Based on the work that others have done, I was able to get the module working for me. I'd appreciate it if others would take a look at it and let me know if there's anything I'm missing.
You can view the fork here - https://bitbucket.org/chris1610/satchmo-fedex/ I still need to update the docs but it seems to be working well for me. -Chris On Sun, Nov 27, 2011 at 12:51 AM, ionic drive <ionicdr...@gmail.com> wrote: > @Hynekcer > Its not that I did not want to continue. But there is no nanosecond time > left for me right now. > The only thing I remember, when I was sniffing in the Fedex response one > day. I think I remember that Fedex did not respond with a "time in > transit" or similar parameter. > > Maybe "time in transit" is only for ground delivery not for aircraft > shipments. > But its hard to say as there is no Fedex API and parameter description > available. I think its a good idea to proceed to the newer Fedex API if > they provide better and more detailed information. > > ionic > > > On Sat, 2011-11-26 at 16:28 -0800, hynekcer wrote: > > I fixed international characters for legacy method in collaboration > > with user "Ionic Drive" in e-mail communication following the thread > > groups.google.com/group/satchmo-users/browse_thread/thread/ > > 86ea6bfeeae3955b/ . I did not published the solution becase he found > > other bug caused by outdating Fedex code (no "time_in_transit") and he > > did not want to continue. > > I think the new interface would be better if you have time for it now. > > > > I would like if no new dependencies would be imported if Fedex is not > > used. New packages would be of course included in automatic Quick > > Start Installation but it would be possible a manual installation of > > unmodified Satchmo without them. It is not as serious as deep > > dependencies on livesettings etc. but nobody knows ahead. > > Please send a link some day before you commit it to trunk. > > > > On 26 lis, 23:56, Chris Moffitt <ch...@moffitts.net> wrote: > > > I recently had the need to go in and make some custom changes to > Fedex. In > > > the process, I learned that Satchmo's current XML implementation is a > bit > > > old and needs to be updated. The current version works with the legacy > > > Fedex servers but won't migrate cleanly to the newer and more up to > date > > > ones. > > > > > > After fiddling around with it for a while, I think we have two options > > > going forward. > > > > > > 1. Modify the existing XML version to use the newer syntax and keep it > > > mostly the same as the current implementation. > > > 2. Migrate to a newer API version using SOAP. It looks like there have > been > > > a few folks that have done this so I think the implementation effort is > > > fairly limited but it would introduce new dependencies for the Fedex > > > module, namely suds and python-fedex - > http://code.google.com/p/python-fedex/ > > > > > > Under the hood there aren't that many differences between SOAP and the > XML > > > api but after trying to read the Fedex docs for a while, they are > really > > > pushing towards the SOAP approach. Having some work already in place > for > > > the Python-fedex module, I think it's good to leverage instead of > > > recreating our own. > > > > > > As you can tell, I'm leaning towards jumping to option #2 but wanted > some > > > feedback from the group. Also, some folks have already started working > on > > > this integration so I'd appreciate any updates or code contribution to > make > > > this easier. > > > > > > Interested in the group's input. > > > > > > -Chris > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Satchmo users" group. > To post to this group, send email to satchmo-users@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > satchmo-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/satchmo-users?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Satchmo users" group. To post to this group, send email to satchmo-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to satchmo-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/satchmo-users?hl=en.
