Contract Shipping
Get Shipment Price – SOAP
Summary
Name: | Get Shipment Price |
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Reason to Call: | To retrieve shipment price information from a previously created shipment. |
Input: | Mailed-by; shipment-id; locale (optional) |
Output: | The price details in an XML format, with options and taxes being separately described. |
Error Example: | Address invalid, weight exceeds 30 kg |
Typical Prior Call: | Create Shipment or Get Shipment |
Typical Next Call: | Create Shipment (to continue creating shipments) |
Optional Next Call: | Get Artifact or Get Shipment Details (if those services have not already been called) |
Version history: | Release notes |
Call Details
WSDL: | shipment.wsdl |
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Endpoint (Development): | https://ct.soa-gw.canadapost.ca/rs/soap/shipment/v8 |
Endpoint (Production): | https://soa-gw.canadapost.ca/rs/soap/shipment/v8 |
Namespace: | http://www.canadapost.ca/ws/soap/shipment/v8 |
Operation: | GetShipmentPrice |
SOAP Body
This section describes the XML input elements to this service. For the hierarchical structure, see the XML diagram.
Get Shipment Price – Request Elements | |||
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Element Name | Type | Required / Optional | Description |
get-shipment-price-request |
complex |
required |
The top level XML element for the request input information. |
mailed-by |
simple |
required |
(1-10 digit numeric) The 10-digit customer number of the mailed-by customer. If the number provided has fewer than 10 digits, the system will add leading zeros. |
mobo |
simple |
optional |
(1-10 digit numeric) The 10-digit customer number of the mailed-on-behalf-of customer. If this element is missing, it will default to the mailed-by customer number. If the number provided has fewer than 10 digits, the system will add leading zeros. |
locale |
simple |
optional |
Indicates your language preference for receiving error messages. EN = English If no value is provided, the default language is English. |
shipment-id |
simple |
required |
(Alphanumeric String – up to 32 letters/digits) An identification number representing the existing shipment for which information is being requested. Note: Retrieve the shipment-id provided by previous calls to Create Shipment or Get Shipment. The output of those services will include a shipment-id element. |
Request – XML Diagram
Response Details
Response – Elements
The following table describes the XML elements in the response to Get Shipment Price. For the hierarchy of the response, see the
XML diagram.
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get-shipment-price-response |
complex |
The top level XML element for the response. It will either contain the results of a successful completion, or the error structure. |
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shipment-price |
complex |
The XML structure containing the results of a successful completion of the service. |
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service-code |
simple |
This identifies the delivery service-code used for delivery of the shipment. The most frequently used codes are listed below.
(Note: These delivery services and their codes can be discovered by calling the Get Rates or Discover Services web services described in Rating) |
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base-amount |
simple |
This is the base amount cost for shipping in $CAD. |
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priced-options |
complex |
This structure contains the list of options applied to this shipment and the associated price impact. This will be absent if there are no options applied to the price of this shipment. |
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priced-option |
complex |
May occur 1 … N times. Each occurrence is a structure that represents a shipping option that applies to the shipment, and which may affect the price of the shipment. |
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option-code |
simple |
This is the option code for an option applied to this shipment. Option code examples are as follows COD – Collect on delivery. |
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option-price |
simple |
This is the total component of the price that is attributable to the option. Units are $CAD. |
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adjustments |
complex |
This structure contains the list of adjustments applied to this shipment and the associated price impact. This will be absent if there are no adjustments applied to the price of this shipment. |
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adjustment |
complex |
May occur 1 … N times. This structure represents a shipping adjustment that applies to the shipment, and which may affect the price of the shipment. |
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adjustment-code |
simple |
The code indicating which adjustment is applied to this shipment:
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adjustment-amount |
simple |
This is the total cost attributable to the adjustment. |
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pre-tax-amount |
simple |
This is the pre-tax total amount of the shipment cost. |
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gst-amount |
simple |
This is the amount of the GST added to the base cost. |
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pst-amount |
simple |
This is the amount of the PST added to the base cost. |
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hst-amount |
simple |
This is the amount of the HST added to the base cost. |
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due-amount |
simple |
This is the total amount due for the shipment. |
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service-standard |
complex |
This structure represents the service standard to which this shipment will be delivered. |
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am-delivery |
simple |
{true, false} This indicates whether morning delivery is part of the service standard. |
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guaranteed-delivery |
simple |
{true, false} This indicates whether guaranteed delivery is part of the service standard. |
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expected-transmit-time |
simple |
This indicates the number of days the package is expected to be in the mail stream from induction to delivery. *Should be “expected-transit-time” due to a typo, it will be fixed in the next version |
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expected-delivery-date |
simple |
(YYYY-MM-DD date format) This indicates the estimated delivery date based from the creation date of the shipment or the expected mailing date provided in the “create” request if greater. |
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rated-weight |
simple |
This indicates the actual weight or volumetric equivalent used to determine the base price, within the prescribed weight and size limits of the specific product, on the greater of actual weight or volumetric equivalent of actual weight. |
Response – XML Diagram
Response – Possible Error Response
The response to error conditions for this web service follows the standard SOAP error response approach used for all Canada Post web services. For more information, see SOAP Fundamentals of Canada Post Web Services.
Examples
Sample SOAP XML Request – Get Shipment Price
<get-shipment-price-request>
<mailed-by>1111111</mailed-by>
<locale>EN</locale>
<shipment-id>340531309186521749</shipment-id>
</get-shipment-price-request>
Sample SOAP XML Response – Get Shipment Price
<get-shipment-price-response>
<shipment-price>
<service-code>DOM.EP</service-code>
<base-amount>12.92</base-amount>
<priced-options>
<priced-option>
<option-code>DC</option-code>
<option-price>0</option-price>
</priced-option>
</priced-options>
<adjustments>
<adjustment>
<adjustment-code>AUTDISC</adjustment-code>
<adjustment-amount>0.00</adjustment-amount>
</adjustment>
<adjustment>
<adjustment-code>FUELSC</adjustment-code>
<adjustment-amount>1.29</adjustment-amount>
</adjustment>
</adjustments>
<pre-tax-amount>21.71</pre-tax-amount>
<gst-amount>0.00</gst-amount>
<pst-amount>0</pst-amount>
<hst-amount>2.82</hst-amount>
<due-amount>24.53</due-amount>
<service-standard>
<am-delivery>false</am-delivery>
<guaranteed-delivery>true</guaranteed-delivery>
<expected-transmit-time>1</expected-transmit-time>
<expected-delivery-date>2011-09-22</expected-delivery-date>
</service-standard>
<rated-weight>110</rated-weight>
</shipment-price>
</get-shipment-price-response>