Thread: need help with integrating USPS

I did all that we can find in Manual.
but USPS is not working.

I appreciate if some one can help me with this.

thanks a lot.

version AspDotNetStorefront ML 9.0.1.3/9.0.1.2

I am also having this problem. On debugging, I saw that the service response was an authorization failure. I also saw that the call sends the value of the appConfig RTShipping.USPS.Password. My appconfigs did not have this key, so I added it. Ran debug again, and saw that the password was still blank (suspect caching) so populated the password in runtime and double-checked the username.

I still get the authorization error, so I went to their webtools site to try to run a test. Calls to their test API worked; calls to the production API that ASPDNSF uses did not. I have emailed USPS. I think that the password is essentially unnecessary (it's not in the docs for webtools), but it was worth the try.

for me it is not even going till authorization.

xml dump shows blank usps tags
no user id or password.

not able to understand, whats wrong with usps integration.
i am wondering if this usps is working for any one else

Getting this error then I click the "validate edited address" in the customer's profile

Error: uspsValidate does not exist.

I have tried all three VerifyAddressesProvider.USPS.Server

https://secure.shippingapis.com/ShippingAPITest.dll
http://production.shippingapis.com/shippingapi.dll
http://testing.shippingapis.com/shippingapi.dll

I wish someone form aspdotnet store front look in to this issue and help us with some sort of guidelines.

Can we expect any help form this forum.
really having a hard time in integrating USPS.

I assume you're using RTShipping? I used my test site and just configured USPS.. I configured the origin address, I set my username and password and I set my activecarrier to USPS and I was returning information fine.

Do you have the source code for storefront? While waiting for help from the support I recommend debugging and placing a breakpoint right before it calls for shipping. This way you can see why your username/password is blank.

can you please give me more information on how to debug it.

i haven't worked on code yet.

could you tell me, which file do i have to edit.
and what exactly i have to do to find the error.

This is the response i get, when i enable USPS

HTML Code:

<roottag_justaddedfordisplayonthispage>
  <USPSResponse>
    <Error>
      <Number>80040b1a</Number>
      <Description>Authorization failure.  You are not authorized to connect to this server.</Description>
      <Source>UspsCom::DoAuth</Source>
    </Error>
  </USPSResponse>
  <UPSResponse>
  </UPSResponse>
</roottag_justaddedfordisplayonthispage>

We've answered this for you here before, and it's also covered here in the online manual :

1. Obtain access to the USPS Web Tools (http://www.usps.com/webtools/) by clicking the "Sign Up" link, and submitting your information.

2. When USPS emails your Username, you have access to their Test servers-only. Reply to their email, explain that you are using an off-the-shelf storefront (AspDotNetStorefront), and need access to their Production servers.

3. Wait for the confirmation email from USPS before proceeding. Once they grant you access to their Production servers, you can finish the following steps.

You need to contact USPS and have them activate your account, right now it's still in 'test' mode, so they'll only accept requests for very specific information. It actually says all of this in the initial 'new account' email you got from USPS as well.

Yes, I just realized the last step yesterday.

Thanks a lot for your time.

Finally got the USPS working.
that was my mistake, most of us are missing to contact USPS to move our account to production site.

ok apart from the above.

I have a question.
now i have UPS and USPS in my website.
is there any way i can differentiate USPS and UPS services as two groups with some sort of Title for group.

If not at least rename USPS options with a word USPS at the beginning of all USPS options

thanks for all your time.