usps shipping

I've followed the instructions on getting a username and the correct testing api for USPS shipping. I've entered this information in, and saved.

I go to checkout using my sandbox info, and i'm getting "Shipping=fail" in the address bar and an error message saying that either my billing/payment info is invalid and it gives the link to the checkout page to try again.

When I go back into my cms, and disable shipping. I use this same info to checkout, and everything goes through completely.

I've tried checking test mode, and unchecking test mode. I've also tried both http and https links the email gave me to try. I even requested permission for the address api (the link it gave me after I signed up for my usps username).

I am at a loss at what I am doing wrong.

You will need to check for the message that USPS is returning if you have the shipping=fail in the URL when getting to the failure page. Here is the code for USPS and PayPal direct Pay:

<?php

if(!session_id()) session_start(); 

echo("PayPal Full Request :<br />");

echo("<code>".isset($_SESSION["PP_DirectPayment_postedValues"])?$_SESSION["PP_DirectPayment_postedValues"]:""."</code><br /><br />");

echo("Paypal Full Response :<br />");

echo("<code>".isset($_SESSION["PP_DirectPayment"])?$_SESSION["PP_DirectPayment"]:""."</code><br /><br />");

echo("USPS Full Request :<br />");

echo("<code>".isset($_SESSION["WA_Store_Cart_USPS_FullRequest"])?$_SESSION["WA_Store_Cart_USPS_FullRequest"]:""."</code><br /><br />");

echo("USPS Full Response :<br />");

echo("<code>".isset($_SESSION["WA_Store_Cart_USPS_FullResponse"])?$_SESSION["WA_Store_Cart_USPS_FullResponse"]:""."</code><br /><br />");

?>

Put this in place on the checkout page and run a test to see what is returned. If you have the full username and password for USPS then you should not have to adjust any of the other settings.

I'm getting this error message after putting that piece of code in the checkout_fail.php page.

This one is using the ShippingAPITest.dll


PayPal Full Request :
Paypal Full Response :
USPS Full Request :
API=RateV3&XML=FIRST CLASSPARCEL350629513102REGULARUSPS Full Response :
80040b1a API Authorization failure. RateV3 is not a valid API name for this protocol. UspsCom::DoAuth

I haven't gotten my account approved for production yet, but I tried the shippingapi.dll

and got this error message:

PayPal Full Request :
Paypal Full Response :
USPS Full Request :
API=RateV3&XML=FIRST CLASSPARCEL350629513102REGULARUSPS Full Response :
80040b1a Authorization failure. You are not authorized to connect to this server. UspsCom::DoAuth


Before I added the php code to the checkout_fail.php page, I added it to the bottom of the checkout.php page. It didn't return anything.


Hopefully you guys can help, this is the last stage before going live.

Could someone please point me to the thread with the USPS fix/problem outlined and the testing server info that everyone is referring to here? I'm searching through the forum but haven't found it yet and time is running out. I need to get my store working!

You should be using the production servers for your USPS v3 rate API. This is an odd bug with USPS as they do not support testing on this version of the API. This means that you must contact USPS and let them know that you are working with the v3 API and need access to the production server. They should be able to enable this option for you so that you do not get any further error messages.