concurrent_insurance_buy

README

Concurrently Buy Insurance

This script allows you to concurrently buy EasyPost Insurance. It works when insuring EasyPost Shipments or when buying standalone Insurance for a package bought outside of the EasyPost ecosystem. Use the sample.csv file as a template, fill in the details (do not delete the header), and run the script.

Things to Know

• You must follow the sample.csv template or the script will not work correctly. Do not delete the header row
• Only run the script once! Running the script multiple times with the same data will create duplicate insurance objects and fees
• The script will spin up 20 concurrent requests at a time
  • Because requests are sent concurrently, they may complete in a different order than they were specified in the original CSV. Sorting the results CSV by Tracking Code and the original sample.csv will allow you to match up requests with input data for debugging purchases in the event of errors
• The status of each request will be saved to a CSV once the script is complete. Each line will include error messages if there were any, the time each request took, and the status of the request
• If there are errors reported in the results CSV, correct input data as necessary and run the script again
  • NOTE: Ensure you delete successful rows from the sample.csv file before running the script again. Failure to do so will result in duplicate insurance objects and fees (eg: If I had 5 rows, 3 succeeded, 2 failed - I would remove the 3 rows with a success status of true so that my sample CSV contained the 2 rows that initially failed, I'd correct the data as needed, and re-run the script with only those two failed rows)
• It's recommended to run the sample.csv file as-is with a test API key to get a feel for how it works prior to loading real data and using a production API key

Usage

EASYPOST_API_KEY=123... CSV=path/to/sample.csv go run concurrent_insurance_buy.go

Development

# To build a standalone binary of this tool (eg: call it bulkins)
go build -o bulkins