The API (Application Programming Interface) provides automated communication between connected systems. In order to automate fulfillment, access to the Camelot API must be enabled.
If you have not yet gathered your API credentials, follow these steps first:
Enter API credentials in DropStream
- In your DropStream Dashboard, click Merchants.
- Click the name of your Camelot 3PL merchant.
- In Connection details, enter your API credentials:
- Webservice URL
- Username
- Password
- Client Code
-
Auth Mode — one of:
Basic
Digest
NTLM
- Optional: Specify the Carrier Billing Code, one of:
3rd party
3rd party Collect
Auto Select
Collect
N/A
Prepaid 3rd party
Prepaid & Add
-
Prepaid
(the default)
-
Optional: Set the Local Time Zone to be used in
OrderDate
values sent to Excalibur.
- Click Advanced Options, and specify the following:
-
Trading Partner — usually
DROPSTREAM
-
Shipment Import Profile ID — default:
DS_SHP_IMP
-
Order Status Profile ID — default:
DS_SHP_EXP
-
Inventory Export Profile ID — default:
DS_INV_EXP
- Optional: Import Shipments Containing Only The Given Order Status — import only Shipments with this status. If no status is specified, all shipments will be imported.
- Optional: If your Excalibur installation has Paged Inventory enabled, check this box to enable the feature in DropStream.
Notes about Paged Inventory:
- Paged Inventory must be enabled for the Excalibur webservice by a Camelot 3PL support representative.
- Paged Inventory needs to be either enabled or disabled in both Excalibur and DropStream, or inventory sync will not function properly.
- For more information, contact your Camelot 3PL support representative.
- When you're done, click Save changes.
Merchant Setup, Implementation Tips and Troubleshooting
When setting up your DropStream merchant connection to your fulfillment provider who uses Camelot 3PL as their WMS, here are a few things to keep in mind:
- Camelot has three database objects specifically for DropStream (Order In, Order Out, and Inventory Out).
- When setting up a merchant in DropStream, under Advanced Options, you must enter the following credentials:
- Trading Partner
- Shipment Import Profile ID
- Order Status Profile ID
- Inventory Export Profile ID
- Verify that the values for Trading Partner, Shipment Import Profile ID, Order Status Profile ID, and Inventory Export Profile ID in DropStream are identical to your settings in Camelot for Trading Partner, and the corresponding Profile names:
- Once you have set up your merchant in DropStream and have tested sending an order to Camelot, if you receive the following error message, you'll need to update the XMLport objects in Camelot to match the latest XMLport objects.
- To ensure that orders can be synced, make sure that both Shipment Methods and Carrier Codes are configured.
- If you receive the following error message:
Contact DropStream Support at support@getdropstream.com to receive a list of current DropStream IP addresses to whitelist.
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