toolkit callurl no longer working for our state tax API

[wajake41]

Hello forum:
the toolkit callurl has stopped working on 3 of our sites after being in use for 2+ years, Has this function been changes/disabled?
This is the code that used to work:

<mvt:assign name="g.sales_tax_rate" value="'0'" />
<mvt:if expr="g.basket:ship_state EQ 'WA' AND ISNULL g.taxexempt">
<mvt:assign name="g.addr" value = "g.basket:ship_addr1" />
<mvt:assign name="g.city" value = "g.basket:ship_city" />
<mvt:assign name="g.zip" value = "g.basket:ship_zip" />
<mvt:assign name="g.output" value = "'TEXT'" />
<mvt:item name="toolkit" param="callurl|taxRate|http://dor.wa.gov/addressrates.aspx|...r,g.city,g.zip " />
<mvt:assign name="g.taxCodeResult" value="gettoken(g.taxRate, '=', '4') " />
<mvt:assign name="g.taxCodeResult" value="trim(g.taxCodeResult)" />
<mvt:if expr="g.taxCodeResult EQ '0' OR g.taxCodeResult EQ '1' OR g.taxCodeResult EQ '2'">
<mvt:assign name="g.taxCodedistrict" value="gettoken(g.taxRate, '=', '2') " />
<mvt:assign name="g.taxCodedistrict" value="gettoken(g.taxCodedistrict, ' ', '1') " />
<mvt:assign name="g.taxCoderate" value="gettoken(g.taxRate, '=', '3') " />
<mvt:assign name="g.taxCoderate" value="gettoken(g.taxCoderate, ' ', '1') " />
<mvt:assign name="g.taxinfo" value="g.taxCoderate $ '^' $ g.taxCodedistrict" />
<mvt:item name="customfields" param="Write_Basket('salestax', g.taxinfo)" />
<mvt:assign name="g.sales_tax_rate" value="(g.taxCoderate * 100)" />
<mvt:else>
<mvt:item name="toolkit" param="sassign|to_email|[email protected] m" />
<mvt:item name="toolkit" param="sassign|from_email|[email protected] " />
<mvt:item name="toolkit" param="sassign|cc_email|[email protected]" />
<mvt:item name="toolkit" param="sassign|subject|Unable to get Washington sales tax rate" />
<mvt:assign name="g.message" value="'Error code=' $g.taxCoderesult $'. Customer: ' $g.basket:ship_comp $' Ship To name: ' $g.basket:ship_lname $', ' $g.basket:ship_fname $' Ship To address: ' $g.basket:ship_addr1 $' ' $g.basket:ship_city $' ' $g.basket:ship_state $' ' $g.basket:ship_zip" />
<mvt:do file="g.module_library_utilities" name="g.email_sent" value="SendEmail(g.to_email,g.from_email,g.cc_emai l,g.subject,'',g.message)" />
</mvt:if>
</mvt:if>

No value is returned in the taxRate global variable.

We now get nothing back from the call however the following conditional above is executed as true as we do not send/receive the error email.:
<mvt:if expr="g.taxCodeResult EQ '0' OR g.taxCodeResult EQ '1' OR g.taxCodeResult EQ '2'">

I've opened a ticket
Larry

[Kent Multer]

Hi Larry,

I don't see any code on my screen; maybe something went wrong when you pasted it in? At any rate, it seems unlikely that a Toolkit function would simply stop working. If all three stores are using Toolkit to call the same server, maybe something changed on the server side; you might need to contact them about it. Also, now that the Store Morph language includes the mvt:call element, you can probably rewrite your code to use that instead of Toolkit. You can drop me a line if you need some help fixing this.

[ILoveHostasaurus]

May need to update your URL, not sure how many redirects it will follow but it appears to force you to https first, then a second redirect to https://webgis.dor.wa.gov/webapi/addressrates.aspx but depending on how often you call it, could be some type of rate limiting going on too.

[wajake41]

This has been working for 2 years, No changes made for at least a year. Has something changed in Miva regarding callurl?
Also cannot get a replacement mvt:call to compile with this url. See below
<mvt:assign name="g.addr" value = "g.basket:ship_addr1" />
<mvt:assign name="g.city" value = "g.basket:ship_city" />
<mvt:assign name="g.zip" value = "g.basket:ship_zip" />
<mvt:assign name="g.output" value = "'TEXT'" />
<mvt:comment> <mvt:item name="toolkit" param="callurl|taxRate|http://dor.wa.gov/AddressRates.aspx|GET|g.output,g.addr,g.city,g.zip " /> </mvt:comment>
<mvt:call ACTION="http://dor.wa.gov/AddressRates.aspx" METHOD="'GET'" TIMEOUT="'15'" FIELDS="'g.output,g.addr,g.city,g.zip'">
<mvt:assign name="g.taxRate" value="s.callvalue" />
</mvt:call>

[wajake41]

Still not able to compile the mvt:call

[ILoveHostasaurus]

If it has been working for two years and then suddenly stopped, then I suspect something has changed with the URL you're calling, or its hosting. Something definitely has changed at some point given the URL you're using redirects to something else at the current time, and who knows if ToolKit follows redirects.

[wajake41]

David, any idea why the mvt:call cannot compile?

[wajake41]

David, you got it. State API URL address has been changed.

Thanks, Larry

[Bruce - PhosphorMedia]

This has been working for 2 years, No changes made for at least a year. Has something changed in Miva regarding callurl?
Also cannot get a replacement mvt:call to compile with this url. See below
<mvt:assign name="g.addr" value = "g.basket:ship_addr1" />
<mvt:assign name="g.city" value = "g.basket:ship_city" />
<mvt:assign name="g.zip" value = "g.basket:ship_zip" />
<mvt:assign name="g.output" value = "'TEXT'" />
<mvt:comment> <mvt:item name="toolkit" param="callurl|taxRate|http://dor.wa.gov/AddressRates.aspx|GET|g.output,g.addr,g.city,g.zip " /> </mvt:comment>
<mvt:call ACTION="http://dor.wa.gov/AddressRates.aspx" METHOD="'GET'" TIMEOUT="'15'" FIELDS="'g.output,g.addr,g.city,g.zip'">
<mvt:assign name="g.taxRate" value="s.callvalue" />
</mvt:call>

FYI: the compile most likely fails because your ACTION is empty. Without the ' ' single quotes, mvt:call is looking for a variable called: http://dor.wa.gov/AddressRates.aspx

[wajake41]

That was it Bruce, Thanks!