USPS Shipping Module [Support Thread]

... or add a note to the instructions to let the Advanced Shipper users know that they need to remove the SQL statement prior to install.

I'm guessing that the previous post has to do with this (https://www.zen-cart.com/showthread.php?229400-Admin-Modules-Shipping-issues) posting.

Correct, although I don't know for a fact that he uses Advanced Shipper, just that he has some other weirdness going on with that field.

The advanced shipper installations I have seen recently use "text" as their datatype.

I think just removing this code (which won't be required for newer installations) would be the better move. People shouldn't be installing new plugins on Zen Cart 1.5.4 and expecting good things.

I just noticed the following news regarding the USPS rate change in July 2023:

https://savepostage.com/july23-rate-increase.html

Other than the periodical rate update/increase, there is a product name and max limit change for the first-class...

"First Class Package Service Retail and USPS Retail Ground have been combined and renamed USPS Ground Advantage Retail"

Thanks for the heads-up!

njcyx:

Hi @lat9, thanks for your reply.

One more update. I checked the admin settings after I updated my working k11e to k11h (which EMS intl quote is working fine), EMS intl option is unchecked. But its value is strange. Min is "Priority Mail Express InternationalRM". Max is "0". I set both back to the default (min is 0, max is 66) and I checked EMS intl option. EMS intl quote is missing/disappeared.

Then I unchecked the EMS intl option, set both Min and Max back to the strange values above, the quote shows up.

Hi @lat9, not sure if any updates for this EMS intl issue as I mentioned before... Though not many customers use it, but it is better to have it working.

njcyx:

Hi @lat9, not sure if any updates for this EMS intl issue as I mentioned before... Though not many customers use it, but it is better to have it working.
Yes, that was my attempt (keyword) to get those name-change updates to apply without having to (a) record your current settings, (b) remove the module, (c) re-install the module and (d) re-apply those previous settings.

The next update (with the associated name changes) will require that a site perform the steps identified above instead of attempting to automatically provide those naming updates.

That's great. Thank you so much for the update as always.

njcyx:

I just noticed the following news regarding the USPS rate change in July 2023:

https://savepostage.com/july23-rate-increase.html

Other than the periodical rate update/increase, there is a product name and max limit change for the first-class...

"First Class Package Service Retail and USPS Retail Ground have been combined and renamed USPS Ground Advantage Retail"
FWIW, I've been testing on the USPS development servers and see no such name changes in those methods.

I've got the basis of a K11i change currently captured on GitHub (https://github.com/lat9/usps, mostly additional notifications) and will wait until next weekend to release ... just in case USPS decides to actually change those methods' names.

I've created a tracking issue (https://github.com/lat9/usps/issues/38) on GitHub to reflect updates associated with the USPS Ground Advantage shipping method's introduction.

As of today, the USPS test server *still *doesn't return quotes for the new USPS Ground Advantage shipping method. Until that time, USPS says that they'll be returning USPS Ground Advantage rates for all First Class and Retail Ground quote requests. As such, I'll hold off with the **K11i **release of the shipping module until such time that USPS starts recognizing that shipping 'service'.

Note that the **K11i **update will result in all "First Class" methods' removal and the "Retail Ground" method's renaming to "Ground Advantage". Since there will no longer be any "First Class" methods, "USPS First Class Filter" setting will be removed.

The **K11i **update will, due to the available methods' restructuring, require that the USPS shipping module be removed and then re-installed via your admin's Modules :: Shipping tool. This is a heads-up to site owners/maintainers using the USPS shipping module so that you can proactively note the current settings!

Noting also that the "HAZMAT" interface to USPS is also changing, such that the *type *of hazardous material needs to be identified. See section 2.5.4 of the USPS' 2023 release notes (https://www.usps.com/business/web-tools-apis/2023-web-tools-release-notes.pdf) for more information.

For the initial **K11i **release, I'll be commenting that out but providing documentation regarding how a site can inject that into a rate-request via the Zen Cart notify/observer interface.

Any sites currently using that HAZMAT soft-setting (it requires that the *products *table in your database include a field named products_groundonly), please post here so that I've got a clue as to whether this feature should be resurrected in a future release.

Here is an update. No surprisingly, there is no first-class quote today via the old version plug-in. Let me try the latest github version...

njcyx:

Here is an update. No surprisingly, there is no first-class quote today via the old version plug-in. Let me try the latest github version...

One more update. The latest github version works fine (K11i-beta1). Both domestic and international rates show up properly (including EMS Intl).

Thanks @lat9.

Where an I download the fix for the Update that was made to USPS on July 9th, 2023? Customer can no longer check out.

Use the issue link in post 249 and go to Code. Click onn the green Code button to download the beta

sw1138lr:

Where an I download the fix for the Update that was made to USPS on July 9th, 2023? Customer can no longer check out.

Direct github download link for K11i-beta:

https://github.com/lat9/usps/archive/refs/heads/K11i.zip

Here is how I find this link. Go to github project front page. Choose branch version on the left (K11i), then click the right green "Code" button. Then choose download ZIP.

https://github.com/lat9/usps

dbltoe:

Use the issue link in post 249 and go to Code. Click onn the green Code button to download the beta

Just as a data point, this beta is working fine on one of our development sites.

Thanks @lat9

Thanks, @jeking and @njcyx, for doing that validation! I've got a couple of things going on for the next couple of days, but will hopefully release the non-beta K11i by Friday July 14th.

lat9:

Thanks, @jeking and @njcyx, for doing that validation! I've got a couple of things going on for the next couple of days, but will hopefully release the non-beta K11i by Friday July 14th.
Now released, 2023-07-12 K11i (https://www.zen-cart.com/downloads.php?do=file&id=1292)

This release contains changes associated with the following GitHub issues:

#34, #37: Additional notifications for site-specific customizations.
#35: PHP Warning when MODULE_SHIPPING_USPS_TRANSIT_TIME_CALCULATION_MODE is set to OLD
#36: Remove problematic automatic updates when service names/methods change.
#38: Add support for USPS Ground Advantage and HAZMAT changes.
#39: Correct quotes for international countries for which only one service is available.
#40: Correct processing for "Priority Mail Express International"; quotes weren't being returned.

On an upgrade, if you were an early-adopter of version 2023-07-05 K11i-beta1, an upgrade to 2023-07-12 K11i will be automatic. Otherwise, you'll need to capture the current module's settings, "Remove", re-"Install" and re-apply the previous settings!

lat9:

On an upgrade, if you were an early-adopter of version 2023-07-05 K11i-beta1, an upgrade to 2023-07-12 K11i will be automatic. Otherwise, you'll need to capture the current module's settings, "Remove", re-"Install" and re-apply the previous settings!

Nice, I appreciate that!

Noting that, after dropping in the new usps.php into includes/modules/shipping, the site still reports that there is a newer version.

The mod is showing k11i without the beta addition.