Pack and Quote API

The example code calculates shipping rates for an item with multiple quantities. It assumes the warehouse is already configured with shipper info, courier and packaging boxes.

using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Net;
using System.Collections;
using System.Web.Script.Serialization;

namespace ConsoleApplication1 {
    class Program {
        static void Main(string[] args) {
            // new item
            ArrayList items = new ArrayList();
            Hashtable item1 = new Hashtable();
            items.Add(item1);
            item1["sku"] = "105";
            item1["qty"] = 2;
            item1["name"] = "Trousers";
            item1["weight"] = 0.8;
            item1["unitPrice"] = 51.60;
            item1["weightUnit"] = "lb";
            item1["dimensionUnit"] = "in";
            ArrayList dims = new ArrayList();
            item1["dimensions"] = dims;
            Hashtable dim1 = new Hashtable();
            dim1["length"] = 12;
            dim1["width"] = 11;
            dim1["height"] = 2;
            dims.Add(dim1);

            // destination
            Hashtable dest = new Hashtable();
            dest["post"] = "90210";
            dest["region"] = "CA";
            dest["city"] = "Beverly Hills";
            dest["country"] = "US";
            dest["residential"] = true;

            // encode params in JSON format
            Hashtable parameters = new Hashtable();
            parameters["items"] = items;
            parameters["destination"] = dest;
            var encoder = new JavaScriptSerializer();
            string paramsJson = encoder.Serialize(parameters);

            // submit request
            var httpWebRequest = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create("http://api.solvingmaze.com/calculate/key/$apiKey/warehouse/$warehouseId");
            httpWebRequest.ContentType = "application/json";
            httpWebRequest.Method = "POST";
            using (var streamWriter = new StreamWriter(httpWebRequest.GetRequestStream()))
            {
                streamWriter.Write(paramsJson);
            }

            // print response
            var httpResponse = (HttpWebResponse)httpWebRequest.GetResponse();
            using (var streamReader = new StreamReader(httpResponse.GetResponseStream()))
            {
                var responseText = streamReader.ReadToEnd();
                Console.WriteLine(responseText);
            }
        }
    }
}