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Managing shipments in any eCommerce app is something that may be tricky. There are many shipping providers and each has its own API format you might want to use to export shipping data and request the pickup. To make this process more simple and generic, we decided to create an abstract layer for Sylius platform based applications for this purpose. This plugin allows you to write simple API calls and configuration form for specific shipping provider. The workflow is quite simple - configure a proper data that's needed to export a shipment, like access key or pickup hour, book a courier for an order with one click and get shipping label file if any was received from the API. The implementation limits to writing a shipping provider gateway configuration form, one event listener and webservice access layer.
If you are curious about the details of this plugin, read this blog post.
$ composer require bitbag/shipping-export-plugin
Add plugin dependencies to your config/bundles.php
file:
return [
...
BitBag\SyliusShippingExportPlugin\BitBagSyliusShippingExportPlugin::class => ['all' => true],
];
Import required config in your config/packages/_sylius.yaml
file:
# config/packages/_sylius.yaml
imports:
...
- { resource: "@BitBagSyliusShippingExportPlugin/Resources/config/config.yml" }
Import routing in your config/routes.yaml file:
# config/routes.yaml
bitbag_shipping_export_plugin:
resource: "@BitBagSyliusShippingExportPlugin/Resources/config/routing.yml"
prefix: /admin
namespace App\Form\Type;
use Symfony\Component\Form\AbstractType;
use Symfony\Component\Form\Extension\Core\Type\TextType;
use Symfony\Component\Form\FormBuilderInterface;
use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraints\NotBlank;
final class FrankMartinShippingGatewayType extends AbstractType
{
public function buildForm(FormBuilderInterface $builder, array $options): void
{
$builder
->add('iban', TextType::class, [
'label' => 'IBAN',
'constraints' => [
new NotBlank([
'message' => 'IBAN number cannot be blank.',
'groups' => 'bitbag',
]),
],
])
->add('address', TextType::class, [
'label' => 'Address',
'constraints' => [
new NotBlank([
'message' => 'Address cannot be blank.',
'groups' => 'bitbag',
]),
],
])
;
}
}
services:
app.form.type.frank_martin_shipping_gateway:
class: App\Form\Type\FrankMartinShippingGatewayType
tags:
- { name: bitbag.shipping_gateway_configuration_type, type: "frank_martin_shipping_gateway", label: "Transporter Gateway" }
namespace App\EventListener;
use BitBag\SyliusShippingExportPlugin\Entity\ShippingExportInterface;
use Doctrine\Persistence\ObjectManager;
use Sylius\Bundle\ResourceBundle\Event\ResourceControllerEvent;
use Symfony\Component\Filesystem\Filesystem;
use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Session\Flash\FlashBagInterface;
use Webmozart\Assert\Assert;
final class FrankMartinShippingExportEventListener
{
/** @var FlashBagInterface */
private $flashBag;
/** @var Filesystem */
private $filesystem;
/** @var ObjectManager */
private $shippingExportManager;
/** @var string */
private $shippingLabelsPath;
public function __construct(
FlashBagInterface $flashBag,
Filesystem $filesystem,
ObjectManager $shippingExportManager,
string $shippingLabelsPath
) {
$this->flashBag = $flashBag;
$this->filesystem = $filesystem;
$this->shippingExportManager = $shippingExportManager;
$this->shippingLabelsPath = $shippingLabelsPath;
}
public function exportShipment(ResourceControllerEvent $event): void
{
/** @var ShippingExportInterface $shippingExport */
$shippingExport = $event->getSubject();
Assert::isInstanceOf($shippingExport, ShippingExportInterface::class);
$shippingGateway = $shippingExport->getShippingGateway();
Assert::notNull($shippingGateway);
if ('frank_martin_shipping_gateway' !== $shippingGateway->getCode()) {
return;
}
if (false) {
$this->flashBag->add('error', 'bitbag.ui.shipping_export_error'); // Add an error notification
return;
}
$this->flashBag->add('success', 'bitbag.ui.shipment_data_has_been_exported'); // Add success notification
$this->saveShippingLabel($shippingExport, 'Some label content received from external API', 'pdf'); // Save label
$this->markShipmentAsExported($shippingExport); // Mark shipment as "Exported"
