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UPSAddress Component

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Checks either a general validation of a city, state, and zip code, or a validation and classification of a specific, street-level address, and suggests alternates if an error is discovered.

Syntax

nsoftware.InShip.Upsaddress

Remarks

Using the UPS guidelines, this component allows a merchant to access:

  • the accuracy of a City, State, and ZipCode combination;
  • the accuracy of a street address, and also use to determine if an address is a commercial or residential address;
This will improve customer service by assisting shoppers when they place orders and also reduce operating costs by streamlining your shipping process. To use this component, you must register with the UPS OnLine Tools service. For more information, please visit http://www.ee.ups.com/.

Address validation for a non-street-level validation is only supported for addresses within the US, but is available for use in 47 origin countries.

Address validation for a street-level validation is only supported for addresses within the US and Puerto Rico.

Through the ValidateAddress method, this component communicates with the UPS Server and verifies that the:

To use the component for a non-street-level address validation, first set the properties of one of the following input combinations, and call the ValidateAddress:

To use the component for a street-level address validation, the Address1 is required to be set along with setting the rest of address properties (as listed above), and call the ValidateAddress method. If address classification (whether an address is a residence or a commercial location) is wanted while validating an address, then the RequestType has to be set to 2 (Address Validation and Classification). For address classification requests, it is important that the client include all information available about the address. Such information is important for accurate results, as many locations include both commercial and residential entities (such as a deli on the ground floor of an apartment building).

In cases where no combinations are found, the component throws an exception.

Once the request has been successfully submitted and combinations are found, the component returns the Aggregate (which contains the list of all matches), and the Matches collection that contains a list of up to:

  • 10 valid city/state/zip combinations that closely match the intended address (for a non-street-level validation);
  • 50 valid street address/city/state/zip/country combinations that closely match the intended address (for a street-level validation), along with the address classification of each candidate (if this requested);

If no matches were found, the component throws an exception.

Here are two ways you can use this component to provide better customer service and cut costs:

If your U.S. customer enters an incorrect address while placing their online order, this component allows you to provide suggested alternatives allowing the errors to be corrected at the point of entry long before orders leave the shipping dock. This may help reduce costly returns. This will also enable your customer service representatives to validate addresses when they are speaking with a customer instead of after an error is discovered.

For a street-level address validation and classification, the AccountNumber is required to be sent in the request. Also, you might need access UPS website (https://www.ups.com/upsdeveloperkit/updateaccesskeys?loc=en_US) to update your AccessKey in order to access a certain UPS Online tool (in this case: 'Address Validation - Street Level').

NOTE:UPS assumes no liability for the information provided by the address validation functionality.

Property List


The following is the full list of the properties of the component with short descriptions. Click on the links for further details.

AddressIdentifies the address to be validated.
AggregateString representing the list of address candidates (if any).
FirewallA set of properties related to firewall access.
MatchesCollection of address candidates that meet the search criteria.
ProxyA set of properties related to proxy access.
SSLAcceptServerCertInstructs the component to unconditionally accept the server certificate that matches the supplied certificate.
SSLCertThe certificate to be used during SSL negotiation.
SSLServerCertThe server certificate for the last established connection.
TimeoutA timeout for the component.
UPSAccountLogin information for UPS.

Method List


The following is the full list of the methods of the component with short descriptions. Click on the links for further details.

ConfigSets or retrieves a configuration setting .
ResetResets the internal state of the component and all properties to their default values.
ValidateAddressReturns corrected and standardized address information.

Event List


The following is the full list of the events fired by the component with short descriptions. Click on the links for further details.

ErrorInformation about errors during data delivery.
NotificationNotification returned by the server upon successful request (if applicable).
SSLServerAuthenticationFired after the server presents its certificate to the client.
SSLStatusShows the progress of the secure connection.

Configuration Settings


The following is a list of configuration settings for the component with short descriptions. Click on the links for further details.

