estimateShipping changes?

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estimateShipping changes?

[perrytew]

No changes that I know of. Please give me an example city/state/country/postal code that is returning the wrong values. I need something I can reproduce to form a test case.

[radiofreequebecistan]

Hi Perry,

Sure, here's an example I just ran.

Step 1: update the cart with the new shipToCountry (Kenya in this case)

Request:

PUT /cart/relay?_url=%2Frest%2Fcart HTTP/1.1
Host: www.mydomain.com
Connection: keep-alive
Content-Length: 4100
Origin: https://www.mydomain.com
X-UC-Merchant-Id: RD
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_8_5) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/29.0.1547.76 Safari/537.36
Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8
Accept: application/json, text/javascript, /; q=0.01
cache-control: no-cache
X-Requested-With: XMLHttpRequest
Referer: https://www.mydomain.com/cart/checkout
Accept-Encoding: gzip,deflate,sdch
Accept-Language: en-US,en;q=0.8
Cookie: PHPSESSID=15kjfb3gukn8jcfr8gt47d93e0

{"total":335,"password":null,"email":"","merchantId":"RD","errors":null,"screenBrandingThemeCode":"DFLT","items":[{"position":1,"length":{"value":0,"uom":"IN"},"attributes":[],"description":"Weight Loss Formula No.1 - 30 Day Supply","weight":{"value":0.3,"uom":"LB"},"options":[],"unitCostWithDiscount":67,"quantity":5,"height":{"value":0,"uom":"IN"},"width":{"value":0,"uom":"IN"},"variations":{},"unitCost":67,"kit":false,"preorder":false,"upsell":false,"extendedDescription":"","arbitraryUnitCost":null,"maximumQuantity":null,"itemId":"WLF1","autoOrderSchedule":null,"autoOrderLastRebillDts":null,"minimumQuantity":1,"multimedias":[{"type":"Image","description":"","default":true,"code":null,"imageWidth":80,"imageHeight":80,"excludeFromGallery":false,"viewUrl":"http://secure.mydomain.com/itemmultimedia/RD/WLF1/th_wlf1.png","thumbnails":[{"height":80,"width":80,"httpUrl":"https://secure.ultracart.com/thumbs/1367363426250/RD/9/D/80-80-9D550661CEE964145215CEEAFC563192.jpg","httpsUrl":"http://secure.ultracart.com/thumbs/1367363426250/RD/9/D/80-80-9D550661CEE964145215CEEAFC563192.jpg"}]}],"manufacturerSuggestedRetailPrice":null,"itemOid":3560188,"viewUrl":"http://www.mydomain.com/store/weight-loss/formula-no-1/","kitComponentOptions":[],"defaultImageUrl":"http://secure.mydomain.com/itemmultimedia/RD/WLF1/th_wlf1.png","defaultThumbnailUrl":"https://secure.ultracart.com/thumbs/1367363426249/RD/9/D/80-80-9D550661CEE964145215CEEAFC563192.jpg"}],"buysafeBondAvailable":false,"buysafeBondWanted":false,"buysafeBondCost":null,"insureShipAvailable":false,"insureShipWanted":null,"insureShipCost":null,"subtotalDiscount":0,"tax":0,"customField1":null,"customField2":null,"customField3":null,"customField4":null,"customField5":null,"customField6":null,"customField7":null,"customerProfile":null,"shipToCountry":"Kenya","insureShipSeparate":false,"surcharge":0,"shipToFirstName":"","shipToLastName":"","shipToCompany":"","shipToAddress1":"","shipToAddress2":"","shipToCity":"","shipToState":"","shipToPhone":"","taxRate":0,"shippingMethod":"calculating shipping options…","taxableSubtotal":335,"taxableSubtotalDiscount":0,"advertisingSource":"","paymentMethod":"Unknown","specialInstructions":"","subtotal":335,"ipAddress":"71.208.36.181","deliveryDate":null,"shipToResidential":true,"coupons":[],"taxCounty":"","billToFirstName":"","billToLastName":"","giftEmail":null,"shipToTitle":"","shipOnDate":null,"gift":false,"giftCharge":0,"giftWrapCost":0,"giftMessage":null,"purchaseOrderNumber":"","giftCertificateAmount":0,"shipToEveningPhone":"","ccEmail":null,"creditCardToken":null,"liftGate":false,"taxExempt":false,"billToCompany":"","billToAddress1":"","billToAddress2":"","billToCity":"","billToState":"","billToCountry":"Trinidad & Tobago","billToEveningPhone":"","buysafeBondFree":false,"buysafeBondingSignal":null,"buysafeCartDisplayText":null,"buysafeCartDisplayUrl":null,"arbitraryTax":null,"arbitraryTaxableSubtotal":null,"arbitraryTaxRate":null,"emailConfirm":"","arbitraryShippingHandlingTotal":null,"threatMetrixParams":null,"creditCardType":"","creditCardExpirationMonth":"0","creditCardExpirationYear":"0","creditCardNumber":"","affiliateId":null,"giftCertificate":null,"loggedIn":false,"creditCardVerificationNumber":"","creditCardTypes":["AMEX","Discover","MasterCard","Visa"],"billToDayPhone":"","billToPostalCode":"","billToTitle":"","shippingHandlingDiscount":0,"shipToPostalCode":"","shippingHandling":0,"mailingListOptIn":true,"hasGoogleCheckout":false,"googleCheckoutCompatible":false,"googleCheckoutButtonUrl":null,"googleCheckoutButtonAltText":null,"payPalButtonUrl":"https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_xpressCheckoutsm.gif","payPalButtonAltText":"Fast, secure checkout with PayPal","hasPayPal":true,"payPalCompatible":true,"subtotalWithDiscount":335,"taxableSubtotalWithDiscount":335,"shippingHandlingWithDiscount":0,"giftCertificateRemainingBalanceAfterOrder":null,"cartId":"B571FCE4D9528101415BD3438E051600","buysafeBondingSignalJavascript":null,"collectCreditCardVerificationNumber":false,"needShipping":true,"diagnostics":null,"customerProfileCreditCardId":null}

