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FLAPI: Job Despatch

Alistair Wilson
by Alistair Wilson 12 months ago
 

Contents

  • List despatches by job id
  • Request a despatch by job id and despatch id
  • Add a despatch specification to a job
  • Log a despatch as completed

About Despatches

There are two aspects to despatches:

  • /jobs/<job.id>/despatches/ — (noun) specifying despatches, during the ordering process, 
  • /jobs/<job.id>/despatch/ — (verb) logging that a consignment has been despatched.

List despatches by job id

GET path
/jobs/<job.id>/despatches

List the entries for a requested job’s despatch specification. Note that all quantities will be a multiple of the batch quantity of the product of the job.

Parameter Description
format json or xml
HTTP request
GET http://dev.flyerlink.com/api.php/jobs/1792840/despatches?format=json
HTTP response (JSON)
{
    "despatches" : [
        {
            "id" : "2316091",
            "account" : "FRIMPTME",
            "despatch_method" : "DU",
            "quantity" : "500",
            "address" : null,
            "job" : "1792840"
        }
    ]
}
Response Item Description
despatches Container item for despatch item.
  id despatch.line.id
  account customer.code
  despatch_method despatch_method.code for your workgroup, usually 1.
  quantity Number of items in this despatch (some or all of job.quantity)
  address null for the customer’s default address, or an address.id for another address.
  job job.code; the same as specified in the request parameter.

Retrieve a despatch by job id and despatch id

GET path
/jobs/<job.id>/despatches/<despatch.id>

Retrieves the specified entry for a requested job’s despatch specification.

Parameter Description
format json or xml
HTTP request
GET http://dev.flyerlink.com/api.php/jobs/1792840/despatches/546816?format=json
HTTP response (JSON)
{
    "despatches" : [
        {
            "id" : "546816",
            "account" : "PRODDEPT",
            "despatch_method" : "D",
            "quantity" : "5000",
            "address" : null,
            "job" : "266386"
        }
    ]
}

Add a despatch spec to a job

POST path
/jobs/<job.id>/despatches

Specifies the despatch instructions for a job.

To remove a existing entry, specify the account + address + despatch_method, with a quantity of 0.

Parameter Description
format json or xml
account customer.id
address address.id, if not the customer’s own address.
quantity The number of items despatched; a multiple of the product’s batch quantity.
despatch_method despatchmethod.id
notes A 30-character delivery hint, usually printed on a despatch label.
HTTP request
POST http://dev.flyerlink.com/api.php/jobs/1792840/despatches
account=TESTCUST&address=000001&quantity=500&despatch_method=1&notes=Despatch%20created?format=json

Log job as fully despatched

 

POST path
/jobs/<job.id>/despatch

Logs the despatch of a job.

Parameter Description
format json or xml
all true
consignment a courier's consignment ID
tracking_url The url to find delivery tracking from a courier
HTTP request
POST http://dev.flyerlink.com/api.php/jobs/1792840/despatch
?format=json&all=true&consignment=12345&tracking_url=https://www.mycourier.com/tracking/12345

Log a despatch line as partially despatched

POST path
/jobs/<job.id>/despatch

Logs a partial despatch of a job.

Parameter Description
format json or xml
line id for the despatch
quantity The quantity of items in the despatch
boxes The number of boxes/cartons/containers used to despatch this quantity.
run run.id
consignment a courier's consignment ID
tracking_url The url to find delivery tracking from a courier
HTTP request
POST http://dev.flyerlink.com/api.php/jobs/1792840/despatch
line=2316091&quantity=1&boxes=1&run=521445&consignment=12345&tracking_url=https://www.mycourier.com/tracking/12345&format=json
 

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