Fedex???Any News on a new mod for shipping???

[elfmuse]

Is anyone working on this?

[sfatula]

I think Harald is going to. He seems to think that FEDEX merely updated the ratefinder for international. According to the level 2 tech support guy I talked to at Fedex, they *eliminated* the rate finder (which was not a supported method anyway), you can no longer pass the info to get a rate. So, I actually hope Harald is right otherwise a new method will have to be developed to work with OSC, probably Ship Manager Direct which IS a Fedex supported method. Way different, more time.

[Harald Ponce de Leon]

The [updated] RateFinder service can be found here:

 

http://www.fedex.com/us/rates

[sfatula]

Yes, it is, but the *claim* was you can not pass variables to get the shipping quote.

[Harald Ponce de Leon]

Yes, it is, but the *claim* was you can not pass variables to get the shipping quote.

 

Looks like its true :(

 

The new RateFinder service is a two step process - after the first form submission the parameters are stored in a session and are manually inaccessible during the second step in the process.

 

I will get in contact with the FedEx representative that helped me last time to see what can be done.

 

I just noticed documentation is available for static rates, which is always a better solution as no remote queries need to be made (or can/should be used as a fallback mode). The documentation is available here if someone is interested in making a module for the static rates (I do not have the time to parse all that information :)):

 

http://www.fedex.com/us/rates/downloads/?link=2

[Harald Ponce de Leon]

The new RateFinder service is a two step process - after the first form submission the parameters are stored in a session and are manually inaccessible during the second step in the process.

 

We could ofcourse make two requests with the second request containing the session ID in the URL - but I find this to be unacceptable.

 

Waiting to hear back from the FedEx representative.

[sfatula]

Yeah, that's what the guy said, good luck basically.

 

I think in the long run, and ship manager direct option which is supported pretty well will be the solution. Doesn't look too bad. Should also be a lot faster than using the current technique. And, it shouldn't change all the time too.

 

I just got my Fedex account (was using UPS), so am still learning about it, and now am set up on their test server, but gotta get some more stuff done on my site before I leave for Australia.

 

However, I can see developing the driver for ship manager direct if no one else does in the meantime. I got all the doc finally.

[Mark Evans]

I think in the long run, and ship manager direct option which is supported pretty well will be the solution. Doesn't look too bad. Should also be a lot faster than using the current technique. And, it shouldn't change all the time too.

 

If I remember correctly doesn't the ship manager API require Java??

[sfatula]

Mark,

 

Ship Manager API is much different than Ship Manager Direct. Direct means no API in the middle. The API would not work with PHP very well.

[bdownes]

The info at http://www.fedex.com/globaldeveloper/shipapi/

is below. Anyone willing to take a stab at it?

 

FedEx Web Integration Solutions

 

Web Integration Solutions seamlessly integrates FedEx shipping and tracking functionality into your web site, e-commerce environment, intranet or other online systems. Detailed instructions that allow you to easily create custom applications are included.

 

Getting Started

 

FedEx Ship Manager API

 

View and agree to the product license and download the free software now. For more information see:?

 

* Implementation Overview A step-by-step outline of the development process from download to application certification?

* Case Studies FedEx Ship Manager API in action?

* Documentation

* FAQs

* White Paper Overviews of the functions available today to software developers who want to integrate FedEx shipping and tracking?

* Sample Code Examples of how to use FedEx Ship Manager API?

* Shipping Forms

 

* Sample Labels

* International Commercial Invoice Sample?

 

 

 

FedEx Ship Manager Direct

 

An alternative to integrating the FedEx Ship Manager API component into your application is the ability to develop your own API. In order to take advantage of this alternative, you must:

 

* Have a working knowledge of HTTP(s) and SSL encryption

* Be able to provide a secure SSL connection to FedEx

* Develop to the designated FedEx transactional interface

If you have the technical expertise and would like to implement FedEx Ship Manager Direct, you can register for more information.

[wasson65]

I'm using the snapshot from Nov 8th, and Fedex isn't available as best as I can tell.

 

What is the current status of the work on the fedex module?

 

I thought about using intershipper, and their site apparently won't allow new signups, at least I couldn't figure out how to get past the page that said "we require logins now and we're going to rewrite our entire backend...". Hopefully they'll write it in something besides ASP so their site can stay up... 8-)

 

I've got a fair amount of experience in php and am ready to help on this if needed, I've got 2 clients ready for fedex yesterday.

 

Thanks,

Tim Wasson

[Mr. Ree]

Hi Tim,

 

I am not sure if anyone is working on it.. Harald?

 

But I sure would like to see it happen.

 

Although I new nothing about php before installing this cart I am picking up bits and pieces but not near enough to assist in this module.

[wasson65]

I've posted to the development forum here:

 

http://www.oscommerce.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=27060

 

asking if anyone is working on it and offering to help or write it from scratch if need be. I've got to make this happen somehow.

[wasson65]

You can get it here:

 

http://www.oscommerce.com/downloads.php/co...ions,683/type,2

 

Enjoy!

 

Tim