Response:

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2013 14:31:46 GMT
Server: Apache/2.2.15 (CentOS)
X-Powered-By: PHP/5.4.19
Expires: Thu, 19 Nov 1981 08:52:00 GMT
Cache-Control: no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0
Pragma: no-cache
X-debug-forwarded-to: https://secure.ultracart.com/rest/cart
Keep-Alive: timeout=15, max=100
Vary: Accept-Encoding,User-Agent
Content-Encoding: gzip
RD-server: web1
Content-Length: 1604
Connection: close
Content-Type: application/json

{"total":335.00,"password":null,"email":"","merchantId":"RD","errors":null,"screenBrandingThemeCode":"DFLT","items":[{"position":1,"length":{"value":0.00000,"uom":"IN"},"attributes":[],"description":"Weight Loss Formula No.1 - 30 Day Supply","weight":{"value":0.30000,"uom":"LB"},"options":[],"unitCostWithDiscount":67.00,"quantity":5,"height":{"value":0.00000,"uom":"IN"},"width":{"value":0.00000,"uom":"IN"},"variations":{},"unitCost":67.00,"kit":false,"preorder":false,"upsell":false,"extendedDescription":"","arbitraryUnitCost":null,"maximumQuantity":null,"itemId":"WLF1","autoOrderSchedule":null,"autoOrderLastRebillDts":null,"minimumQuantity":1,"multimedias":[{"type":"Image","description":"","default":true,"code":null,"imageWidth":80,"imageHeight":80,"excludeFromGallery":false,"viewUrl":"http://secure.mydomain.com/itemmultimedia/RD/WLF1/th_wlf1.png","thumbnails":[{"height":80,"width":80,"httpsUrl":"http://secure.ultracart.com/thumbs/1367363426250/RD/9/D/80-80-9D550661CEE964145215CEEAFC563192.jpg","httpUrl":"https://secure.ultracart.com/thumbs/1367363426250/RD/9/D/80-80-9D550661CEE964145215CEEAFC563192.jpg"}]}],"manufacturerSuggestedRetailPrice":null,"itemOid":3560188,"viewUrl":"http://www.mydomain.com/store/weight-loss/formula-no-1/","kitComponentOptions":[],"defaultImageUrl":"http://secure.mydomain.com/itemmultimedia/RD/WLF1/th_wlf1.png","defaultThumbnailUrl":"https://secure.ultracart.com/thumbs/1367363426249/RD/9/D/80-80-9D550661CEE964145215CEEAFC563192.jpg"}],"buysafeBondAvailable":false,"buysafeBondWanted":false,"buysafeBondCost":null,"insureShipAvailable":false,"insureShipWanted":null,"insureShipCost":null,"subtotalDiscount":0,"tax":0.00,"customField1":null,"customField2":null,"customField3":null,"customField4":null,"customField5":null,"customField6":null,"customField7":null,"customerProfile":null,"shipToCountry":"Kenya","insureShipSeparate":false,"surcharge":0.00,"shipToFirstName":"","shipToLastName":"","shipToCompany":"","shipToAddress1":"","shipToAddress2":"","shipToCity":"","shipToState":"","shipToPhone":"","taxRate":0,"shippingMethod":"calculating shipping options…","taxableSubtotal":335.00000,"taxableSubtotalDiscount":0,"advertisingSource":"","paymentMethod":"Unknown","specialInstructions":"","subtotal":335.00,"ipAddress":"71.208.36.181","deliveryDate":null,"shipToResidential":true,"coupons":[],"taxCounty":"","billToFirstName":"","billToLastName":"","giftEmail":null,"shipToTitle":"","shipOnDate":null,"gift":false,"giftCharge":0.00,"giftWrapCost":0.00,"giftMessage":null,"purchaseOrderNumber":"","giftCertificateAmount":0.00,"shipToEveningPhone":"","ccEmail":null,"creditCardToken":null,"liftGate":false,"taxExempt":false,"billToCompany":"","billToAddress1":"","billToAddress2":"","billToCity":"","billToState":"","billToCountry":"Trinidad & Tobago","billToEveningPhone":"","buysafeBondFree":false,"buysafeBondingSignal":null,"buysafeCartDisplayText":null,"buysafeCartDisplayUrl":null,"arbitraryTax":null,"arbitraryTaxableSubtotal":null,"arbitraryTaxRate":null,"emailConfirm":"","arbitraryShippingHandlingTotal":null,"threatMetrixParams":null,"creditCardType":"","creditCardExpirationMonth":0,"creditCardExpirationYear":0,"creditCardNumber":"","affiliateId":null,"giftCertificate":null,"loggedIn":false,"shippingHandlingWithDiscount":0.00,"creditCardVerificationNumber":"","giftCertificateRemainingBalanceAfterOrder":null,"hasGoogleCheckout":false,"googleCheckoutCompatible":false,"googleCheckoutButtonUrl":null,"googleCheckoutButtonAltText":null,"payPalButtonUrl":"https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_xpressCheckoutsm.gif","payPalButtonAltText":"Fast, secure checkout with PayPal","hasPayPal":true,"payPalCompatible":true,"mailingListOptIn":true,"subtotalWithDiscount":335.00,"taxableSubtotalWithDiscount":335.00000,"shippingHandling":0.00,"shippingHandlingDiscount":0,"shipToPostalCode":"","billToDayPhone":"","billToTitle":"","billToPostalCode":"","cartId":"B571FCE4D9528101415BD3438E051600","creditCardTypes":["AMEX","Discover","MasterCard","Visa"],"buysafeBondingSignalJavascript":null,"collectCreditCardVerificationNumber":false,"needShipping":true,"diagnostics":null,"customerProfileCreditCardId":null}

Step 2: Now that the cart is updated, I run estimateShipping:

Request:

POST /cart/relay?_url=%2Frest%2Fcart%2FestimateShipping HTTP/1.1
Host: www.mydomain.com
Connection: keep-alive
Content-Length: 4100
Origin: https://www.mydomain.com
X-UC-Merchant-Id: RD
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_8_5) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/29.0.1547.76 Safari/537.36
Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8
Accept: application/json, text/javascript, /; q=0.01
cache-control: no-cache
X-Requested-With: XMLHttpRequest
Accept-Encoding: gzip,deflate,sdch
Accept-Language: en-US,en;q=0.8
Cookie: PHPSESSID=15kjfb3gukn8jcfr8gt47d93e0

