USPS Web Tools API is now deprecated

[herbdool]

I was evaluating Ubercart for a client and noticed that the USPS Web Tools API is now deprecated: https://www.usps.com/business/web-tools-apis/welcome.htm. I can't see any posted date of when it will be shutdown. Maybe they're providing a long lead time.

The new API uses Oauth authorization so it would be a bit of work to get that working in Ubercart. Just based on that, I'm pretty sure that Ubercart is still using the old API.

[bugfolder]

...The new API uses Oauth authorization so it would be a bit of work to get that working in Ubercart. Just based on that, I'm pretty sure that Ubercart is still using the old API.

It is. My Ubercart site uses a heavily modified version of the uc_usps module, which also uses the old API.

It's a little reassuring that they haven't given a shutdown date, but we should probably start working on migrating to the new API (ideally by initially supporting both, but providing a configuration switch for administrators to switch when they've got their new credentials set up).