calculate delivery date

This block is part of the shipping group and was last modified in core v13.0.9.

calculate delivery date postnlconnection v13.0.9

This block is used to calculate the delivery date of a shipment.

In pins 7 + flow

flow
Connection postnlconnection required
The PostNL connection.
Receiver Address object required
The address of the receiver of this shipment. Object should contain the following fields: city, country_code (ISO2), house_number, street, zip_code, house_number_ext.
Preparing Date date required
The preparing date for the shipment (date when preparing the shipment for sending).
Preparing Duration (days) number required
The number of days it takes to send the shipment to PostNL. 1: same day, 2: next day, etc.
Default Cuttoff Time value required
This is the defaultdeadline for placing an order to ensure that the shipment is processed and handed over to PostNL on the same day. Format: HH:MM. Can be overriden for each day by the Cutoff extra options field.
Sender Country Code value
The ISO2 country code of the sender of this shipment.
Default NL
Cutoff extra options array
Array containing extra options for cutoff. For each day that has other cutoff settings make a object in the array with the day field (e.g. sunday). The object should also contain the following fields: cutoff_time (value HH:MM) and is_available (condition that indicates if you ship on that date).

Out pins 4 + flow

flow
Connection postnlconnection
The PostNL connection
Success condition
If successful, return true.
Calculated delivery date date
The by PostNL calculated delivery date for this shipment.
Error value
Error message if the delivery date could not be calculated.

A typical wiring for calculate delivery date: a function trigger starts the flow; open connection feeds the connection pin; new object feeds the receiver_address pin; date now feeds the preparing_date pin; number feeds the preparing_duration_days pin; value feeds the magazine_cuttoff_time pin; the flow out pin feeds debug.

Version history

Introduced in v13.0.9.