I guess that's the rub. The pdf isn't on their server. They're
responding with the PDF encoded in their response as encoded 64bit
string. To provide a traditional link to the PDF, I would need to save
the PDF onto our server. Don't want to do that for a whole variety of
reasons.
What I'd like to do is to trigger the download, or somehow embed it in a
page using the <embed> tag or an <iframe>? Not ideal. I wish they
provided the PDF on their server. Ah well. Help?
On 10/22/2013 10:36 PM, Virgil Bierschwale wrote:
Reason I asked is I was wondering if that needed to be printed on the label.
If not, and they return a link to the pdf that remains on the usps server,
couldn't you pass that?
I'm curious because I'm looking at something along those lines down the road
and you're the first one I've heard mention it
-----Original Message-----
From: ProFox [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kevin Cully
Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2013 9:35 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [NF] Display PDF from USPS response
Hello Virgil,
The question really isn't about creating a mailing label with a barcode.
Basically my client pays for the return shipping by paying for the postage
and providing them the return mailing label ... all via the browser.
Thanks for the thought though.
-Kevin
On 10/22/2013 10:31 PM, Virgil Bierschwale wrote:
Have you seen this?
https://www.usps.com/election-mail/creating-imb-election-mail-kit.pdf
-----Original Message-----
From: ProFox [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kevin
Cully
Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2013 9:28 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [NF] Display PDF from USPS response
I'm working on a small PHP project where my client repairs mechanical
devices for clients. Their clients fill out their web form and then
would like to receive a PDF version of their Merchandise Return Label
for them to mail their device back for repair.
1. Form = Done
2. Web service call to USPS = Done
3. USPS is responding with the encoded PDF version of the label in
their response = Not sure what to do with it.
[A] Should I save it to the web server, and respond with a page that
points to it and gives additional instructions?
[B] Should I somehow trigger the PDF to be downloaded via the browser,
and give additional instructions to the user?
[C] ... some other solution that I haven't thought of.
I hate the thought of option 'A' as I never want to write a file to
the server. I'd like to do 'B' but I'm not quite sure how to get the
flow to work properly.
Example code would be greatly appreciated.
Many thanks,
Kevin
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