Re: Formatting an XML request and receiving the XML response

[Scott Klement <sk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Rich,

Well, I've never used the web services you mention, so it's really 
difficult to spoon-feed you.  Please understand that all web services 
are different and have their own requirements.  So being familiar with 
HTTPAPI is not enough for me to tell you how to code your program.

You didn't say too much about which web service you're trying to use... 
  You said something about USPS... so I did some Googling, and I 
discovered a USPS site that appears to be the home for what you're 
trying to do.

They require you to sign up in order to do anything.  They want all 
sorts of business contact info.  (My business doesn't need these 
tools... so I'm calling my business "ScottKlement.com" -- which isn't 
techically a business -- I hope they let me sign up.)   Since my goal 
will be to publicly post an example of their API, I told them I'm a 
developer who will redistribute the code.  Not exactly accurate, but 
it's the closest choice they had.

Now I'm waiting for them to send back an e-mail with my registration info.

Please note that I've already put more than an hour of my time into this 
-- and I haven't even begun coding yet.  The time I spend doing this 
will cut into time with my family, and will possibly delay an article 
I'm writing for System iNEWS, as well as my newsletter that needs to be 
published on Thursday.  I'm telling you this because I want you to fully 
appreciate what I'm going through to help you -- at no charge.



Rich Kitterman wrote:
>    Hi Scott,
>    Sorry, as I've said before, this is new enough to me that I really
>    don't know what I'm doing.  Thanks for pointing those items out.  I
>    understand what you're telling me and it makes sense, but I'm not sure
>    HOW to send the appropriate elements of the URL to the encoder.  I've
>    spent some time looking over the httpapi url encoding routines, and
>    could really use an example of what you're describing.  I think would
>    make much more sense to me if I could see it in code.  If you wouldn't
>    mind doing a little spoon-feeding, I'd be grateful, and I'm confident
>    I'll be able to pick up on the concept...
>    Thanks!
>    Rich
> 
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