How to integrate Canada Post Shipping API using ColdFusion?
Today, we will discuss how to integrate Canada Post Shipping API using ColdFusion. If you have searched for Canada Post API code, you might have already noticed that there is no SDK, open source code, or a tag readily available. So, we want to help you in doing it by yourself in simple steps. Here is the code sample we give here that can be extended to call other Canada Post API methods.
CanadaPost.cfm
<!--- Step1: Initialize all the variables (Canada Post account details, shipping location, parcel dimensions, etc) --->
<!--- Step2: Construct xml to hit the api and get shipping options and prices --->
<!--- Step3: Post request to Canada Post API --->
<!--- Step4: Parse the XML response from the API and display the results --->
That’s it! You are all set to use CanadaPost API on your ColdFusion website / application.
If you have any questions or problems, please contact us.
References: Canada Post Getting Started Guide
