January 2, 2009

Canada Post Rates and Services Request

Posted in Shipment tagged 4004, Canada Post, Item is too large to be packed, Rates and Services Request at 6:55 am by budi

To get Canada Post Rates and Services, you need to post request formatted in XML to: http://206.191.4.228:30000 or http://sellonline.canadapost.ca:30000.

The XML example:

<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<eparcel>
  <language>en</language>
  <ratesAndServicesRequest>
    <merchantCPCID>amerchantid</merchantCPCID>
    <lineItems>
      <item>
        <quantity>1</quantity>
        <weight>0.001</weight>
        <length>1</length>
        <width>1</width>
        <height>1</height>
        <description>My Item #1</description>
      </item>
      <item>
        <quantity>1</quantity>
        <weight>0.003</weight>
        <length>1</length>
        <width>1</width>
        <height>1</height>
        <description>My Item #2</description>
      </item>
    </lineItems>
    <city>beverly hills</city>
    <provOrState>CA</provOrState>
    <country>US</country>
    <postalCode>90210</postalCode>
  </ratesAndServicesRequest>
</eparcel>

Set the above XML to a variable (e.g. CP_postdata) and post it:

Set srvCPXmlHttp = Server.CreateObject ("Msxml2.ServerXMLHTTP")
srvCPXmlHttp.open "POST", "http://sellonline.canadapost.ca:30000", false
srvCPXmlHttp.send(CP_postdata)
CP_result = srvCPXmlHttp.responseText

XML response wil be returned and saved to CP_result variable. Here is the response example:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE eparcel [
&lt;!-- EVERY REQUEST CONTAIN THE eparcel TAG -->
<!ELEMENT eparcel (ratesAndServicesResponse)>

    <!-- *********************************************************  -->
    <!-- * Standard response for request for rates and services  *  -->
    <!-- *********************************************************  -->
    <!ELEMENT ratesAndServicesResponse (statusCode, statusMessage+, requestID, handling, language, product+, packing*, emptySpace*, shippingOptions, comment, nearestPostalOutlet*)>
        <!ELEMENT statusCode (#PCDATA)>
        <!ELEMENT statusMessage (#PCDATA)>
        <!ELEMENT requestID (#PCDATA)>
        <!ELEMENT handling (#PCDATA)>
        <!ELEMENT language (#PCDATA)>

        <!ELEMENT product (name, rate, shippingDate, deliveryDate, deliveryDayOfWeek, nextDayAM?, packingID)>
            <!ATTLIST product
                id CDATA #REQUIRED
                sequence CDATA #REQUIRED
            >
            <!ELEMENT name (#PCDATA)>
            <!ELEMENT rate (#PCDATA)>
            <!ELEMENT shippingDate (#PCDATA)>
            <!ELEMENT deliveryDate (#PCDATA)>
            <!ELEMENT deliveryDayOfWeek (#PCDATA)>
            <!ELEMENT nextDayAM (#PCDATA)>
            <!ELEMENT packingID (#PCDATA)>

        <!ELEMENT packing (packingID, box+)>
        <!ELEMENT box (name, weight, expediterWeight, length, width, height, packedItem+)>
            <!ELEMENT weight (#PCDATA)>
            <!ELEMENT expediterWeight (#PCDATA)>
            <!ELEMENT length (#PCDATA)>
            <!ELEMENT width (#PCDATA)>
            <!ELEMENT height (#PCDATA)>
            <!ELEMENT packedItem (quantity, description)>
        <!ELEMENT quantity (#PCDATA)>

        <!ELEMENT description (#PCDATA)>
        <!ELEMENT emptySpace (length, width, height, weight)>
        <!ELEMENT shippingOptions (insurance, deliveryConfirmation, signature, flexiblePaymentAvailable?)>
            <!ELEMENT insurance (#PCDATA)>
            <!ELEMENT deliveryConfirmation (#PCDATA)>
            <!ELEMENT signature (#PCDATA)>
            <!ELEMENT flexiblePaymentAvailable EMPTY>
        <!ELEMENT comment (#PCDATA)>
        <!-- *********************************************************  -->

        <!-- * 'nearestPostalOutlet'  is optional and is returned    *  -->
        <!-- * only if the merchant profile has this option enabled  *  -->
        <!-- *********************************************************  -->
        <!ELEMENT nearestPostalOutlet (postalOutletSequenceNo, distance, outletName, businessName, postalAddress, phoneNumber, businessHours+)>
            <!ELEMENT postalOutletSequenceNo (#PCDATA)>
            <!ELEMENT distance (#PCDATA)>
            <!ELEMENT outletName (#PCDATA)>
            <!ELEMENT businessName (#PCDATA)>
            <!ELEMENT postalAddress (addressLine+, postalCode, municipality, province?)>

