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USPS - Registering to Use Web Tools and Setting Up
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In order to use the SBW module for real time shipping calculations from USPS, you will need to register to use the USPS Web Tools.
You can register at:
https://secure.shippingapis.com/registration/

After you receive the email from USPS with your username (passwords are no longer used), you will need to email icustomercare@usps.com with your user name.
Also, it is VERY IMPORTANT to tell them that you are using AgoraCart and that you are ready to use the production URL.
You will then need to wait until you get another email telling you that you are okay'd to use the production URL.

Do not try to use the "testing" URL with AgoraCart, it will not work, but AgoraCart has been tested on hundreds and thousands of cart and is ready to use the production URL right "out of the box".

Once the email saying that you can use the production URL has been received, go into the Shipping Settings Manager and enter your username in the the "username" field. Delete anything that is in the "password" field (including any spaces).

Set your origination zip code and your maximum weight per box.
Oh, yeah, make sure SBW is set to "yes".
Hit the submit button and you should be good to go.

Update: The password is no longer used, so just make sure the password field is blank.

HTH!



Last edited by scottcrew on Tue Jul 31, 07 4:52 pm; edited 1 time in total

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This post is pretty old, is this information correct?

I don't know what "testing" URL is referring to. I have the following settings in the Agora Manager:
USPS API URL: http://production.shippingapis.com/ShippingAPI.dll
USPS API Userid: (user name entered here)
USPS API Password: (blank as indicated in the above post)

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The email from USPS says:

Thank you for contacting us. Congratulations on completing your testing using the U.S. Postal Service's Internet Shipping Application Program Interfaces (APIs).
Your profile has been updated to allow you access to the Production Server.

1. The Production Server URL is: http://production.shippingapis.com. For APIs calling the secure server, the URL is https://secure.shippingapis.com.
2. There is a line of code that refers to "shippingapitest.dll". You'll need to remove the word "test".

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The error I'm currently getting in the cart is:
USPS module error: shipping cost not determined!
Please use your browser's back button and correct
any fields as required and try again.

80040b1a Authorization failure. Perhaps username and/or password is incorrect. UspsCom::DoAuth

(Note: my cart is secure, i.e. using https://)

~Ken

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Ken,
Make sure that the password field is blank...
The username is the only thing used, now.
Also, make sure that there are no leading or trailing spaces in the username or any spaces in the password field.

If you just got that email from USPS, give it a few hours up to a day to allow them to make sure that you are moved over to the production server.

HTH!


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Thank you, it's working now.

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