MelissaData JSON Request Ruby Example

gistfile1.rb

require 'json'
require 'rest-client'

message = {
  'TransmissionReference' => 'Sample',
  'CustomerID' => ENV['CUSTOMER_ID'],
  'Actions' => 'Check',
  'Options' => nil,
  'Columns' => nil,
  'Records' => [{
    'RecordID' => '1',
    'CompanyName' => nil,
    'FullName' => nil,
    'AddressLine1' => '22382 Avenida Empresa',
    'AddressLine2' => nil,
    'Suite' => nil,
    'City' => 'Rancho Santa Margarita',
    'State' => 'CA',
    'PostalCode' => '92688',
    'Country' => nil,
    'PhoneNumber' => nil,
    'EmailAddress' => nil,
    'FreeForm' => nil,
  }]
}.to_json

url = 'http://personator.melissadata.net/v3/WEB/ContactVerify/doContactVerify'

JSON.parse(RestClient.post(url, message, content_type: :json, accept: :json))

# => {"Records"=>
#   [{"AddressExtras"=>" ",
#     "AddressKey"=>"92688211282",
#     "AddressLine1"=>"22382 Avenida Empresa",
#     "AddressLine2"=>" ",
#     "City"=>"Rancho Santa Margarita",
#     "CompanyName"=>" ",
#     "EmailAddress"=>" ",
#     "NameFull"=>" ",
#     "PhoneNumber"=>" ",
#     "PostalCode"=>"92688-2112",
#     "RecordExtras"=>" ",
#     "RecordID"=>"1",
#     "Reserved"=>" ",
#     "Results"=>"AS01",
#     "State"=>"CA"}],
#  "TotalRecords"=>"1",
#  "TransmissionReference"=>"Sample",
#  "TransmissionResults"=>" ",
#  "Version"=>"3.3.6"}