Purolator E-Ship Web Services are written in XML, and are designed to comply with the following specifications:

• Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) (external site)
• Web Service Description Language (WSDL) 1.1 (external site)

The Web Services work with any current SOAP/XML development environments, including, but not limited to, Visual Studio .NET 2005, JAVA, and LAMP. In this document, we provide examples in C# (.NET) however any language may be used to support a SOAP/XML implementation. Development platforms vary in their SOAP/XML implementations. Please refer to your platform’s documentation for more information.

To help you integrate Purolator E-Ship Web Services into your website or application, Purolator provides technical documentation and sample code for each Web Service. The documents describe how to consume each Web Service and detail Purolator’s service offerings.

The following documents can be downloaded by registered Purolator E-Ship Resource Centre users in the Documentation and Sample Code section.

• Introduction
  Introduction to Purolator E-Ship Web Services
• Service Availability Web Service
  Validate the origin and destination addresses and receive all available Purolator services, products, options and associated rules.
• Estimates Web Service
  Receive estimates based on origin and destination addresses as well as package and service inputs.
  Estimates are available as quick estimates using list prices or detailed estimates for customers with negotiated pricing.
• Shipping Web Service
  Create domestic, U.S. and international shipments. Please note that shipping labels and documents are created using the Get Documents Web Service.
• Returns Management Web Service
  Create domestic Returns Management shipments. Please note that shipping labels and documents are created using the Get Documents Web Service.
• Get Documents Web Service
  Retrieve shipment labels and documentation for Purolator shipments and Returns Management shipments.
• Tracking Web Service
  Get detailed tracking information for all Purolator shipments.
• Development Testing Aid
  Test cases and expected results for all Purolator E-Ship Web Services.

The following documents will be provided when you are ready to take your website or application into Purolator’s production environment.

• Production Readiness
  Guidelines to help ensure your Purolator E-Ship Web Services integration is ready to promote into Purolator’s production environment.
• Security Options
  Security options available for your Purolator E-Ship Web Services implementation.