Canada Post Rating Service Virtual Sandbox

Virtual SOAP interface for calculating shipping rates and service availability.

The RatingService provides a SOAP-based interface to retrieve shipping rates, service options, and available delivery methods from Canada Post. This virtual endpoint allows developers to simulate rate requests, validate XML request structures, and handle service discovery responses without interacting with live Canada Post infrastructure.

Use this hosted sandbox to simulate Canada Post Rating Service APIs without authentication, API keys, or extra dependencies. Point your code or SDK to the Beeceptor base URL, preferably through an environment variable or feature flag, and switch back to the production API when ready. This keeps your integration code consistent across local development, QA, demos, and production.

Use cases:

Use this sandbox to validate shipping rate request payloads, verify service code mapping, test option selection logic, and handle error responses for invalid postal codes or unsupported shipping dimensions.

Canada Post Rating Service virtual sandbox is up and running!

Use this sandbox URL as the API base in your code to simulate Canada Post Rating Service responses instantly.

`https://canada-rating.mock.beeceptor.com`

Operations:(4)

GetRates

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Request Envelope

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"><soap:Body><get-rates-request xmlns="http://www.canadapost.ca/ws/soap/ship/rate/v4"><locale>{{oneOf 'en' 'fr'}}</locale><platform-id>{{faker 'string.numeric' '{"length":6}'}}</platform-id><mailing-scenario><customer-number>{{faker 'string.numeric' '{"length":8}'}}</customer-number><contract-id>{{faker 'string.numeric' '{"length":9}'}}</contract-id><promo-code>{{faker 'string.alphanumeric' '{"length":4}'}}</promo-code><quote-type>{{oneOf 'commercial' 'counter'}}</quote-type><expected-mailing-date>{{now 'iso'}}</expected-mailing-date><options/><parcel-characteristics/><services/><origin-postal-code>{{faker 'location.zipCode'}}</origin-postal-code><domestic/></mailing-scenario></get-rates-request></soap:Body></soap:Envelope>

Response Envelope

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"><soap:Body><get-rates-response xmlns="http://www.canadapost.ca/ws/soap/ship/rate/v4"><price-quotes>{{#repeat (faker 'number.int' '{"min":1,"max":3}') comma=false}}<price-quote><service-code>{{faker 'string.alphanumeric' '{"length":5}'}}</service-code><service-name>{{faker 'commerce.productName'}}</service-name><price>{{faker 'finance.amount' '{"min":10,"max":200,"dec":2}'}}</price><weight-used>{{faker 'number.float' '{"min":1,"max":10,"fractionDigits":2}'}}</weight-used></price-quote>{{/repeat}}</price-quotes></get-rates-response></soap:Body></soap:Envelope>

GetOption

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Request Envelope

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"><soap:Body><get-option-request xmlns="http://www.canadapost.ca/ws/soap/ship/rate/v4"><locale>{{oneOf 'En' 'Fr'}}</locale><platform-id>{{faker 'string.numeric' '{"length":10}'}}</platform-id><option-code>{{faker 'string.alphanumeric' '{"length":1,"casing":"lower"}'}}</option-code></get-option-request></soap:Body></soap:Envelope>

Response Envelope

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"><soap:Body><get-option-response xmlns="http://www.canadapost.ca/ws/soap/ship/rate/v4"><option><option-code>{{faker 'string.alphanumeric' '{"length":2,"casing":"upper"}'}}</option-code><option-name>{{faker 'commerce.productName'}}</option-name><option-class>{{oneOf 'Standard' 'Express' 'Priority'}}</option-class><prints-on-label>{{faker 'datatype.boolean'}}</prints-on-label><qualifier-required>{{faker 'datatype.boolean'}}</qualifier-required><conflicting-options/><prerequisite-options/></option></get-option-response></soap:Body></soap:Envelope>

GetService

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Request Envelope

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"><soap:Body><get-service-request xmlns="http://www.canadapost.ca/ws/soap/ship/rate/v4"><locale>{{oneOf 'en' 'fr'}}</locale><platform-id>{{faker 'string.numeric' '{"length":6}'}}</platform-id><service-code>{{faker 'string.alphanumeric' '{"length":3}'}}</service-code><destination-country-code>{{faker 'location.countryCode' '{"variant":"alpha-2"}'}}</destination-country-code></get-service-request></soap:Body></soap:Envelope>

Response Envelope

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"><soap:Body><get-service-response xmlns="http://www.canadapost.ca/ws/soap/ship/rate/v4"><service><service-code>{{faker 'string.alphanumeric' '{"length":3}'}}</service-code><service-name>{{faker 'commerce.productName'}}</service-name><comment>{{faker 'commerce.productDescription'}}</comment><options/><restrictions/></service></get-service-response></soap:Body></soap:Envelope>

DiscoverServices

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Request Envelope

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"><soap:Body><discover-services-request xmlns="http://www.canadapost.ca/ws/soap/ship/rate/v4"><locale>{{oneOf 'en' 'fr'}}</locale><platform-id>{{faker 'string.numeric' '{"length":7}'}}</platform-id><destination-country-code>{{faker 'location.countryCode' '{"variant":"alpha-2"}'}}</destination-country-code><contract-id>{{faker 'string.numeric' '{"length":5}'}}</contract-id><origin-postal-code>{{faker 'location.zipCode'}}</origin-postal-code><destination-postal-code>{{faker 'location.zipCode'}}</destination-postal-code></discover-services-request></soap:Body></soap:Envelope>

Response Envelope

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"><soap:Body><discover-services-response xmlns="http://www.canadapost.ca/ws/soap/ship/rate/v4"><services>{{#repeat (faker 'number.int' '{"min":1,"max":5}') comma=false}}<service><service-code>{{faker 'string.alphanumeric' '{"length":4,"casing":"upper"}'}}</service-code><service-name>{{faker 'commerce.productName'}}</service-name><service-link>{{faker 'internet.url'}}</service-link></service>{{/repeat}}</services></discover-services-response></soap:Body></soap:Envelope>

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