Hi Cliff, There is no cost at this stage and (although I can't completely rule out charging for access in the future) I don't anticipate this will change. It is clearly in our interest to encourage people to use the API (both to reduce load on our call centre - and to encourage people to use Post rather than anybody else to send their items).
I'll send you the documentation. At this stage there are both REST and SOAP methods available. We are looking to introduce a JSON option (based on feedback from our initial beta group) so that people can more easily make calls client side. cheers, Rob On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 10:26 AM, Cliff Black <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Rob, > > Sounds very promising! > > I have a few clients who use courier services heavily (although, I'm not sure > which company they use), and I can see a lot of benefit in this for them! > > Is there a cost to obtaining a key? (for testing, or production use) > What methods are available for API access? SOAP/HTTP/TCP? > > ~ C > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Rob > Sent: Friday, 18 September 2009 9:45 a.m. > To: NZ PHP Users Group > Subject: [phpug] Re: Calculating Freight Charges With NZ Post > > > Yes. The Track and Trace API can currently be used for all packages > which can currently be tracked via the nzpost.co.nz website (this > includes Courier Post packages). If anybody wants an API key and the > documentation let me know. > > .. and again - guidance + advice for the Rate Finder API would be much > appreciated. > > cheers, > Rob > > On Sep 16, 2:14 pm, "Nathan Kennedy" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Thanks for the update, Rob. > > > > Will track and traces be queryable via the API? And if so, can it be used > > for tracking CourierPost packages? (like the NZPost website can). > > > > Thanks, > > Nathan. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > > > > Of Rob > > Sent: Wednesday, 16 September 2009 1:46 p.m. > > To: NZ PHP Users Group > > Subject: [phpug] Re: Calculating Freight Charges With NZ Post > > > > Happened across this thread and thought I'd give an update on progress > > on the New Zealand Post API. To be honest things have been moving much > > slower than I expected after we rushed the example google gadget and > > rough API out the door (which were intended to help explain the > > concept to key people within NZ Post). There has been a lot of > > politics involved - but we do now a have things in place to make some > > progress. I'm going to stop short of stating any dates as my "next few > > months" statement seemed more than reasonable at the time given the > > work involved. That said, I am committed to doing this (I strongly > > believe giving communities like this some tools to work with is the > > way to go) - and my expectation is that we will have something out > > before xmas. > > > > I'd be interested in any advice/guidance about how we could make the > > API most useful. Is the equivalent of the USPS service what is called > > for (what's good about that service - and what could be better?). > > Again (covering myself) I can't promise all suggestions will be > > implemented - but we'd be mad not to listen to those we're trying to > > enable. > > > > cheers, > > Rob > > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature > > database 4427 (20090915) __________ > > > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > > > http://www.eset.com > > > > -- Rob Holmes Strategic Analyst New Zealand Post T +64 4 496 4188 | F +64 4 496 4322 | M +64 21 160 0507 | nzpost.co.nz Postal address: Private Bag 39990, Wellington Mail Centre, Lower Hutt 5045 Physical address: Lvl 10, New Zealand Post House, 7 Waterloo Quay, Wellington --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ NZ PHP Users Group: http://groups.google.com/group/nzphpug To post, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
