I'm going to call it a night, but first here is a link to the spec (I think as I haven't seen your examples)
https://ribbs.usps.gov/onecode_solution/documents/tech_guides/SPUSPS-B-3200E 001.pdf On page 55 through 57, it looks like you can brute force decode it depending on whether they are descending, or ascending characters. For example, if position one is going down, it is a "H" If it is going up, it is a "E" More than I wanted to know this late at night, but if you do figure it out, I would be interested in learning more along these lines as I'm trying to add a online store to K.A.A.W and a few other things which is why I want to understand it. Thanks, Virgil -----Original Message----- From: ProFox [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kevin Cully Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2013 9:51 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [NF] Display PDF from USPS response 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 >> >> [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
