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Here is a simple function you can use to email via CDO from Classic ASP.  Just create an include file with the following code and use a one line function call anywhere you want to send an email from.

Works with attachments, html or text.

Here is the include file:

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smtp_mail_server="YOUR MAIL SERVER"
 
function xsendmail (xto,xbcc,xfrom,xsubject,xhtml,xbody,xatt)
 
set imsg = createobject("cdo.message")
	set iconf = createobject("cdo.configuration")
 
	Set Flds = iConf.Fields
	With Flds
 
        'Set to 1 if you have SMTP on the webserver, else set to 2 to use another SMTP server
	.Item("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/sendusing") = 2
 
        'If you need SSL uncomment following line
        '.Item("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpusessl") = "true"

 
        'SMTP Address set above
	.Item("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpserver") = smtp_mail_server
 
        'If your smtp server requires authentication, then set the following to 1, else comment out next 3 lines
        .Item("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpauthenticate") = 1
	.Item("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/sendusername") = "YOUR EMAIL USER NAME"
	.Item("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/sendpassword") = "YOUR EMAIL PASSWORD"
 
        .Update
	End With
 
	With iMsg
		Set .Configuration = iConf
			.To = xto
			if xbcc <> "" then
			.BCC = xbcc
			end if
			.From = xfrom
			.Subject = xsubject
			if (xhtml) then
			.HTMLbody = xbody
			else
			.TEXTBody  = xbody
			end if
			.fields.update
			.Send
	End With
 
	set iconf = nothing
set imsg = nothing
 
end function

Now, from any page that you include the above file in, you can call the following code:

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to_name="Fred Flintstone"
to_email="fred@bedrock.com"
from_name="Barney Rubble"
bcc="wilma@bedrock.com" 'optional
from_email="barney@thequary.com"
subject="Bowling"
body="Hello, this is a test email."
html=0 '0 for text or 1 for html
att_name="" ' include file location on server if you want to add an attachment

xsendmail to_name & "<" & to_email & ">",bcc,from_name & "<" & from_email & ">" ,subject,html,body,att_name
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]]> http://aspdesigns.com/twitter-updates-for-2009-09-06/feed/ 0 Calling the UPS ratefinder API in Classic ASP http://aspdesigns.com/calling-the-ups-ratefinder-api-in-classic-asp/ http://aspdesigns.com/calling-the-ups-ratefinder-api-in-classic-asp/#comments Sun, 06 Sep 2009 19:03:10 +0000 Ben Newton http://aspdesigns.com/?p=19

Last week I started this blog with some quick and dirty code for calling the rate finder API from the USPS. As with most API's, Classic ASP samples are hard to come by these days. So here is a sample of the UPS code. Remember, you have to have a web tools account with UPS which you can get here.

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<%
 
 
ship_to_zip=33323
weight=5
package_length=6
package_width=6
package_height=6
residential=true
 
 
xml_request= "<?xml version='1.0'?>"
xml_request = xml_request & "<accessRequest xml:lang='en-US'>"
xml_request = xml_request & "<accessLicenseNumber>YOUR_ACCESS_LICENSE_NUMBER</accessLicenseNumber>"
xml_request = xml_request & "<userId>YOUR_USER_NAME</userId>"
xml_request = xml_request & "<password>YOUR_PASSWORD</password>"
xml_request = xml_request & "</accessRequest>"
 
xml_request = xml_request & "<?xml version='1.0'?>"
xml_request = xml_request & "<ratingServiceSelectionRequest xml:lang='en-US'>"
xml_request = xml_request & "<request>"
xml_request = xml_request & "<transactionReference>"
xml_request = xml_request & "<customerContext>Rating and Service</customerContext>"
xml_request = xml_request & "<xpciVersion>1.0001</xpciVersion>"
xml_request = xml_request & "</transactionReference>"
xml_request = xml_request & "<requestAction>Rate</requestAction>"
xml_request = xml_request & "<requestOption>Rate</requestOption>"
xml_request = xml_request & "</request>"
xml_request = xml_request & "<pickupType>"
xml_request = xml_request & "<code>01</code>"
xml_request = xml_request & "</pickupType>"
xml_request = xml_request & "<shipment>"
xml_request = xml_request & "<shipper>"
xml_request = xml_request & "<shipperNumber>YOUR_SHIPPER_NUMBER</shipperNumber>"
xml_request = xml_request & "<address>"
xml_request = xml_request & "<postalCode>YOUR_POSTAL_CODE</postalCode>"
xml_request = xml_request & "</address>"
xml_request = xml_request & "</shipper>"
xml_request = xml_request & "<shipTo>"
xml_request = xml_request & "<address>"
xml_request = xml_request & "<postalCode>" & ship_to_zip & "</postalCode>"
if (residential) then
xml_request = xml_request & "<residentialAddressIndicator/>"
end if
xml_request = xml_request & "</address>"
xml_request = xml_request & "</shipTo>"
xml_request = xml_request & "<service>"
xml_request = xml_request & "<code>" & ups_code & "</code>"
xml_request = xml_request & "</service>"
xml_request = xml_request & "<package>"
xml_request = xml_request & "<packagingType>"
xml_request = xml_request & "<code>02</code>"
xml_request = xml_request & "<description>Package</description>"
xml_request = xml_request & "</packagingType>"
xml_request = xml_request & "<description>Rate Shopping</description>"
xml_request = xml_request & "<packageWeight>"
xml_request = xml_request & "<weight>" & weight & "</weight>"
xml_request = xml_request & "</packageWeight>"
xml_request = xml_request & "<dimensions>"
xml_request = xml_request & "<length>" & package_length & "</length>"
xml_request = xml_request & "<width>" & package_width & "</width>"
xml_request = xml_request & "<height>" & package_height & "</height>"
xml_request = xml_request & "</dimensions>"
xml_request = xml_request & "</package>"
xml_request = xml_request & "<shipmentServiceOptions/>"
xml_request = xml_request & "</shipment>"
xml_request = xml_request & "</ratingServiceSelectionRequest>"
 