{"total":335,"password":null,"email":"","merchantId":"RD","errors":null,"screenBrandingThemeCode":"DFLT","items":[{"position":1,"length":{"value":0,"uom":"IN"},"attributes":[],"description":"Weight Loss Formula No.1 - 30 Day Supply","weight":{"value":0.3,"uom":"LB"},"options":[],"unitCostWithDiscount":67,"quantity":5,"height":{"value":0,"uom":"IN"},"width":{"value":0,"uom":"IN"},"variations":{},"unitCost":67,"kit":false,"preorder":false,"upsell":false,"extendedDescription":"","arbitraryUnitCost":null,"maximumQuantity":null,"itemId":"WLF1","autoOrderSchedule":null,"autoOrderLastRebillDts":null,"minimumQuantity":1,"multimedias":[{"type":"Image","description":"","default":true,"code":null,"imageWidth":80,"imageHeight":80,"excludeFromGallery":false,"viewUrl":"http://secure.mydomain.com/itemmultimedia/RD/WLF1/th_wlf1.png","thumbnails":[{"height":80,"width":80,"httpUrl":"https://secure.ultracart.com/thumbs/1367363426250/RD/9/D/80-80-9D550661CEE964145215CEEAFC563192.jpg","httpsUrl":"http://secure.ultracart.com/thumbs/1367363426250/RD/9/D/80-80-9D550661CEE964145215CEEAFC563192.jpg"}]}],"manufacturerSuggestedRetailPrice":null,"itemOid":3560188,"viewUrl":"http://www.mydomain.com/store/weight-loss/formula-no-1/","kitComponentOptions":[],"defaultImageUrl":"http://secure.mydomain.com/itemmultimedia/RD/WLF1/th_wlf1.png","defaultThumbnailUrl":"https://secure.ultracart.com/thumbs/1367363426249/RD/9/D/80-80-9D550661CEE964145215CEEAFC563192.jpg"}],"buysafeBondAvailable":false,"buysafeBondWanted":false,"buysafeBondCost":null,"insureShipAvailable":false,"insureShipWanted":null,"insureShipCost":null,"subtotalDiscount":0,"tax":0,"customField1":null,"customField2":null,"customField3":null,"customField4":null,"customField5":null,"customField6":null,"customField7":null,"customerProfile":null,"shipToCountry":"Kenya","insureShipSeparate":false,"surcharge":0,"shipToFirstName":"","shipToLastName":"","shipToCompany":"","shipToAddress1":"","shipToAddress2":"","shipToCity":"","shipToState":"","shipToPhone":"","taxRate":0,"shippingMethod":"calculating shipping options…","taxableSubtotal":335,"taxableSubtotalDiscount":0,"advertisingSource":"","paymentMethod":"Unknown","specialInstructions":"","subtotal":335,"ipAddress":"71.208.36.181","deliveryDate":null,"shipToResidential":true,"coupons":[],"taxCounty":"","billToFirstName":"","billToLastName":"","giftEmail":null,"shipToTitle":"","shipOnDate":null,"gift":false,"giftCharge":0,"giftWrapCost":0,"giftMessage":null,"purchaseOrderNumber":"","giftCertificateAmount":0,"shipToEveningPhone":"","ccEmail":null,"creditCardToken":null,"liftGate":false,"taxExempt":false,"billToCompany":"","billToAddress1":"","billToAddress2":"","billToCity":"","billToState":"","billToCountry":"Trinidad & Tobago","billToEveningPhone":"","buysafeBondFree":false,"buysafeBondingSignal":null,"buysafeCartDisplayText":null,"buysafeCartDisplayUrl":null,"arbitraryTax":null,"arbitraryTaxableSubtotal":null,"arbitraryTaxRate":null,"emailConfirm":"","arbitraryShippingHandlingTotal":null,"threatMetrixParams":null,"creditCardType":"","creditCardExpirationMonth":"0","creditCardExpirationYear":"0","creditCardNumber":"","affiliateId":null,"giftCertificate":null,"loggedIn":false,"creditCardVerificationNumber":"","creditCardTypes":["AMEX","Discover","MasterCard","Visa"],"billToDayPhone":"","billToPostalCode":"","billToTitle":"","shippingHandlingDiscount":0,"shipToPostalCode":"","shippingHandling":0,"mailingListOptIn":true,"hasGoogleCheckout":false,"googleCheckoutCompatible":false,"googleCheckoutButtonUrl":null,"googleCheckoutButtonAltText":null,"payPalButtonUrl":"https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_xpressCheckoutsm.gif","payPalButtonAltText":"Fast, secure checkout with PayPal","hasPayPal":true,"payPalCompatible":true,"subtotalWithDiscount":335,"taxableSubtotalWithDiscount":335,"shippingHandlingWithDiscount":0,"giftCertificateRemainingBalanceAfterOrder":null,"cartId":"B571FCE4D9528101415BD3438E051600","buysafeBondingSignalJavascript":null,"collectCreditCardVerificationNumber":false,"needShipping":true,"diagnostics":null,"customerProfileCreditCardId":null}

Response: (is incorrect - should be Worldwide shipping according to our setup)

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2013 14:31:47 GMT
Server: Apache/2.2.15 (CentOS)
X-Powered-By: PHP/5.4.19
Expires: Thu, 19 Nov 1981 08:52:00 GMT
Cache-Control: no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0
Pragma: no-cache
X-debug-forwarded-to: https://secure.ultracart.com/rest/cart/estimateShipping
Keep-Alive: timeout=15, max=100
Vary: Accept-Encoding,User-Agent
Content-Encoding: gzip
RD-server: web1
Content-Length: 199
Connection: close
Content-Type: application/json

[{"name":"FREE Express: 2-5 days","displayName":"FREE Express: 2-5 days","comment":"","tax":0,"cost":0.00,"discount":0.00,"costBeforeDiscount":0.00,"discounted":false,"estimatedDelivery":"","defaultMethod":true,"totalTax":0.00},{"name":"UPS Express: 2 days","displayName":"UPS Express: 2 days","comment":"","tax":0,"cost":14.95,"discount":0.00,"costBeforeDiscount":14.95,"discounted":false,"estimatedDelivery":"","defaultMethod":false,"totalTax":0.00}]

Let me know if you need anything else to trace this,

jfh

On Sep 27, 2013, at 4:31 AM, Perry Tew [email protected] wrote:

No changes that I know of. Please give me an example city/state/country/postal code that is returning the wrong values. I need something I can reproduce to form a test case.

