Hands-On Software Engineering with Python

Order fulfilment and shipping APIs

The basic data changes involved in the order fulfilment process that an Artisan would execute are reasonably detailed and understood, but there is certainly room for improvement. One feature that would be very nice to have would be integration with online APIs for the various shipping companies that would be used to deliver those fulfilled order items. That integration, depending on the shape of all the requirements around it, could be a major development effort all by itself, and could include the following:

• Allowing an Artisan user to provide a package  or shipping ID during transactions for both individual and multiple item fulfilment
• Sending a confirmation email (if the APIs don't handle that on their ...