Quick TECHNICAL Note:

Reality: UPS only support WebServices integration(or window platform exe application: FedEx Ship Manager® Lite),

We need to calling UPS SOAP services, so there is JSON -> XML for input expected XML parameters and parse API return result XML -> JSON action.  Different from UPS, There is high request for xml's element order/sequence for FedEx API.

Registration for the Developer Keys

We will need registration on webside got

Developer Test Key:   PFPtfQE9ME1N****
Required for FedEx Web Services for Intra Country Shipping in US and Global 

and the Email Box:

Title: Your Developer Test Key Registration is complete

Test Account Information
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Test URL: https://wsbeta.fedex.com:443/web-services
Test Password: H6F4kyFrYIQxALXOTbH53**** 


FedEx Web Services Testing Information:
 	FedEx Shipping Account Number: **0088000 
 	FedEx Meter Number: ***2012**

　　

 

On NetSuite Side we are targeting to achieve xml files like the sample:

Example 1:Rate Request

<SOAP-ENV:Envelope xmlns:SOAP-ENV="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:SOAP-
ENC="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns="http://fedex.com/ws/rate/v28">
   <SOAP-ENV:Body>
      <RateRequest>
         <WebAuthenticationDetail>
            <ParentCredential>
               <Key>XXXXXX</Key>
               <Password>XXXXXX</Password>
            </ParentCredential>
            <UserCredential>
               <Key>XXXXXX</Key>
               <Password>XXXXXX</Password>
            </UserCredential>
         </WebAuthenticationDetail>
         <ClientDetail>
            <AccountNumber>XXXXXX</AccountNumber>
            <MeterNumber>XXXXXX</MeterNumber>
         </ClientDetail>
         <TransactionDetail>
            <CustomerTransactionId>RateRequest_v28</CustomerTransactionId>
         </TransactionDetail>
         <Version>
            <ServiceId>crs</ServiceId>
            <Major>28</Major>
            <Intermediate>0</Intermediate>
            <Minor>0</Minor>
         </Version>
         <RequestedShipment>
            <ShipTimestamp>2020-02-25T12:34:56-06:00</ShipTimestamp>
            <DropoffType>REGULAR_PICKUP</DropoffType>
            <ServiceType>PRIORITY_OVERNIGHT</ServiceType>
            <PackagingType>FEDEX_BOX</PackagingType>

<TotalWeight>
   <Units>LB</Units>
   <Value>20.0</Value>
</TotalWeight>
<Shipper>
   <AccountNumber>XXXXXX</AccountNumber>
   <Contact>
      <CompanyName>FedEx-WAPI</CompanyName>
      <PhoneNumber>XXXXXX</PhoneNumber>
   </Contact>
   <Address>
      <StreetLines>SN2000 Test Meter 8</StreetLines>
      <StreetLines>10 Fedex Parkway</StreetLines>
      <City>AUSTIN</City>
      <StateOrProvinceCode>TX</StateOrProvinceCode>
      <PostalCode>XXXXXX</PostalCode>
      <CountryCode>US</CountryCode>
   </Address>
</Shipper>
<Recipient>
   <AccountNumber>XXXXXX</AccountNumber>
   <Contact>
      <PersonName>Recipient Contact</PersonName>
      <PhoneNumber>XXXXXX</PhoneNumber>
   </Contact>
   <Address>
      <StreetLines>Recipient Address Line 1</StreetLines>
      <StreetLines>Recipient Address Line 2</StreetLines>
      <City>Collierville</City>
      <StateOrProvinceCode>TN</StateOrProvinceCode>
      <PostalCode>XXXXXX</PostalCode>
      <CountryCode>US</CountryCode>
   </Address>
</Recipient>
<ShippingChargesPayment>
   <PaymentType>SENDER</PaymentType>
   <Payor>
      <ResponsibleParty>
         <AccountNumber>XXXXXX</AccountNumber>
         <Tins>
            <TinType>BUSINESS_STATE</TinType>
            <Number>123456</Number>
         </Tins>
      </ResponsibleParty>
   </Payor>
</ShippingChargesPayment>
<RateRequestTypes>LIST</RateRequestTypes>
<PackageCount>1</PackageCount>
<RequestedPackageLineItems>
   <SequenceNumber>1</SequenceNumber>
   <GroupNumber>1</GroupNumber>
   <GroupPackageCount>1</GroupPackageCount>
   <Weight>
      <Units>LB</Units>
      <Value>20.0</Value>
   </Weight>
   <Dimensions>
      <Length>12</Length>
      <Width>12</Width>
      <Height>12</Height>
      <Units>IN</Units>
   </Dimensions>
   <ContentRecords>
      <PartNumber>XXXXXX</PartNumber>
<ItemNumber>XXXXXX</ItemNumber>
                  <ReceivedQuantity>12</ReceivedQuantity>
                  <Description>ContentDescription</Description>
               </ContentRecords>
            </RequestedPackageLineItems>
         </RequestedShipment>
      </RateRequest>
   </SOAP-ENV:Body>

And all above xml element is dynamically transfered from NetSuite Sales Order data(and also data from location, currency, custom record types, settings), We got those data(in expected order), using the Google Project's X2JS to convert from JSON to XML.

 

Next resolve the across domain ajax call by using NetSuite 2.0 API https.post

var response = https.post({
            url: 'https://wsbeta.fedex.com:443/web-services',
            body: new X2JS().json2xml_str(PostDataObj),
            headers: {
                "Accept": "image/gif, image/jpeg, image/pjpeg, text/plain, text/html, */*",
                "Content-Type": "text/xml",
                "Access-Control-Allow-Origin": '*',
            }
        });

Need to thanks this thread for useful notes: https://*.com/questions/62523251/creating-a-http-post-call-for-fedex-web-services　　

 

Share tools used between XML and JSON:

• Testing/xmlTOjson/jsonTOxml: https://peterdaugaardrasmussen.com/json2xml/
• Source Code: https://github.com/abdolence/x2js
• Format XML: https://jsonformatter.org/xml-formatter
• Format JSON: https://www.sojson.com/json/json_online.html
• XML compare https://extendsclass.com/xml-diff.html
• Comparing XML files: https://extendsclass.com/xml-diff.html
• POSTMAN simulate and compare the input and output

Estimate Rate

• UPS https://www.theupsstore.com/tools/estimate-shipping-cost
• FedEx https://www.fedex.com/en-us/online/rating.html