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I'm trying to apply USPS shipping to my checkout. I keep getting 'UspsCom::DoAuth 80040b1aAuthorization failure. You are not authorized to connect to this server. UspsCom::DoAuth'. I tried different USPS server addresses from what I found on the forums and USPS instructions, but so far I can't get in. I did find on the forums the following response:

"eCart uses the V3 rate request API which is not supported on the testing server, you will need to use the production server address, and contact USPS to have you account updated to use the production server."

Is this still the case? Do I have to go with the production address?

I ended up trying the url: ShippingAPITest.dll

and now I'm getting this:

"RateV3 is not a valid API name for this protocol"

so I guess this is answering my first question.

yes, you will need to use the production address:
shippingapi.dll

you may also need to contact USPS to have your account upgraded to allow connecting to the production server.

It works now, but my formulas are wrong. The shipping charges are extremely high. I've attached a couple of snapshots of what I got. It adds a line for shipping on the item and then again for USPS shipping. But even for a 2 oz item the shipping is more than doubled when I add two items to the cart. Can you let me know how to write the formula? I have the item as weighing 2 oz. Thanks.

on the shipping tab, you probably have 2 shipping rules, one for USPS and a second for the Book and DVD set, both using the rate returned, i would think you only need the one rule.

the rate returned by USPS will depend on the setting you use in the USPS shipping server behavior on the confirm page.

Open the confirm page, then double click on the USPS Shipping server behavior to inspect the settings, on the last page, make sure that you have set the weight units to Ounces if that is what is being used in the cart.

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ok. that was indeed the case. I removed Book and DVD shipping.

Also, in the weight units of the USPS Server behavior, I see this line of code:

$Shipping_PackageArray[$Shipping_PackageIndex]["WeightUnits"] = "".strtolower($eCart1->WeightUnits) ."";

I changed to oz and it seems to be calculating differently. Why wouldn't it just pick up that info from the eCart object?

And why is it that the calculation for one item is $3.16 (10 oz. item) but then for two, it more than doubles shipping price at $10.60? I can't understand that. It should be maybe another dollar or two I would think.

Sorry for all the questions, but this is the first time ever that I'm doing this.

Thank you.

in the eCart object what are the weight units set to, the default weight units are Ponds, not ounces.

In the shipping rate behavior, do you have it set to for One package for the entire order? OR set to a package for each item?

By the fact that it is doubling the shipping rate, it sounds like it is set to a package for each item.

It's set to oz in the eCart object per my previous posts. The Shipping Rate behavior is set for 1 package for entire order. It's not doubling it, it's more than than doubling it per my previous post. I now have the item at 16 oz. It's $5.20 for one item and $10.60 for two. For a 4 oz. item it's coming up with $2.12 for one item, $5.60 for two and $10.44 for three. Below is the code for the USPS behavior.

<?php
if ($_SERVER["REQUEST_METHOD"] == "POST") {
//WA eCart (Copyright 2007, WebAssist)
//WA eCart USPS Shipping - USPS
$Shipping_SuccessURL = "";
$Shipping_FailureURL = "shipping_failure.php";
$Shipping_Packaging = 0;
$Shipping_PackageArray = array();
$Shipping_PackageIndex = 0;
$Shipping_Counter = 0;
$Shipping_Parameters = array();
$Shipping_Parameters["UserID"] = "";
$Shipping_Parameters["USPSServer"] = "http://production.shippingapis.com/shippingapi.dll";
$Shipping_Parameters["CarrierCode"] = "FIRST CLASS";
$Shipping_Parameters["DefaultIntl"] = "none";
$Shipping_Parameters["ShipperZip"] = "07470";
$Shipping_Parameters["ShiptoZip"] = "".((isset($_POST["shipping_postcode"]))?$_POST["shipping_postcode"]:"") ."";
$Shipping_Parameters["ShiptoCountry"] = "".((isset($_POST["shipping_country"]))?$_POST["shipping_country"]:"") ."";
while (($Shipping_Packaging == 1 && !$eCart1->EOF()) || ($Shipping_Packaging == 0 && $Shipping_Counter == 0)) {
if (WA_eCart_USPS_IsTrueValue("true")) {
$Shipping_PackageArray[] = array();
$Shipping_PackageIndex = sizeof($Shipping_PackageArray)-1;
$Shipping_PackageArray[$Shipping_PackageIndex]["eCart_Quantity"] = (($Shipping_Packaging == 1)?$eCart1->DisplayInfo("Quantity"):1);
$Shipping_PackageArray[$Shipping_PackageIndex]["IsPackage"] = "true";
$Shipping_PackageArray[$Shipping_PackageIndex]["Quantity"] = "".WA_eCart_FormatNumber($eCart1->DisplayInfo('Quantity'), true, 1) ."";
$Shipping_PackageArray[$Shipping_PackageIndex]["WeightUnits"] = "oz";
$Shipping_PackageArray[$Shipping_PackageIndex]["PackageWeight"] = "".WA_eCart_FormatNumber($eCart1->TotalColumn('TotalWeight'), true, 1) ."";
$Shipping_PackageArray[$Shipping_PackageIndex]["PackageType"] = "YOURPACKAGING";
$Shipping_PackageArray[$Shipping_PackageIndex]["PackageSize"] = "REGULAR";
$Shipping_PackageArray[$Shipping_PackageIndex]["PackageMachinable"] = "true";
$Shipping_PackageArray[$Shipping_PackageIndex]["IPackageType"] = "Package";
//Special Services
}
$Shipping_Counter++;
if ($Shipping_Packaging == 1) $eCart1->MoveNext();
}
if ($Shipping_Packaging == 1) $eCart1->MoveFirst();
$Shipping_Result = WA_eCart_USPS_GetRateQuote($eCart1, $Shipping_Parameters, $Shipping_PackageArray);
if ($Shipping_Result && $Shipping_SuccessURL != "")
$eCart1->redirStr = $Shipping_SuccessURL;
else if (!$Shipping_Result && $Shipping_FailureURL != "") {
Header("Location: " . $Shipping_FailureURL); exit;
}
}
else if (!isset($_SESSION["eCart1_USPS_Success"])) {
WA_eCart_USPS_SetSessionDefaults($eCart1);
}
?>

since you are using one package for entire order, the package quantity should be set to 1:
change:

$Shipping_PackageArray[$Shipping_PackageIndex]["Quantity"] = "".WA_eCart_FormatNumber($eCart1->DisplayInfo('Quantity'), true, 1) ."";

to:

$Shipping_PackageArray[$Shipping_PackageIndex]["Quantity"] = "1";