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Note: it is possible to mix & match the fulfillment methods.  For example, you could use fDaemon to download orders but your own integration with our REST API to submit order status updates. 

 


1. USING THE PRINT 50 or LAB 50 WINDOWS APPs

Print 50 and Lab 50 are operator-driven Windows apps that allow you to download orders, print custom invoices & labels, and mark orders are printed or shipped.  They are designed to handle the order volume of a typical camera shop and may experience performance issues if your volumes grows beyond a few dozen orders a day.  Some basic automation is available.  Only the three basic order status gates are supported -- order received, order printed, and order shipped.  A shipping tracking numbers can be manually entered (only one per order). 


2. USING THE fDAEMON WINDOWS APP

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Our REST API allows you to integrate fulfillment of orders from our platform directly into your workflow.  Documentation on the HMAC security signature generation required for PF API calls, along with sample code, can be found on this page:  Photo Finale API v3   (login required, Photo Finale will provide credentials).

Overview of Integration steps:

  1. Notifications of new orders are posted to a dedicated AWS Simple Queue Service queue.  Use the Amazon AWS SDK to poll the SQS queue we provide. The order notification message body will contain XML with Order ID and originating Dealer Code: <OrderID>12345678</OrderID><Dealer>1234</Dealer>
  2. Upon receiving an order notification, make a request to the Photo Finale API's GetAPMOrderXML method. (GET)
  3. Use the XML order data to ingest into your system and fulfill the order.  The URLs for any required photo or rendered assets are provided in the XML data and can be downloaded directly.
  4. Submit order status messages back using PF API's UpdateOrderStatus method.  (PUT)

Additional information on the payload and acceptable values can be found here: Updating Order Status (login required, Photo Finale will provide credentials)

 

 Companies interested in using the API should contact us (rachel@photofinale.com) for documentation, setup and use-case approval.