How do you add Fedex SmartPost as a shipping option?

Question

I am looking to add FedEx SmartPost as a shipping option. Any idea what I need to do to accomplish this? The only information I have found on it is here https://drupal.org/node/793124, but it seems no one has solved this issue. I am willing to modify the ubercart fedex module if needed.

So far what I have done:

• Changed RateService_v10.wsdl to RateService_v14.wsdl

• Added code to the uc_fedex_rate_request function:

  $request['RequestedShipment']['SmartPostDetail'] = addSmartPostDetail();
  function addSmartPostDetail(){
    $smartPostDetail = array( 
       'Indicia' => 'PARCEL_SELECT',
       'AncillaryEndorsement' => 'CARRIER_LEAVE_IF_NO_RESPONSE',
       'SpecialServices' => 'USPS_DELIVERY_CONFIRMATION',
       'HubId' => 5087,
       'CustomerManifestID' => myid, 
     );
    return $smartPostDetail;
  }
  

In the uc_fedex_quote function, I have added a debug statement right after:

  $response = uc_fedex_rate_request($packages, $origin, $destination);
  drupal_set_message('<pre>'. print_r($response, TRUE) .'</pre>');

In the response I do not get SmartPost returned as an option.

Answer 1

This is what I had to do (note: I edited the uc_fedex.module directly):

• You must get SmartPost approved for your account first
• Get the updated wsdl file from https://www.fedex.com/us/developer/web-services/process.html?tab=tab1 and upload them to your server
• Get a HubId from customer support (mine was 5185)
• Get a CustomerManifestID from customer support
• Change to RateService_v14.wsdl in the code (near $client = new SoapClient...)

• Change the version to 14

  $request['Version'] = array( 'ServiceId' => 'crs', 'Major' => '14', 'Intermediate' => '0', 'Minor' => '0', );

• Add the following code:

  $request['RequestedShipment']['SmartPostDetail'] = addSmartPostDetail(); function addSmartPostDetail(){ $smartPostDetail = array( 'Indicia' => 'PARCEL_SELECT', 'AncillaryEndorsement' => 'CARRIER_LEAVE_IF_NO_RESPONSE', 'SpecialServices' => 'USPS_DELIVERY_CONFIRMATION', 'HubId' => yourhubid, 'CustomerManifestID' => yourmanifestid, ); return $smartPostDetail; }

• Add the following to _uc_fedex_ground_services(): 'SMART_POST' => t('FedEx Smart Post'),

• Go to admin/store/settings/quotes/methods/fedex and check 'FedEx Smart Post'

Answer 2

AllisonC's answer was very helpful. For anyone setting up SmartPost API calls with Drupal + Ubercart, here's how I built on her solution using FedEx Shipping 7.x-2.0+23-dev.

• Download an updated RateService_vXX.wsdl file from http://www.fedex.com/us/developer/web-services/process.html?tab=tab1 (current version is v18). Open the wsdl file in a text editor and make sure it is connecting to the FedEx production server (currently ws.fedex.com:443/web-services/). Upload this file to /uc_fedex/wsdl-production/.

• Edit the uc_fedex.module as follows (line numbers may vary, depending on how you edit the file):

  1. Consider disable caching of SOAP WSDL while testing (line 19).

  2. Define the addSmartPostDetail function as follows, outside the uc_fedex_quote function (I used line 248):

     function addSmartPostDetail(){ $smartPostDetail = array( 'Indicia' => 'PARCEL_SELECT', 'HubId' => '5185', // use 5531 for testing only ); return $smartPostDetail; }

  3. Inside the uc_fedex_quote function (line 271), call the addSmartPostDetail function.

     $request['RequestedShipment']['SmartPostDetail'] = addSmartPostDetail();

  4. Add the following to the _uc_fedex_ground_services() array (line 857):

     'SMART_POST' => t('FedEx Smart Post'),

  5. Define package dimensions (line 544). SmartPost has minimum container sizes of 6" L, 4" W, 1" H, and the module's hardwired settings are not adequate.

     'Dimensions' => array( 'Length' => 6, 'Width' => 4, 'Height' => 1, 'Units' => 'IN', ),

  6. I also manually patched the .module file using the patch at https://www.drupal.org/node/1782298 to avoid an unhelpful "Recoverable fatal error" notice if the request didn't work correctly.

• Go to admin/store/settings/quotes/methods/fedex and check "FedEx Smart Post'.

My client needed to set conditions separately for Home Delivery and Smart Post, and didn't use any Express services, so I moved the 'SMART_POST' => t('FedEx Smart Post'), snippet to the _uc_fedex_express_services() array, enabled the FedEx Express method, and then set conditions accordingly.