Instructions
- Create a new Console Application project and add a web reference
- Copy the entire code below, delete anything written in your application and paste the code there
- Replace “MyUsername” and “MyPassword” with your PostalMethods user details
- Replace “IDs” with a single ID of one of your sent mail items, multiple IDs (ID1,ID2,ID3) or a range of IDs (ID1-ID2)
- Start your application. If the response is -3000, you will see the details report. If the response is any other number, check the Web Service Status Codes section.
using System;
namespace ConsoleApplication1
{
class GetDetails
{
public static void Main()
{
const string MyUsername = "MyUsername";
const string MyPassword = "MyPassword";
const string IDs = "0"; // To query a single mail item
//const string IDs = "0,0,0"; // To query multiple mail items
//const string IDs = "0-0"; // To query a range of mail items
com.postalmethods.api.PostalWS objPM = new com.postalmethods.api.PostalWS();
com.postalmethods.api.GetDetailsResult objResult = default(com.postalmethods.api.GetDetailsResult);
//
// Invoke the GetDetails method with one of the three ways
//
objResult = objPM.GetDetails(MyUsername, MyPassword, IDs);
//
// Check response status
//
if (objResult.ResultCode == -3000)
{
//
// -3000 means that the statuses were successfully retrieved.
// Write them down.
//
Console.WriteLine("Successfully retrieved results");
foreach (com.postalmethods.api.Details Details in objResult.Details)
{
WriteDetails(Details);
}
}
else
{
//
// A value less than -3000 means an error occurred.
// See the PostalMethods Status Codes: http://www.postalmethods.com/statuscodes.
//
Console.WriteLine("Error is:" + objResult.ResultCode);
}
// In debug mode, the following lines prevent your console application from closing automatically upon termination
Console.WriteLine("**********************************");
Console.WriteLine("Hit ENTER to terminate application");
Console.ReadLine();
}
private static void WriteDetails(com.postalmethods.api.Details Details)
{
Console.WriteLine("**********************************");
Console.WriteLine("ID: " + Details.ID);
Console.WriteLine("Status: " + Details.Status);
Console.WriteLine("Status Description: " + Details.StatusDescription);
Console.WriteLine("Completion Time: " + Details.CompletionTime);
Console.WriteLine("Is Batch: " + Details.IsBatch);
Console.WriteLine("Mailer Type: " + Details.MailerType);
Console.WriteLine("MyDescription: " + Details.MyDescription);
Console.WriteLine("Num Of Sheets: " + Details.NumOfSheets);
Console.WriteLine("Price: " + Details.Price);
Console.WriteLine("SubmitTime: " + Details.SubmitTime);
Console.WriteLine("Work Mode: " + Details.WorkMode);
}
}
}