On 10/18/02, Ben Forta penned: >I may be wrong, but I do not believe they have a Web Service. They have >a series of XML interfaces that are not trivial to use (not terribly >complex either though). > >I started building a CFC to encapsulate their XML API's, but have a way >to go yet. I'll try get something working over the weekend so you can >see what is involved.
I'm almost done with a tag that will use cfhttp or msxml to talk with their XML interface, BUT... They have said they'll sue me if I distribute it. I can install the code under a person's end user license, but absolutely cannot distribute it or include it in my shopping cart. I can have the merchant "hire" me under their end user developer license. I've been fighting tooth and nail with them for over a week. The really really nasty part of this is, they will not let me get licensed as a third party developer to distribute my cart. They keep telling me it's because they absolutely DO NOT license any software that is distributed as Open Source. Although Able Solutions is licensed and the XML interface is included in their Open Source version. I know that the real reason is that they are discriminating against me because I'm a small business. When I mentioned that there are a number of modules available to talk to their XML and datastream interfaces, they said that their legal team is in the process of investigating this. Technically even the cf_upsprice tag is illegal to distribute since the datastream version is also covered under their current licensing. -- Bud Schneehagen - Tropical Web Creations _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ ColdFusion Solutions / eCommerce Development [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.twcreations.com/ 954.721.3452 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists&body=lists/cf_talk FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com
