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E-Mail ordering instructions


1.  Create an XML file with a text editor, and attach to an e-mail.  Be sure to save in ANSI format.  Name the file "CD_Order_[Customer ID]_YYYYMMDD.xml"

2.  If you are sending more than one CD order per day, please batch all orders into a single XML file and transmit once daily.  We cannot accept more than one e-mail order per day.

3.  E-mail subject line:  "CD Order [Customer ID] YYYYMMDD"

4.  Send e-mail to
 

NOTE:  Sending orders via e-mail is the least reliable method, because we do not send you a confirmation as we do with other ordering methods.  Please keep a close eye on Shipping Reports to be sure we received and processed your e-mail order.

Reserved XML characters - Please be sure to encode ("escape") reserved XML characters if you need to send them in your order.  

Character Name Escape Code
< less than &lt;
> greater than &gt;
& ampersand  &amp;
' single quote &apos;
" double quote  &quot;

Format for XML file (click on links for detailed information about each tag).  Tags in red text are required.  Tags in orange text are optional.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<SwiftCDOrders>

<Order>

<CustomerId> </CustomerId>

<TransactionDate> </TransactionDate>

<Items>

<CD>

<TrackingId> </TrackingId> 

<LabelId> </LabelId> 

<PackageId> </PackageId>

<Quantity> </Quantity>

<RegKeyTitle> </RegKeyTitle>

<RegKey> </RegKey>

<RegFileName> </RegFileName>

<RegFileContent> </RegFileContent>

<Content>

<Product>

<ProductId> </ProductId>

<Title> </Title>

</Product>

</Content>

</CD>

</Items>

<Shipping>

<Method> </Method>

<FirstName> </FirstName>

<LastName> </LastName>

<Addr1> </Addr1>

<Addr2> </Addr2>

<City> </City>

<State> </State>

<Province> </Province>

<Country> </Country>

<Zip> </Zip>

<Email> </Email>

<Phone> </Phone>

</Shipping>

</Order>

</SwiftCDOrders>

To see a correctly formatted XML order file example, click here.

To see an XML order file example populated with two orders, click here.

 

 

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