'uncomment to see response in case of error
'response.write xml_request

URLToRSS = "https://wwwcie.ups.com/ups.app/xml/Rate"
 
Set xmlHttp = Server.CreateObject("MSXML2.ServerXMLHTTP.3.0")
' resolve, connect, send, receive - in milliseconds
xmlHttp.setTimeouts 10000, 60000, 10000, 10000
xmlHttp.Open "Post", URLToRSS, false
 
xmlHttp.Send(xml_request)
set RSSXML = xmlHttp.ResponseXML
 
Set xmlDOM = Server.CreateObject("MSXML2.DOMDocument.3.0")
xmlDOM.async = false
xmlDOM.setProperty "SelectionLanguage", "XPath"
xmlDOM.Load(RSSXML)
 
if xmlDOM.parseError.errorCode <> 0 then
 
response.write "DOM Not Loaded"
 
end if
 
'check for error
xmlQuery = "*/Error"
 
set errorNode = xmlDOM.documentElement.selectNodes(xmlQuery)
 
if not errorNode is nothing then
	errorLength = errorNode.length
		if errorLength > 0 then
			rate_error_severity= errorNode.item(0).selectSingleNode("ErrorSeverity").nodeTypedValue
			rate_error_code= errorNode.item(0).selectSingleNode("ErrorCode").nodeTypedValue
			rate_error_description= errorNode.item(0).selectSingleNode("ErrorDescription").nodeTypedValue
		end if
end if
 
if rate_error_severity="Hard" then
 
	total= 0
	rate_error= rate_error_description
	'response.end()

else
 
rate_error=""
 
xmlQuery = "/RatingServiceSelectionResponse/RatedShipment"
set docHeadlines = xmlDOM.documentElement.selectNodes(xmlQuery)
 
total= docHeadlines.item(0).selectSingleNode("TotalCharges").selectSingleNode("MonetaryValue").nodeTypedValue
GuaranteedDaysToDelivery= docHeadlines.item(0).selectSingleNode("GuaranteedDaysToDelivery").nodeTypedValue
ScheduledDeliveryTime= docHeadlines.item(0).selectSingleNode("ScheduledDeliveryTime").nodeTypedValue
 
end if
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For years I have been thinking about writing an asp interface for the UPS and USPS rate finder API.  But since I had a com component installed on the one server I used it on, I always put it off and used the component.  As luck would have it, one Sunday a few weeks ago (it's always a Sunday) the component decided to return errors from UPS.  Of course, the component writer is long gone, so it was time to write the interface I had been contemplating for years.  Now mind you, this was on a very busy ecommerce site, so I was in a rush.

Surprisingly, I had some asp code up and running quickly.  Here is the simple code in ASP that calls the USPS API and reads the results.  This can be plugged in easily into any code that needs the USPS rate.

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<%
'needs the following variables

weight=1
ship_to_zip=33323
package_width=6
package_length=6
'package_height=6

if int(weight) <> weight then
	weight=int(weight) + 1
end if
 
if package_width < 6 then package_width=6
if package_length < 6 then package_length=6
if package_height < 6 then package_height=6
 
xml_request= "<?xml version='1.0'?>"
xml_request = xml_request & "<rateV3Request USERID='YOUR_USERID'>"
 
if usps_service="" then
usps_service="PRIORITY"
end if
 
xml_request = xml_request & "<package ID='1ST'>"
xml_request = xml_request & "<service>" & usps_service & "</service>"
xml_request = xml_request & "<zipOrigination>33323</zipOrigination>"
xml_request = xml_request & "<zipDestination>" & ship_to_zip & "</zipDestination>"
xml_request = xml_request & "<pounds>" & weight & "</pounds>"
xml_request = xml_request & "<ounces>0</ounces>"
xml_request = xml_request & "<container></container>"
xml_request = xml_request & "<size>REGULAR</size>"
xml_request = xml_request & "<width>" & package_width & "</width>"
xml_request = xml_request & "<length>" & package_length & "</length>"
xml_request = xml_request & "<height>" & package_height & "</height>"
'xml_request = xml_request & "<girth>55</girth>"
if usps_service="PARCEL POST" then
xml_request = xml_request & "<machinable>true</machinable>"
end if
xml_request = xml_request & "</package>"
xml_request = xml_request & "</rateV3Request>"
 
URLToRSS = "http://Production.ShippingAPIs.com/ShippingAPI.dll"
 
Set xmlHttp = Server.CreateObject("MSXML2.ServerXMLHTTP.3.0")
xmlHttp.Open "Post", URLToRSS, false
xmlHttp.Send("API=RateV3&XML=" & xml_request)
 
'uncomment below to see what USPS API is returning
'Response.write xmlHttp.ResponseTEXT

Set xmlDOM = Server.CreateObject("MSXML2.DOMDocument.3.0")
xmlDOM.async = false
xmlDOM.setProperty "SelectionLanguage", "XPath"
xmlDOM.LoadXML xmlHttp.ResponseTEXT
 
if xmlDOM.parseError.errorCode <> 0 then
 
	response.write "DOM Not Loaded"
 
end if
 
xmlQuery = "/RateV3Response/Package/Postage"
set docHeadlines = xmlDOM.documentElement.selectNodes(xmlQuery)
rate_error=""
total=0
total= docHeadlines.item(0).selectSingleNode("Rate").nodeTypedValue
 
'returns total with rate
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