New USPS API's Aug 2nd 2010 - Do I need to worry

[Noisy]

I will copy and paste the USPS email I received today below but was curious if I needed to worry about updating anything with my current set up?

Any input?

Valued Web Tools Customer;

There are several important changes occurring in the coming months for the Customs Forms and International APIs. Please read the following notice in its entirety.

1. Please reference the June 17, 2010 edition of the USPS Postal Bulletin (http://www.usps.com/cpim/ftp/bulletin/pb2010.htm) for a valid index of countries and localities. Effective August 2, 2010, integrators of the following APIs may receive an error response if requests are made to the API with values other than those on the USPS Postal Bulletin list:

- IntlRate

- ExpressMailIntl

- PriorityMailIntl

- FirstClassMailIntl

- CustomsCN22*

- CustomsCN22V2

- CustomsCP72V2*

- CustomsCP72V3

* CustomsCN22 and CustomsCP72V2 are out-dated and will be retired on September 26, 2010 and January 2, 2011, respectively (see below).

2. Effective September 26, 2010, the Customs Form 2976/CN22 API (CustomsCN22) will be retired. Requests made to this API will result in an error response. A new version of the API, CustomsCN22V2, is currently available for use. Detailed technical specifications for this API can be found at http://www.usps.com/webtools/technical.htm under Online Customs Forms.

3. Effective September 26, 2010, the Customs Form 2976/CN22 API (CustomsCN22V2) will undergo several changes. Most significantly, the label image will change in the following ways to satisfy USPS and US Census Bureau regulations:

- A second “Post Office†copy will be added to the bottom portion of the label. This area was blank in the past;

- An “Exemption and Exclusion Legend†box will be added to the label;

- The dimensions of the “Shipping Label†and “Customer Copy†will change slightly relative to each other, though the overall dimensions will remain the same;

- A “Merchandise†checkbox will be added;

- Instructions, certification and Privacy Act text on the second page will be modified.

Changes to the XML schema will be made to enforce several restrictions and add several optional fields. New XML tags will be optional and updated specifications will be published at http://www.usps.com/webtools/technical.htm when the changes are available in the Web Tools production environment:

- <GrossPounds> plus <GrossOunces> cannot exceed 4 pounds, unless addressed to an APO/FPO/DPO or US Possession, Territory or Freely Associated State;

- The sum of <NetPounds> and <NetOunces> values cannot exceed 4 pounds, unless addressed to an APO/FPO/DPO or US Possession, Territory or Freely Associated State;

- The sum of <NetValue> values cannot exceed 400, unless addressed to an APO/FPO/DPO or US Possession, Territory or Freely Associated State;

- An <EELPFC> tag to allow input of an “Exemption and Exclusion Legend†to satisfy US Census Bureau regulations;

- A “MERCHANDISE†enumeration in the <ContentType> tag;

- An optional <ContentTypeOther> tag for use when <ContentType> = “OTHERâ€Â

- Up to 5 items in the <ItemDetail> group;

- An optional <HSTariffNumber> tag in the <ItemDetail> group to allow an HS Tariff Number to be input for each of up to 5 items;

- An optional tag to specify Ship Date;

- Changes in the <MailClass> enumerations;

- An optional tag to specify a US Possession, Territory or Freely Associated State destination ZIP Code.

4. Effective January 2, 2011, the Customs Form 2976-A/CP72 API (CustomsCP72V2) will be retired. Requests made to this API will result in an error response. A new version of the API, CustomsCP72V3, is currently available for use. Detailed technical specifications for this API can be found at http://www.usps.com/webtools/technical.htm under Online Customs Forms.

Please contact the USPS Internet Customer Care Center at 1-800-344-7779 or [email protected] with questions.

Thank you,

Web Tools Program Office

As our customer, your privacy is important to us. Please see our privacy policy at www.usps.com

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THANK YOU!

[Noisy]

Cubecart hasnt gotten back to me and nothing here...anyone?

[Guest funkygarb]

I was hoping to see a reply from someone on this issue, too. This morning, I woke up to an email from a customer who attempted to place an order (they are in Puerto rico, I'm also in the US but one of the lower 48 states). She stated that when she put in her address and clicked through she got a blank page but up at the top right it said USPS error.

I've got cube set up for USPS by weight.

When I tried to "recreate" this to try to figure it out, the one thing I thought was weird is this: on the drop down for country, there is a puerto rico. I would have thought the selection should be United States. I tried it both ways myself and got the same error as my potential customer (that I've probably lost by now) did.

Are any others in the US having problems with the cube cart shipping module set to go to the USPS server to grab the shipping cost?

I wonder if any help ever comes to this forum....I've tried to ask before but it looks like your only choice is to go to the cubecart site and pay them money to ask a question.

[Noisy]

ive posted and not gotten responses about the puerto rico error twice with no solution. had an order in guam today get an error. need a resolution asap!!!!!

anyone?