                <!ELEMENT addressLine (#PCDATA)>
                <!ELEMENT postalCode (#PCDATA)>
                <!ELEMENT municipality (#PCDATA)>
                <!ELEMENT province (#PCDATA)>
            <!ELEMENT phoneNumber (#PCDATA)>
            <!ELEMENT businessHours (dayId, dayOfWeek, time)>
            <!ELEMENT dayId (#PCDATA)>
            <!ELEMENT dayOfWeek (#PCDATA)>
            <!ELEMENT time (#PCDATA)>

]>
<eparcel>
    <ratesAndServicesResponse>
        <statusCode>1</statusCode>
        <statusMessage>OK</statusMessage>
        <requestID>999999</requestID>
        <handling>3.0</handling>
        <language>0</language>
        <product id="2040" sequence="1">
            <name>Priority Worldwide USA</name>
            <rate>91.16</rate>
            <shippingDate>2008-10-17</shippingDate>
            <deliveryDate>www.canadapost.ca/?Lang=en</deliveryDate>
            <deliveryDayOfWeek>4</deliveryDayOfWeek>
            <nextDayAM>false</nextDayAM>
            <packingID>P_0</packingID>
        </product>
        <product id="2030" sequence="2">
            <name>Xpresspost USA</name>
            <rate>28.64</rate>
            <shippingDate>2008-10-17</shippingDate>
            <deliveryDate>2008-10-22</deliveryDate>
            <deliveryDayOfWeek>4</deliveryDayOfWeek>
            <nextDayAM>false</nextDayAM>
            <packingID>P_0</packingID>
        </product>
        <product id="2025" sequence="3">
            <name>Expedited US Commercial</name>
            <rate>17.55</rate>
            <shippingDate>2008-10-17</shippingDate>
            <deliveryDate>2008-10-29</deliveryDate>
            <deliveryDayOfWeek>4</deliveryDayOfWeek>
            <nextDayAM>false</nextDayAM>
            <packingID>P_0</packingID>
        </product>
        <packing>
            <packingID>P_0</packingID>
            <box>
                <name>Dummy Box - Change or Delete me.</name>
                <weight>1.66</weight>
                <expediterWeight>0.501</expediterWeight>
                <length>25.0</length>
                <width>20.0</width>
                <height>20.0</height>
                <packedItem>
                    <quantity>1</quantity>
                    <description>My Item #1</description>
                </packedItem>
            </box>
        </packing>
        <shippingOptions>
            <insurance>No</insurance>
            <deliveryConfirmation>Yes</deliveryConfirmation>
            <signature>No</signature>
        </shippingOptions>
        <comment>* For major centres only. Add 1 to 3 business days for other destinations.</comment>
    </ratesAndServicesResponse>
</eparcel>
<!--END_OF_EPARCEL-->

Please note that the response example is not retrieved from the request example (I think I got the response example from another request).

You can then parse the XML response:

Set CPXMLdoc = Server.CreateObject("Msxml2.DOMDocument")

Make sure you have set up the Box sizes on the http://sellonline.canadapost.ca/servlet/LogonServlet (login, click Add / Modify / Delete Boxes).
You need to have a box that will fit the item you want to ship. Otherwise and the item you’re trying to ship is too large, you’ll get this error -4004, “Item is too large to be packed”, the XML response is:

<?xml version="1.0" ?>

<!DOCTYPE eparcel [
&lt;!ELEMENT eparcel (error)>
<!ELEMENT error (statusCode,statusMessage*, requestID)>
<!ELEMENT statusCode (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT statusMessage (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT requestID (#PCDATA)>
]>
<eparcel>
<error>
<statusCode>-4004</statusCode>
<statusMessage>Item is too large to be packed. </statusMessage>
<requestID>999999</requestID>
</error>
</eparcel>
<!--END_OF_EPARCEL-->

Below is the Add / Modify / Delete Boxes screen.

Update #1 (Jan 27th 2009):

I accidentally added a semicolon:

Set srvCPXmlHttp = Server.CreateObject ("Msxml2.ServerXMLHTTP");

It should be:

Set srvCPXmlHttp = Server.CreateObject ("Msxml2.ServerXMLHTTP")

I also changed the length, width, height to 1 after I notice the dimension I specified would return a 4004 error.

All are corrected above.

