Using the easypost python library I call the buy function passing in the rate like the documentation says but it returns an error.
Can you use your test api key with buy for easypost or not? I didn't see anything in the documentation with it. It might seem to work with production but I am not able to test that yet so I was wondering if I could test it with the test api key?
The code is:
import easypost
def get_shipment(shipment_id):
return easypost.Shipment.retrieve(shipment_id)
......
shipment = get_shipment(shipment_id)
try:
shipment.buy(rate=shipment.lowest_rate())
except Exception as e:
raise ValidationError({'detail': e.message})
The error message I get with test key
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/app/returns/serializers.py", line 237, in handle_shipment_purchase
shipment.buy(rate=shipment.lowest_rate())
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/easypost/__init__.py", line 725, in buy
response, api_key = requestor.request('post', url, params)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/easypost/__init__.py", line 260, in request
response = self.interpret_response(http_body, http_status)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/easypost/__init__.py", line 321, in interpret_response
self.handle_api_error(http_status, http_body, response)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/easypost/__init__.py", line 383, in handle_api_error
raise Error(error.get('message', ''), http_status, http_body)
easypost.Error: The request could not be understood by the server due to malformed syntax.
I got the same issue with Python though my shipment id and API_KEY are correct. with the EasyPost python exception message, it will not show the root cause of the exception. Try to do request with curl or inside exception check e.json_body and raise ValidationError accordingly.
try:
shipment.buy(rate=shipment.lowest_rate())
except Exception as e:
# Put debugger here and Check exception e.json_body
e.json_body
raise ValidationError({'detail': e.http_body})