for sending SMS from 4D. It was so easy to use HTTP Request when the website has a well designed API. If the website is returning JSON, if you can just pass $oResponse instead of $response and 4D will do the "JSON Parse” for you automatically. Tim ***************************************** Tim Nevels Innovative Solutions 785-749-3444 [email protected] ***************************************** ********************************************************************** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:[email protected] **********************************************************************
