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| v:2.0:using_foxy_without_the_cart [2017/08/18 04:22] – [Shipping] adam | v:2.0:using_foxy_without_the_cart [2018/02/13 07:15] (current) – [Taxes] adam |
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| <WRAP important> | <WRAP important> |
| //**__Experimental Functionality__**// | //**__Experimental Functionality__**// |
| Though creating a cart via the hypermedia API is supported, it should be considered experimental at this point, and we discourage our users from using it in production. If you do proceed with this approach, please drop us a note if you encounter anything unexpected. | Though creating a cart via the hypermedia API is supported (and being used in production by some of our users), please drop us a note if you proceed with this approach, and if you encounter anything unexpected. Retrieving and setting shipping rates, in particular, isn't currently supported by the hypermedia API, so you'll need to use non-hAPI approaches (described below) in certain situations. |
| </WRAP> | </WRAP> |
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| - Attach a postal code to the session. Do this via the browser and review the javascript requests and responses made for your particular account, but it'll look something like this: ''https://EXAMPLE.foxycart.com/v/2.0.0/api_json.php?city=San+Diego®ion=CA&postal_code=92106&country=US&ThisAction=SaveCartContactInfo&fcsid=XXX&store_id=XXX'' (where you'd replace the ''XXX'' and domain as appropriate). | - Attach a postal code to the session. Do this via the browser and review the javascript requests and responses made for your particular account, but it'll look something like this: ''https://EXAMPLE.foxycart.com/v/2.0.0/api_json.php?city=San+Diego®ion=CA&postal_code=92106&country=US&ThisAction=SaveCartContactInfo&fcsid=XXX&store_id=XXX'' (where you'd replace the ''XXX'' and domain as appropriate). |
| * There's also a ''GetAddressByPostalCode'' action that will retrieve possible cities based on an entered postal code, if you'd like to use that like the Foxy checkout, to do a bit of address validation. (This can help ensure more accurate tax rates.) | * There's also a ''GetAddressByPostalCode'' action that will retrieve possible cities based on an entered postal code, if you'd like to use that like the Foxy checkout, to do a bit of address validation. (This can help ensure more accurate tax rates.) |
| - Retrieve the tax information with a request to `/cart?fcsid=XXX&output=json`. Display it however you'd like. | - Retrieve the tax information with a request to ''https://EXAMPLE.foxycart.com/cart?fcsid=XXX&output=json''. Display it however you'd like. |
| - **Note:** You may need to repeat the previous step after setting the shipping details for the transaction, as the tax value may change based on the shipping cost. | - **Note:** You may need to repeat the previous step after setting the shipping details for the transaction, as the tax value may change based on the shipping cost. |
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