Canada Post Rates and Services Request

budi — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 06:55:01 +0000

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>enlanguage>
  <ratesAndServicesRequest>
    <merchantCPCID>amerchantidmerchantCPCID>
    <lineItems>
      <item>
        <quantity>1quantity>
        <weight>0.001weight>
        <length>1length>
        <width>1width>
        <height>1height>
        <description>My Item #1description>
      item>
      <item>
        <quantity>1quantity>
        <weight>0.003weight>
        <length>1length>
        <width>1width>
        <height>1height>
        <description>My Item #2description>
      item>
    lineItems>
    <city>beverly hillscity>
    <provOrState>CAprovOrState>
    <country>UScountry>
    <postalCode>90210postalCode>
  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)>

    
    
    
    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)>
        

        
        
        
        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>1statusCode>
        <statusMessage>OKstatusMessage>
        <requestID>999999requestID>
        <handling>3.0handling>
        <language>0language>
        <product id="2040" sequence="1">
            <name>Priority Worldwide USAname>
            <rate>91.16rate>
            <shippingDate>2008-10-17shippingDate>
            <deliveryDate>www.canadapost.ca/?Lang=endeliveryDate>
            <deliveryDayOfWeek>4deliveryDayOfWeek>
            <nextDayAM>falsenextDayAM>
            <packingID>P_0packingID>
        product>
        <product id="2030" sequence="2">
            <name>Xpresspost USAname>
            <rate>28.64rate>
            <shippingDate>2008-10-17shippingDate>
            <deliveryDate>2008-10-22deliveryDate>
            <deliveryDayOfWeek>4deliveryDayOfWeek>
            <nextDayAM>falsenextDayAM>
            <packingID>P_0packingID>
        product>
        <product id="2025" sequence="3">
            <name>Expedited US Commercialname>
            <rate>17.55rate>
            <shippingDate>2008-10-17shippingDate>
            <deliveryDate>2008-10-29deliveryDate>
            <deliveryDayOfWeek>4deliveryDayOfWeek>
            <nextDayAM>falsenextDayAM>
            <packingID>P_0packingID>
        product>
        <packing>
            <packingID>P_0packingID>
            <box>
                <name>Dummy Box - Change or Delete me.name>
                <weight>1.66weight>
                <expediterWeight>0.501expediterWeight>
                <length>25.0length>
                <width>20.0width>
                <height>20.0height>
                <packedItem>
                    <quantity>1quantity>
                    <description>My Item #1description>
                packedItem>
            box>
        packing>
        <shippingOptions>
            <insurance>Noinsurance>
            <deliveryConfirmation>YesdeliveryConfirmation>
            <signature>Nosignature>
        shippingOptions>
        <comment>* For major centres only. Add 1 to 3 business days for other destinations.comment>
    ratesAndServicesResponse>
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>-4004statusCode>
<statusMessage>Item is too large to be packed. statusMessage>
<requestID>999999requestID>
error>
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. amerchantid), 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 . 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 & ""1.0"" ?>"
CP_postdata = CP_postdata & ""
CP_postdata = CP_postdata & "  en"
CP_postdata = CP_postdata & "  "
CP_postdata = CP_postdata & "    amerchantid"
CP_postdata = CP_postdata & "    "
CP_postdata = CP_postdata & "      "
CP_postdata = CP_postdata & "        1"
CP_postdata = CP_postdata & "        0.001"
CP_postdata = CP_postdata & "        1"
CP_postdata = CP_postdata & "        1"
CP_postdata = CP_postdata & "        1"
CP_postdata = CP_postdata & "        My Item #1"
CP_postdata = CP_postdata & "      "
CP_postdata = CP_postdata & "      "
CP_postdata = CP_postdata & "        1"
CP_postdata = CP_postdata & "        0.003"
CP_postdata = CP_postdata & "        1"
CP_postdata = CP_postdata & "        1"
CP_postdata = CP_postdata & "        1"
CP_postdata = CP_postdata & "        My Item #2"
CP_postdata = CP_postdata & "      "
CP_postdata = CP_postdata & "    "
CP_postdata = CP_postdata & "    beverly hills"
CP_postdata = CP_postdata & "    CA"
CP_postdata = CP_postdata & "    US"
CP_postdata = CP_postdata & "    90210"
CP_postdata = CP_postdata & "  "
CP_postdata = CP_postdata & ""

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

%>

How to use Eval on ImageUrl

budi — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 04:09:27 +0000

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

Here is the code before I changed it:


  "HyperLink1" runat="server" NavigateUrl="#">
    "140px" width="140px"
      src='images/catalog/<%# Eval("smallimageurl") %>' />

And I modified like so:


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

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

"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:

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

it's a coder thing

Canada Post Rates and Services Request

How to use Eval on ImageUrl