I am having trouble using the FedEx API, I have read through the documentation pertaining to tracking packages. I have gotten all of the numbers I need to fill into the URL (Test tracking number, Account Number, Account Key, Meter Number, User Name and password).
I was given the URL to use from FedEx, "The production server URL is “https://ws.fedex.com:443/web-services”, however, I am also told to replace the credentials with my actual information (Test tracking number, Account Number, Account Key, Meter Number, User Name and password).
I found this code on another StackOverflow post, and I saw that there was a user who had commented that this way of accessing the FedEx xml was outdated. Anyway I included the code posted by Harshal_m_joshi and edited by houbysoft here (original post Tracking API for Fedex and UPS).
xml_req =
"<TrackRequest xmlns='http://fedex.com/ws/track/v3'><WebAuthenticationDetail><UserCredential><Key>YOUR_ACC_KEY</Key>
<Password>YOUR_ACC_PASSWORD</Password></UserCredential></WebAuthenticationDetail><ClientDetail>
<AccountNumber>YOUR_ACC_NUMBER</AccountNumber><MeterNumber>YOUR_ACC_METER_NUMBER</MeterNumber></ClientDetail>
<TransactionDetail><CustomerTransactionId>ActiveShipping</CustomerTransactionId></TransactionDetail>
<Version><ServiceId>trck</ServiceId><Major>3</Major><Intermediate>0</Intermediate><Minor>0</Minor></Version>
<PackageIdentifier><Value>#{track_no}</Value><Type>TRACKING_NUMBER_OR_DOORTAG</Type></PackageIdentifier>
<IncludeDetailedScans>1</IncludeDetailedScans></TrackRequest>"
path = "https://gatewaybeta.fedex.com:443/xml"
#this url connects to the test server of fedex
# for live server url is:"https://gateway.fedex.com:443/xml"
url = URI.parse(path)
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host,url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
http.verify_mode = OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_NONE
response = http.post(url.path, xml_req)
response_body = response.body
res = response_body.gsub(/<(\/)?.*?\:(.*?)>/, '<\1\2>')
hash = Hash.from_xml(res.to_s)
and that's it you will get response in hash variable, I converted xml response in to Hash because we can easily use Hash object at our view to display response data.
I was wondering if anyone knew of the new way to do this, or could at least point me in the right direction. I am fairly new to API's only having worked with USPS and WUnderground, which were both easy as pi ;) Any help would be greatly appreciated.