}
public function saveShippingLabel(
ShippingExportInterface $shippingExport,
string $labelContent,
string $labelExtension
): void {
$labelPath = $this->shippingLabelsPath
. '/' . $this->getFilename($shippingExport)
. '.' . $labelExtension;
$this->filesystem->dumpFile($labelPath, $labelContent);
$shippingExport->setLabelPath($labelPath);
$this->shippingExportManager->persist($shippingExport);
$this->shippingExportManager->flush();
}
private function getFilename(ShippingExportInterface $shippingExport): string
{
$shipment = $shippingExport->getShipment();
Assert::notNull($shipment);
$order = $shipment->getOrder();
Assert::notNull($order);
$orderNumber = $order->getNumber();
$shipmentId = $shipment->getId();
return implode(
'_',
[
$shipmentId,
preg_replace('~[^A-Za-z0-9]~', '', $orderNumber),
]
);
}
private function markShipmentAsExported(ShippingExportInterface $shippingExport): void
{
$shippingExport->setState(ShippingExportInterface::STATE_EXPORTED);
$shippingExport->setExportedAt(new \DateTime());
$this->shippingExportManager->persist($shippingExport);
$this->shippingExportManager->flush();
}
}
services:
app.event_listener.frank_martin_shipping_export:
class: App\EventListener\FrankMartinShippingExportEventListener
arguments:
- '@session.flash_bag'
- '@filesystem'
- '@bitbag.manager.shipping_export'
- '%bitbag.shipping_labels_path%'
tags:
- { name: kernel.event_listener, event: 'bitbag.shipping_export.export_shipment', method: exportShipment }
parameters:
bitbag.shipping_gateway.validation_groups: ['bitbag']
bitbag.shipping_labels_path: '%kernel.project_dir%/shipping_labels'
$ bin/console debug:container | grep bitbag
$ bin/console debug:container --parameters | grep bitbag
$ composer install
$ APP_ENV=test symfony server:start --port=8080 --dir=tests/Application/public --daemon
$ cd tests/Application
$ yarn install
$ yarn run gulp
$ bin/console assets:install public -e test
$ bin/console doctrine:schema:create -e test
$ shipping-export
$ open http://localhost:8080
$ vendor/bin/behat
$ vendor/bin/phpspec run
$ vendor/bin/phpstan analyse -c phpstan.neon -l max src/
$ vendor/bin/ecs check src
This open-source plugin was developed to help the Sylius community. If you have any additional questions, would like help with installing or configuring the plugin, or need any assistance with your Sylius project - let us know!
Read more about BitBag Sylius Shipping Export Plugin
BitBag is a company of people who love what they do and do it right. We fulfill the eCommerce technology stack with Sylius, Shopware, Akeneo, and Pimcore for PIM, eZ Platform for CMS, and VueStorefront for PWA. Our goal is to provide real digital transformation with an agile solution that scales with the clients’ needs. Our main area of expertise includes eCommerce consulting and development for B2C, B2B, and Multi-vendor Marketplaces.
We are advisers in the first place. We start each project with a diagnosis of problems, and an analysis of the needs and goals that the client wants to achieve.
We build unforgettable, consistent digital customer journeys on top of the best technologies. Based on a detailed analysis of the goals and needs of a given organization, we create dedicated systems and applications that let businesses grow.
Our team is fluent in Polish, English, German and, French. That is why our cooperation with clients from all over the world is smooth.
Some numbers from BitBag regarding Sylius:
- 50+ experts including consultants, UI/UX designers, Sylius trained front-end and back-end developers,
- 120+ projects delivered on top of Sylius,
- 25+ countries of BitBag’s customers,
- 4+ years in the Sylius ecosystem.
Our services:
- Business audit/Consulting in the field of strategy development,
- Data/shop migration,
- Headless eCommerce,
- Personalized software development,
- Project maintenance and long term support,
- Technical support.
Key clients: Mollie, Guave, P24, Folkstar, i-LUNCH, Elvi Project, WestCoast Gifts.
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Visit sylius-demo.bitbag.io to take a look at it. The admin can be accessed under
sylius-demo.bitbag.io/admin/login link and bitbag: bitbag
credentials.
Plugins that we have used in the demo:
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