WARNING: this repository is deprecated. If you are interested in using the Zinc Automatic Ordering API, please see zinc.io/docs.

zinc-python

A lightweight python library for e-commerce on Zinc.io. Full API documentation is available at the Zinc docs page.

Check out the OrderTester.py program for some example usage.

ZincClient Object

zinc.ZincClient(api_key,version=1,base='api.zinc.io',verify_https=True)
- Create a new ZincClient instance
ZincClient.create_order(order_dict)
- Create a new ZincOrder from a dictionary.
ZincClient.get_order(order_id)
- Return a ZincOrder from the given order id
ZincClient.get_orders(limit=None,offset=0)
- Return a list of all known ZincOrder objects. Limit and offset default to Zinc API defaults.
ZincClient.get_order_count()
- Returns the count of all Zinc orders. For use with pagination in get_orders.
ZincClient.get_order()
- Returns a ZincUser object for the current user.

Zinc Wrapped Objects

All of the JSON objects wrapped by the client library have a similar interface.

Obj[key]
- Returns the value of the named parameter in the wrapped dictionary.
Obj.dict()
- Returns the wrapped dictionary in raw form.
Obj.update()
- Updates the object from the server.

ZincOrder Object

A wrapped object representing an order. Besides the common methods shared by all wrapped objects:

ZincOrder.cancel()
- Returns a ZincCancellation object created by attempting to cancel the order.
ZincOrder.get_cancellation()
- Returns an existing ZincCancellation object (or throws an exception).

ZincCancellation Object

A wrapped object representing an order cancellation. Besides the common methods shared by all wrapped objects:

ZincCancellation.get_order()
- Returns the corresponding ZincOrder object.

Example Interactive Session

>>> from zinc import ZincClient
>>> zc = ZincClient(api_key='dev-f0fe73b8dc4e402696964abecb79dbce')
>>> o = zc.create_order({
        "merchant": "amazon",
        "shipping_method": "standard",
        "products": [
            {
                "pid": "0833030477",
                "pid_type": "ASIN",
                "qty": 1
            }
        ],
        "address": {
            "name": "Norman Borlaug",
            "address_line1": "77 Massachusetts Ave.",
            "zip_code": "02139",
            "city": "Cambridge",
            "state": "MA",
            "country": "US"
        }
    })
>>> o
ZincOrder({
    "_type": "order", 
    "address": {
        "_type": "address", 
        "address_line1": "77 Massachusetts Ave.", 
        "address_line2": null, 
        "city": "Cambridge", 
        "country": "US", 
        "name": "Norman Borlaug", 
        "state": "MA", 
        "zip_code": "02139"
    }, 
    "address_original": null, 
    "address_suggestion": null, 
    "address_suggestion_choice": "fail", 
    "created_date": 1356840773, 
    "delivery_date": null, 
    "delivery_date_estimate": null, 
    "fee": null, 
    "gift_ship": true, 
    "id": "64tzviy7qr", 
    "max_total": null, 
    "merchant": "amazon", 
    "mode": "dev", 
    "order_total": null, 
    "products": [
        {
            "_type": "product", 
            "pid": "0833030477", 
            "pid_type": "ASIN", 
            "qty": 1
        }
    ], 
    "ship_date": null, 
    "ship_date_estimate": null, 
    "shipping_cost": null, 
    "shipping_method": "standard", 
    "status": {
        "_type": "status", 
        "code": "pending", 
        "message": "Order has passed initial checks and has been queued for processing.", 
        "state": "active"
    }, 
    "tracking_number": null, 
    "tracking_type": null
})
>>> o.update()
ZincOrder({
    "_type": "order", 
    "address": {
        "_type": "address", 
        "address_line1": "77 Massachusetts Ave.", 
        "address_line2": null, 
        "city": "Cambridge", 
        "country": "US", 
        "name": "Norman Borlaug", 
        "state": "MA", 
        "zip_code": "02139"
    }, 
    "address_original": null, 
    "address_suggestion": null, 
    "address_suggestion_choice": "fail", 
    "created_date": 1356840773, 
    "delivery_date": null, 
    "delivery_date_estimate": null, 
    "fee": null, 
    "gift_ship": true, 
    "id": "64tzviy7qr", 
    "max_total": null, 
    "merchant": "amazon", 
    "mode": "dev", 
    "order_total": null, 
    "products": [
        {
            "_type": "product", 
            "pid": "0833030477", 
            "pid_type": "ASIN", 
            "qty": 1
        }
    ], 
    "ship_date": null, 
    "ship_date_estimate": null, 
    "shipping_cost": null, 
    "shipping_method": "standard", 
    "status": {
        "_type": "status", 
        "code": "passed_tests", 
        "message": "The dev mode order is complete, and no immediate problems have been found.", 
        "state": "complete"
    }, 
    "tracking_number": null, 
    "tracking_type": null
})
>>> o2 = zc.get_order(o['id'])
>>> o2 == o
True
>>> c = o.cancel()
>>> c
ZincCancellation({
    "_type": "cancellation", 
    "created_date": 1356840930, 
    "order_id": "64tzviy7qr", 
    "status": {
        "_type": "status", 
        "code": "pending", 
        "message": "Cancellation has been queued for processing. This usually begins in less than 60 seconds.", 
        "state": "active"
    }
})
>>> c.update()
ZincCancellation({
    "_type": "cancellation", 
    "created_date": 1356840930, 
    "order_id": "64tzviy7qr", 
    "status": {
        "_type": "status", 
        "code": "passed_tests", 
        "message": "The dev mode cancellation is complete, and no immediate problems have been found.", 
        "state": "complete"
    }
})
>>> c2 = o.get_cancellation()
>>> c2 == c
True