Amazon MWS XML how to specify shipping template - amazon-mws

Question

Would appreciate some sample XML. I simply want to specify which shipping template should apply to any given product.
Amazon support pointed me to https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/rainier/help/xsd/release_4_1/Override.xsd but I fail to see how to specify the shipping template.
I was hoping there was something simple that could be included as part of _POST_PRODUCT_PRICING_DATA_ such as
<shipping_template>template1</shipping_template>
but I don't see that.
Thanks!

Answer 1

You should use the _POST_PRODUCT_DATA_
Here is the xml example that works for amazon.com:
<AmazonEnvelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="amzn-envelope.xsd">
<Header>
<DocumentVersion>1.01</DocumentVersion><MerchantIdentifier>XYZ</MerchantIdentifier></Header>
<MessageType>Product</MessageType>
<Message>
<MessageID>1</MessageID>
<OperationType>PartialUpdate</OperationType>
<Product><SKU>YOURSKUNAME</SKU>
<DescriptionData>
<Title>Sometitle</Title><MerchantShippingGroupName>SHIPPINGTEMPLATENAME</MerchantShippingGroupName></DescriptionData>
</Product>
</Message>
</AmazonEnvelope>
Unfortunately it looks like the <Title> is mandatory even if you just want to change shipping template. If you want to change multiple skus at once just add more <Message> to the feed.

Answer 2

I Use this XML Feed for shipping orders and it works:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<AmazonEnvelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="amzn-envelope.xsd">
<Header>
<DocumentVersion>1.01</DocumentVersion>
<MerchantIdentifier>MERCHANT_IDENTIFIER</MerchantIdentifier>
</Header>
<MessageType>OrderFulfillment</MessageType>
<Message>
<MessageID>MESSAGE_ID2</MessageID>
<OrderFulfillment>
<AmazonOrderID>123-1234567-1234567</AmazonOrderID>
<FulfillmentDate>SHIP_DATE</FulfillmentDate> //$ship_date = date("c");
<FulfillmentData>
<CarrierCode>Royal Mail</CarrierCode>
</FulfillmentData>
</OrderFulfillment>
</Message>
<Message>
<MessageID>MESSAGE_ID2</MessageID>
<OrderFulfillment>
<AmazonOrderID>321-7654321-7654321</AmazonOrderID>
<FulfillmentDate>SHIP_DATE</FulfillmentDate> //$ship_date = date("c");
<FulfillmentData>
<CarrierCode>Royal Mail</CarrierCode>
</FulfillmentData>
</OrderFulfillment>
</Message>
.
.
.
</AmazonEnvelope>
$parameters = array(
'Merchant' => $MERCHANT_ID,
'MarketplaceIdList' => $marketplaceIdArray,
'FeedType' => '_POST_ORDER_FULFILLMENT_DATA_',
'FeedContent' => $feedHandle,
'PurgeAndReplace' => false, //Leave this PurgeAndReplace to false so that it want replace whole product in amazon inventory
'ContentMd5' => base64_encode(md5(stream_get_contents($feedHandle), true))
);
rewind($feedHandle);
$request = new MarketplaceWebService_Model_SubmitFeedRequest($parameters);
$return_feed = invokeSubmitFeed($service, $request);
fclose($feedHandle);