Re: Carrier Service API.
Is there anyway to get custom data from the cart page, or cart attributes, into the shipping rate request sent to the Carrier Service callback URL? Or, at the very least get the checkout token from the request?
I need to send back very specific rates under certain conditions (based on custom forms created on the cart page), without offering any other rates.
e.g.,
{
"rate": {
"origin": {
…
},
"destination": {
…
},
"items": [
{
…
}
],
"currency": “…”,
“custom_note”: “a custom note added from the cart page”,
// or
“checkout_token”: “{token}”
}
}
If I could at least get the checkout token from the request, I could (in an around and about way):
- set the specific note I need on the line_item properties on the cart page
- then when request callback comes through to the app, extract the checkout token
- use the admin api to get the checkout
- extract the property I initially set
- validate accordingly
- send the rates response
But, I don’t see the checkout token in the Carrier Service callback, so I can’t do that.
One workaround that might work:
- use the ajax api to switch the products out on the cart page to products with the same name, but different sku's, based on the customers form selections I create on the cart page
- then in the external app, validate based on the sku
But, that's an extra step of switching products out on the cart page that feels a little clunky. Any ideas or workarounds?
Cheers
T
