Trouble with CFHTTP Post XML to FedEx

Evan_at_RM · Evan_at_RM

I am developing a ColdFusion application to request shipment information from
FedEx. Their FSM Direct guidelines specify the format of the XML Request to
submit, as well as the format of the XML Reply that I should expect to receive.
However, when I run the code, I get an "Error 500 - Internal Server Error".

The code below is listed at the end of this posting. Since this Forum Posting
content is published via Usenet, Google, etc. , personal info has been removed.
But even when the personal info was there, I got the 500 error.

The server I use has port 443 open because I can use simpler code just to
reach a different HTTPS site.

I looked at the topic "CFHTTP / XML POST wierd Errors", which looked similar,
but still had no success when I tried adjusting the CFHTTPPARAMs similarly.
(That topic was for UPS, not FedEx, but I thought maybe its system would be
similar.)

Thank you for any suggestions.

-- Evan

(Start of Code (below) )
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<title>Generate SubscriptionRequest</title>
</head>

<body>




<cfset vCustomerTransID = "MyOwnIDHere032205"> 
<cfset vAcctNumber = "123456789"> 

<cfset vContact_PersonName = "My Name">
<cfset vContact_CompanyName = "My Company Name">
<cfset vContact_Department = "My Dept Name">
<cfset vContact_PhoneNumber = "7775551212">
<cfset vContact_FaxNumber = "7775551313">
<cfset vContact_EmailAddress = "myemail@mycompany.com">
<cfset vAddress_AddrLine1 = "123 Main Street">
<cfset vAddress_AddrLine2 = "2nd Floor">
<cfset vAddress_City = "Anytown">
<cfset vAddress_StateOrProvinceCode = "NY">
<cfset vAddress_PostalCode = "12345">
<cfset vAddress_CountryCode = "US">


<cfoutput>
<cfprocessingdirective SUPPRESSWHITESPACE="yes">
<cfsavecontent variable="vSubscriptionRequest">
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<FDXSubscriptionRequest
xmlns:api="http://www.fedex.com/fsmapi"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XML-Schema-instance"
xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="FDXSubscriptionRequ est.xsd">
<RequestHeader>

<CustomerTransactionIdentifier>#vCustomerTransID #</CustomerTransactionIdentifie
r>
<AccountNumber>#vAcctNumber#</AccountNumber>
</RequestHeader>
<Contact>
<PersonName>#vContact_PersonName#</PersonName>
<CompanyName>#vContact_CompanyName#</CompanyName>
<Department>#vContact_Department#</Department>
<PhoneNumber>#vContact_PhoneNumber#</PhoneNumber>
<FaxNumber>#vContact_FaxNumber#</FaxNumber>
<E-mailAddress>#vContact_EmailAddress#</E-mailAddress>
</Contact>
<Address>
<Line1>#vAddress_AddrLine1#</Line1>
<Line2>#vAddress_AddrLine2#</Line2>
<City>#vAddress_City#</City>
<StateOrProvinceCode>#vAddress_StateOrProvinceCode #</StateOrProvinceCode>
<PostalCode>#vAddress_PostalCode#</PostalCode>
<CountryCode>#vAddress_CountryCode#</CountryCode>
</Address>
</FDXSubscriptionRequest>
</cfsavecontent>
</cfprocessingdirective>
</cfoutput>

<cfset vContentLen = #len(vSubscriptionRequest)#>
<cfoutput>
<cfsavecontent variable="vFedExHTTPPOST">
POST /GatewayDC HTTP/1.0
Referer: Redi-Mail Direct Marketing
Host: gatewaybeta.fedex.com:443
Accept: image/gif, image/jpeg, image/pjpeg, text/plain, text/html, */*
Content-Type: image/gif
Content-length: #vContentLen#
#vSubscriptionRequest#
</cfsavecontent>
</cfoutput>

<cfoutput>
<cfhttp method="POST" url="https://gatewaybeta.fedex.com/GatewayDC"
port="443">
<cfhttpparam name="Content-Type" type="HEADER" value="content-type: text/xml;
charset='UTF-8';">
<cfhttpparam type="body" value="#vFedExHTTPPOST#">
</cfhttp>
</cfoutput>

<cfoutput>#cfhttp.filecontent#</cfoutput>

</body>
</html>

(End of Code (above) )
-- Evan

Defuse · Defuse

Okay, I know that this was posted several months ago, but I think I figured out
your 500 ISE problem. Of course, by now, you may have figured it out as well.

Where you have:
<cfoutput>
<cfsavecontent variable="vFedExHTTPPOST">
POST /GatewayDC HTTP/1.0
Referer: 300 Apparel
Host: gatewaybeta.fedex.com:443
Accept: "image/gif, image/jpeg, image/pjpeg, text/plain, text/html, */*"
Content-Type: "image/gif"
Content-length: #vContentLen#
#vSubscriptionRequest#
</cfsavecontent>
</cfoutput>

I changed it to:
<cfhttp method="POST" url="https://gatewaybeta.fedex.com/GatewayDC" port="443">
<cfhttpparam name="Referer" type="HEADER" value="300 Apparel" />
<cfhttpparam name="Host" type="HEADER"
value="https://gatewaybeta.fedex.com:443" />
<cfhttpparam name="Accept" type="HEADER" value="image/gif, image/jpeg,
image/pjpeg, text/plain, text/html, */*" />
<cfhttpparam name="Content-Type" type="HEADER" value="content-type:
text/xml; charset='UTF-8';" />
<cfhttpparam name="Content-Length" type="HEADER" value="#vContentLen#" />

</cfhttp>

It still throws an error, but at least it's a different error so you can start
to narrow it down.

This is the error I get, but then I didn't change any of the other information.

Error 405--Transaction data not found.

Anyway, hope this helps. And if you found a solution, would you mind sharing
it?

Thanks!

Scooby Doobie Doo · Scooby Doobie Doo

yes, please post a solution if you've gotten this to work,I'm having a simliar problem and can't find any info on this subject.

Defuse · Defuse

Hey Scooby,

I'm actually right in the middle of working with FedEx on an ecommerce app. As soon as I get finished, I'll post what I have as a solution so that others can use my example.

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