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[perrytew]

Jean-Francois,

I pulled up the item you're using above in the regular checkout and I receive the same shipping estimates. Since I was logged in, I could view the packing solution. It shows this:

FREE Express: 2-5 days

Package 1.

Name Fake Box
Dimensions 10 IN x 10 IN x 10 IN
Origination CO, 80019, United States (DFLT)
Destination NE, 68127, United States
Shipped On 09/28/2013 (Sat)
Delivery N/A
Residential Yes
Package Cost $0.00
Shipping Cost $0.00
Insurance Value $67.00
Insurance Cost $0.00
Weight (Empty Package) 0 LB (= 0 OZ)
Weight (Estimated) 0.3 LB (= 4.8 OZ)
Weight (Actual) 0.3 LB (= 4.8 OZ)
Item Count 1
Calculation Type cost
Special Box Type
Items WLF1 - 0.3 LB (= 4.8 OZ) - 67.00

You'll notice that the shipping estimate is using the center of the US (Nebraska) as the DESTINATION for estimations. The country (alone) is not enough to provide an estimation. It needs more information.

If I enter the following address (happens to be a mall in Kenya):
Address: Langata Road
City: Nairobi
State: Nairobi
Zip Code: 00621 (not sure about this value...)
Country: Kenya

Then I receive only one shipping option: Worldwide Standard.

At first reflection, it would seem like the estimation should be able to at least use Kenya by itself and do an estimation. However, the foreign countries have very different standards, and our shipping has additional rules (tons of them) that could/would provide inaccurate results if it used just a single field.

Thanks,
Perry

[radiofreequebecistan]

Hi Perry,

Thanks for looking into this and explaining. Our interface requires quoting shipping prices after a country choice, so I'll find a workaround.

jfh

On Sep 27, 2013, at 11:43 PM, Perry Tew [email protected] wrote:

Jean-Francois,

I pulled up the item you're using above in the regular checkout and I receive the same shipping estimates. Since I was logged in, I could view the packing solution. It shows this:

FREE Express: 2-5 days

Package 1.

Name Fake Box
Dimensions 10 IN x 10 IN x 10 IN
Origination CO, 80019, United States (DFLT)
Destination NE, 68127, United States
Shipped On 09/28/2013 (Sat)
Delivery N/A
Residential Yes
Package Cost $0.00
Shipping Cost $0.00
Insurance Value $67.00
Insurance Cost $0.00
Weight (Empty Package) 0 LB (= 0 OZ)
Weight (Estimated) 0.3 LB (= 4.8 OZ)
Weight (Actual) 0.3 LB (= 4.8 OZ)
Item Count 1
Calculation Type cost
Special Box Type

Items WLF1 - 0.3 LB (= 4.8 OZ) - 67.00

You'll notice that the shipping estimate is using the center of the US (Nebraska) as the DESTINATION for estimations. The country (alone) is not enough to provide an estimation. It needs more information.

If I enter the following address (happens to be a mall in Kenya):
Address: Langata Road
City: Nairobi
State: Nairobi
Zip Code: 00621 (not sure about this value...)
Country: Kenya

Then I receive only one shipping option: Worldwide Standard.

At first reflection, it would seem like the estimation should be able to at least use Kenya by itself and do an estimation. However, the foreign countries have very different standards, and our shipping has additional rules (tons of them) that could/would provide inaccurate results if it used just a single field.

Thanks,
Perry

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[perrytew]

Hey. The fine people in development have relaxed the shipping estimating for foreign countries. I just tested it, and I'm receiving shipping estimates for Kenya without having to provide anything more than the country. Hope this helps.

Thanks,
Perry

[radiofreequebecistan]

Thanks!

On Nov 1, 2013, at 11:44 AM, Perry Tew [email protected] wrote:

Hey. The fine people in development have relaxed the shipping estimating for foreign countries. I just tested it, and I'm receiving shipping estimates for Kenya without having to provide anything more than the country. Hope this helps.

Thanks,
Perry

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