usps.com Click-n-ship AutoFill Button Contrib

[mauryg]

My USPS Autofill has stopped working. I just checked my install and I am using v1.3 for ZC 1.38.
The ParseIt() function in the modules/usps_autofill_button.php line 122 reads:

function ParseIt() {
  //document.forms['labelInformationForm'].submit();
  document.getElementById('labelInformationForm').submit();
  //window.history.go(-1)
}
</script>
<script src="https://sss-web.usps.com/cns/jscript/labelInformation.js"></script>

<form target="_blank" method="post" action="https://sss-web.usps.com/cns/labelInformation.do" name="labelInformationForm" id="labelInformationForm">

but https://sss-web.usps.com/cns/labelInformation.do is the "sign-on" page for USPS.
The actual label info is on https://sss-web.usps.com/cns/labelSubmit.do if you just hit the "Go" button on the signon page or on https://sss-web.usps.com/cns/signinLanding.do if you sign in first. However changing to either of these two new URLs does NOT solve the problem and only brings you to the sign on page, even if you sign in first and then hit the Autofill button. Bummer .

[qhome]

My USPS Autofill has stopped working. I just checked my install and I am using v1.3 for ZC 1.38.
The ParseIt() function in the modules/usps_autofill_button.php line 122 reads:

function ParseIt() {
  //document.forms['labelInformationForm'].submit();
  document.getElementById('labelInformationForm').submit();
  //window.history.go(-1)
}
</script>
<script src="https://sss-web.usps.com/cns/jscript/labelInformation.js"></script>

<form target="_blank" method="post" action="https://sss-web.usps.com/cns/labelInformation.do" name="labelInformationForm" id="labelInformationForm">

but https://sss-web.usps.com/cns/labelInformation.do is the "sign-on" page for USPS.
The actual label info is on https://sss-web.usps.com/cns/labelSubmit.do if you just hit the "Go" button on the signon page or on https://sss-web.usps.com/cns/signinLanding.do if you sign in first. However changing to either of these two new URLs does NOT solve the problem and only brings you to the sign on page, even if you sign in first and then hit the Autofill button. Bummer .

I know what you are saying. I was confused for a while with that too. Actually, lableinformation.do only redirects you to the sign on page if you aren't signed in or don't pass any valid parameters. If you look at the actual address entry page, the form "POST" site is

<form target="_blank" method="post" action="https://sss-web.usps.com/cns/labelInformation.do" name="labelInformationForm" id="labelInformationForm">

and the name of the form that gets submitted is labelInformationForm

The odd thing is that hasn't changed so I'm still under as to what they may have done on the back end. USPS Autofill was a hack, a pretty good hack.. but a hack all the same. The same goes with my attempts to get it to work with Paypal's USPS form and UPS... On paypal, using the same method... only the Name city and phone number fields would load. The Address, state and other stuff wouldn't. I could never figure out why, I just assumed they had some form autoclearing javascript that loaded on the page. But there may be other powers at work that override the hack. At least if it is browser based, it should be run at the client level, after all other page scripts have loaded.

This should technically allow us to be able to make it work with multiple page steps. Then you could autofill the form, and auto-select the shipping method, etc. Should also be able to work with UPS and FedEx. THEORETICALLY

[linksys]

Well, :) the non-hacking, ultimate official way of doing this is through USPS Shipping Label API, as I researched:
http://www.usps.com/webtools/shipping.htm
Anybody tried this before?

USPS Autofill was a hack, a pretty good hack.. but a hack all the same.

[linksys]

Looks like oscommerce already has this module using API: http://www.oscommerce.com/community/contributions,1498

It's open source so perhaps somebody could migrate it to ZenCart.

[linksys]

Sorry my bad. I take this back. This does not use API. Lessons learned - never post before having a coffee at midnight!

Looks like oscommerce already has this module using API: http://www.oscommerce.com/community/contributions,1498

It's open source so perhaps somebody could migrate it to ZenCart.

[kehrli]

Just a tidbit of data for qhome:

I've been using Autofill just fine the last few days. Tonight, out of 3 labels, one of them gave me the error page. It went like this:

I pressed the Autofill button and got the first USPS page OK, with names and addresses filled in correctly. But when I continued to the next page (that should let me select my service option), I got a blank page with "Error" in the upper left corner. I tried with this label twice.

I then tried the next label in my list, and it worked normally. When I got to USPS "label cart", all of my labels were there, including 2 labels for the guy that generated the error page above. The labels were generated, but didn't have a service option, and I had to edit one of the labels to select Priority Mail. Otherwise it was fine.

So, I'm mostly still able to use Autofill. Hoping this helps isolate the error.

[qhome]

Thanks for the update Kehril, I have still unfortunately not be able to get any labels sent successfully with the contrib.. tried diff browsers on diff pc's and tried clearing the cache.. but no luck.

I have also been looking at the FF extensions idea. It looks like it might be possible to do, but I will learn more today when I have time to really spend on it.

[kehrli]

That's funny that it's working for me (mostly), and not for you. I'm running ZenCart 1.3.7.1. You must be using 1.3.8.x. The problem may be findable in the difference between the two versions of your module.

Anyway, good luck. Let me know if you need any testing done or the like.

[qhome]

I am also using 1.3.7.1. There are also no differences in the module file for usps autofill contrib. Only the admin/orders.php file.

[foilman]

Do we know if we will be able to get this working anytime soon? I have 53 lables to create today and ealize now how dependant I actually am on this module :)

Hoping I do not have to go back to typing them all out