USPS Shipping Mod not showing rates. Stopped working all of a sudden.

**MagicMan** · 24 May 2018, 08:20 PM

Zen Version 1.5.1

I just received an order with a 0 value for USPS. This is what was on the order.
usps_First-Class Package Service - RetailTM: $0.00

I looked at the shipping mod and it said that there was an update. I installed the update and it still does not work. Was working just fine until today.

I turned on DEBUG and this is what I see.

[24-May-2018 14:11:12 America/Chicago] PHP Warning: Creating default object from empty value in /home/bandf/public_html/cart/includes/modules/shipping_estimator.php on line 92

Any help would be appreciated. I have not installed any new mods or made any changes to the site.

**lavs** · 24 May 2018, 08:29 PM

Same here, this is the error message in my store:

An error occurred in obtaining USPS shipping quotes.
If you prefer to use USPS as your shipping method, please try refreshing this page, or contact the store owner.

I noticed another website where I was shopping earlier was also showing this message when I tried to check out.

**athena** · 24 May 2018, 08:39 PM

same here for 155f on Linux... i began a thread as well.

**lankeeyankee** · 24 May 2018, 09:22 PM

It's the USPS API having trouble, nothing to do with zen cart. Check this site to see when it's back up:

https://www.shippingapimonitor.com/h....html?api=usps

**athena** · 24 May 2018, 09:27 PM

Thank you...great link.

**lankeeyankee** · 24 May 2018, 09:30 PM

If you go to the home page they show UPS, FedEx and Canada Post as well, for future reference. Always a great place to start to see if it's you or them.

You can also subscribe to be emailed when any or all of those APIs are down for more than 3 minutes then emailed again when it's back up. Handy so you can go in and turn off that module if you have other shipping options to still present. I have USPS turned off on our site now so customers can still order using UPS.