Update #2 (Jan 27th 2009):

If you use non registered Merchant CPC Id (e.g. <merchantCPCID>amerchantid</merchantCPCID>), you’ll get the following response:

-2001 Merchant CPC Id not found on server. 2515904

Update #3 (Jan 27th 2009):

For testing, you can copy/paste the following code, save as an ASP file to your web server, and run the page. Please change the value inside <merchantCPCID>. You can even run it from you local web server. To see the XML, see the HTML code (e.g. on IE 7, click Page>>View Source)

<%
dim CP_postdata
CP_postdata = ""
CP_postdata = CP_postdata & "<?xml version=""1.0"" ?>"
CP_postdata = CP_postdata & "<eparcel>"
CP_postdata = CP_postdata & "  <language>en</language>"
CP_postdata = CP_postdata & "  <ratesAndServicesRequest>"
CP_postdata = CP_postdata & "    <merchantCPCID>amerchantid</merchantCPCID>"
CP_postdata = CP_postdata & "    <lineItems>"
CP_postdata = CP_postdata & "      <item>"
CP_postdata = CP_postdata & "        <quantity>1</quantity>"
CP_postdata = CP_postdata & "        <weight>0.001</weight>"
CP_postdata = CP_postdata & "        <length>1</length>"
CP_postdata = CP_postdata & "        <width>1</width>"
CP_postdata = CP_postdata & "        <height>1</height>"
CP_postdata = CP_postdata & "        <description>My Item #1</description>"
CP_postdata = CP_postdata & "      </item>"
CP_postdata = CP_postdata & "      <item>"
CP_postdata = CP_postdata & "        <quantity>1</quantity>"
CP_postdata = CP_postdata & "        <weight>0.003</weight>"
CP_postdata = CP_postdata & "        <length>1</length>"
CP_postdata = CP_postdata & "        <width>1</width>"
CP_postdata = CP_postdata & "        <height>1</height>"
CP_postdata = CP_postdata & "        <description>My Item #2</description>"
CP_postdata = CP_postdata & "      </item>"
CP_postdata = CP_postdata & "    </lineItems>"
CP_postdata = CP_postdata & "    <city>beverly hills</city>"
CP_postdata = CP_postdata & "    <provOrState>CA</provOrState>"
CP_postdata = CP_postdata & "    <country>US</country>"
CP_postdata = CP_postdata & "    <postalCode>90210</postalCode>"
CP_postdata = CP_postdata & "  </ratesAndServicesRequest>"
CP_postdata = CP_postdata & "</eparcel>"

dim srvCPXmlHttp, CP_result

Set srvCPXmlHttp = Server.CreateObject ("Msxml2.ServerXMLHTTP")
srvCPXmlHttp.open "POST", "http://sellonline.canadapost.ca:30000", false
srvCPXmlHttp.send(CP_postdata)

CP_result = srvCPXmlHttp.responseText

response.write CP_result

%>

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How to use Eval on ImageUrl

Posted in ASP.NET tagged C#, ASP.NET, Eval, ImageUrl, Image Control at 4:09 am by budi

I was converting the <img> into ASP.NET Image Control, I learnt new thing on the way.

Here is the code before I changed it:

<td>
  <asp:HyperLink ID="HyperLink1" runat="server" NavigateUrl="#">
    <img height="140px" width="140px"
      src='images/catalog/<%# Eval("smallimageurl") %>' />
  </asp:HyperLink>
</td>

And I modified like so:

<td>
  <asp:HyperLink ID="HyperLink1" runat="server" NavigateUrl="#">
    <asp:Image Height="140" Width="140" ID="Image4" runat="server"
      ImageUrl='~/images/catalog/<%# Eval("smallimageurl") %>' />
  </asp:HyperLink>
</td>

But the the Eval didn’t resolve correctly, here is the resulting HTML:

<img style="border-width: 0px; height: 140px; width: 140px;"
  src="../images/catalog/%3C%25#%20Eval(%22smallimageurl%22)%20%25%3E"
  id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_viewcategory1_DataList1_ctl00_Image4"/>

After doing some googling I found a solution to this.

The simple solution:

ImageUrl='<%# "~/images/catalog/" + Eval("smallimageurl") %>'

A more elegant solution:

ImageUrl='<%# Eval("smallimageurl", "~/images/catalog/{0}") %>'

And the correct HTML is:

<img style="border-width: 0px; height: 140px; width: 140px;"
  src="../images/catalog/MM54.jpg"
  id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_viewcategory1_DataList1_ctl00_Image4"/>

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