Python MWS Inbound: Get Preorder Info

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Returns pre-order information, including dates, that a seller needs before confirming a shipment for pre-order. Also indicates if a shipment has already been confirmed for pre-order.

Documentation: http://docs.developer.amazonservices.com/en_US/fba_inbound/FBAInbound_GetPreorderInfo.html

CURL Command

curl -X POST https://mws.amazonaws.com/FulfillmentInboundShipment/2010-10-01 \
  -d "AWSAccessKeyId=AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID" \
  -d "Action=GetPreorderInfo" \
  -d "MWSAuthToken=MWS_AUTH_TOKEN" \
  -d "SellerId=MWS_SELLER_ID" \
  -d "SignatureVersion=2" \
  -d "Timestamp=CURRENT_DATE_TIME" \
  -d "Version=2010-10-01" \
  -d "Signature=MWS_SIGNATURE" \
  -d "SignatureMethod=HmacSHA256" \
  -d "ShipmentId=FBA2F3KCQF"

Python Example

import sys
import chilkat

rest = chilkat.CkRest()

#  URL: https://mws.amazonaws.com/FulfillmentInboundShipment/2010-10-01
bTls = True
port = 443
bAutoReconnect = True
success = rest.Connect("mws.amazonaws.com",port,bTls,bAutoReconnect)
if (success != True):
    print("ConnectFailReason: " + str(rest.get_ConnectFailReason()))
    print(rest.lastErrorText())
    sys.exit()

rest.AddQueryParam("AWSAccessKeyId","AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID")
rest.AddQueryParam("Action","GetPreorderInfo")
rest.AddQueryParam("MWSAuthToken","MWS_AUTH_TOKEN")
rest.AddQueryParam("SellerId","MWS_SELLER_ID")
rest.AddQueryParam("SignatureVersion","2")
rest.AddQueryParam("Version","2010-10-01")
rest.AddQueryParam("SignatureMethod","HmacSHA256")
rest.AddQueryParam("ShipmentId","FBA2F3KCQF")

rest.put_Host("mws.amazonaws.com")
#  The AddMwsSignature method adds the Timestamp and Signature query params.
rest.AddMwsSignature("POST","/FulfillmentInboundShipment/2010-10-01","mws.amazonaws.com","MWS_SECRET_KEY")

strResponseBody = rest.fullRequestFormUrlEncoded("POST","/FulfillmentInboundShipment/2010-10-01")
if (rest.get_LastMethodSuccess() != True):
    print(rest.lastErrorText())
    sys.exit()

xmlResponse = chilkat.CkXml()
xmlResponse.LoadXml(strResponseBody)

GetPreorderInfoResponse_xmlns = xmlResponse.getAttrValue("xmlns")
ShipmentContainsPreorderableItems = xmlResponse.getChildContent("GetPreorderInfoResult|ShipmentContainsPreorderableItems")
NeedByDate = xmlResponse.getChildContent("GetPreorderInfoResult|NeedByDate")
ConfirmedFulfillableDate = xmlResponse.getChildContent("GetPreorderInfoResult|ConfirmedFulfillableDate")
ShipmentConfirmedForPreorder = xmlResponse.getChildContent("GetPreorderInfoResult|ShipmentConfirmedForPreorder")
RequestId = xmlResponse.getChildContent("ResponseMetadata|RequestId")

Sample XML Response Body

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<GetPreorderInfoResponse xmlns="http://mws.amazonaws.com/FulfillmentInboundShipment/2010-10-01/">
    <GetPreorderInfoResult>
        <ShipmentContainsPreorderableItems>true</ShipmentContainsPreorderableItems>
        <NeedByDate>2015-12-27</NeedByDate>
        <ConfirmedFulfillableDate>2015-12-31</ConfirmedFulfillableDate>
        <ShipmentConfirmedForPreorder>true</ShipmentConfirmedForPreorder>
    </GetPreorderInfoResult>
    <ResponseMetadata>
        <RequestId>4a1a7029-462b-4a27-a04c-4cbe0fd107e3</RequestId>
    </ResponseMetadata>
</GetPreorderInfoResponse>