RawRequestContains the complete request sent to the Server.
RawResponseContains the complete response returned by the Server.
XPathUsed to retrieve data at any place within the response.
WarningWarning message returned by the server.
UseSOAPWhether or not to use UPS' webservices.
RequestTypeIdentifies the optional processing to be performed during address validation on street-level.
MatchAggregate[i]String representing the address candidate in the list of matches (if any, at index i).
AcceptEncodingUsed to tell the server which types of content encodings the client supports.
AllowHTTPCompressionThis property enables HTTP compression for receiving data.
AllowIdenticalRedirectURLAllow redirects to the same URL.
AppendWhether to append data to LocalFile.
AuthorizationThe Authorization string to be sent to the server.
BytesTransferredContains the number of bytes transferred in the response data.
EncodeURLIf set to true the URL will be encoded by the component.
FollowRedirectsDetermines what happens when the server issues a redirect.
GetOn302RedirectIf set to true the component will perform a GET on the new location.
HTTPVersionThe version of HTTP used by the component.
IfModifiedSinceA date determining the maximum age of the desired document.
KeepAliveDetermines whether the HTTP connection is closed after completion of the request.
MaxRedirectAttemptsLimits the number of redirects that are followed in a request.
OtherHeadersOther headers as determined by the user (optional).
ProxyAuthorizationThe authorization string to be sent to the proxy server.
ProxyAuthSchemeThe authorization scheme to be used for the proxy.
ProxyPasswordA password if authentication is to be used for the proxy.
ProxyPortPort for the proxy server (default 80).
ProxyServerName or IP address of a proxy server (optional).
ProxyUserA user name if authentication is to be used for the proxy.
TransferredDataLimitThe maximum number of incoming bytes to be stored by the component.
TransferredHeadersThe full set of headers as received from the server.
UseChunkedEncodingEnables or Disables HTTP chunked encoding for transfers.
ChunkSizeSpecifies the chunk size in bytes when using chunked encoding.
UserAgentInformation about the user agent (browser).
KerberosSPNThe Service Principal Name for the Kerberos Domain Controller.
ConnectionTimeoutSets a separate timeout value for establishing a connection.
FirewallAutoDetectTells the component whether or not to automatically detect and use firewall system settings, if available.
FirewallHostName or IP address of firewall (optional).
FirewallPasswordPassword to be used if authentication is to be used when connecting through the firewall.
FirewallPortThe TCP port for the FirewallHost;.
FirewallTypeDetermines the type of firewall to connect through.
FirewallUserA user name if authentication is to be used connecting through a firewall.
KeepAliveTimeThe inactivity time in milliseconds before a TCP keep-alive packet is sent.
KeepAliveIntervalThe retry interval, in milliseconds, to be used when a TCP keep-alive packet is sent and no response is received.
LingerWhen set to True, connections are terminated gracefully.
LingerTimeTime in seconds to have the connection linger.
LocalHostThe name of the local host through which connections are initiated or accepted.
LocalPortThe TCP port in the local host where the component binds.
MaxLineLengthThe maximum amount of data to accumulate when no EOL is found.
MaxTransferRateThe transfer rate limit in bytes per second.
RecordLengthThe length of received data records.
TCPKeepAliveDetermines whether or not the keep alive socket option is enabled.
UseIPv6Whether to use IPv6.
TcpNoDelayWhether or not to delay when sending packets.
TLS12SignatureAlgorithmsDefines the allowed TLS 1.2 signature algorithms when UseManagedSecurityAPI is True.
ReuseSSLSessionDetermines if the SSL session is reused.
SSLCipherStrengthThe minimum cipher strength used for bulk encryption.
SSLEnabledProtocolsUsed to enable/disable the supported security protocols.
SSLProviderThe name of the security provider to use.
SSLSecurityFlagsFlags that control certificate verification.
OpenSSLCADirThe path to a directory containing CA certificates.
OpenSSLCAFileName of the file containing the list of CA's trusted by your application.
OpenSSLCipherListA string that controls the ciphers to be used by SSL.
OpenSSLPrngSeedDataThe data to seed the pseudo random number generator (PRNG).
AbsoluteTimeoutDetermines whether timeouts are inactivity timeouts or absolute timeouts.
FirewallDataUsed to send extra data to the firewall.
InBufferSizeThe size in bytes of the incoming queue of the socket.
OutBufferSizeThe size in bytes of the outgoing queue of the socket.
CodePageThe system code page used for Unicode to Multibyte translations.

 
 
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