Request For Current EasyStore Shipping Carrier Plugin Example Compatible With Joomla 5
Bruce Paine
Hello JoomShaper Support,
I am currently developing a custom shipping carrier plugin for EasyStore, following your developer documentation and the sample shipping plugin provided.
I have successfully achieved the following:
- Installed the sample-based plugin successfully in Joomla 5.
- Activated the plugin successfully.
- Confirmed that EasyStore recognises the plugin as a shipping carrier.
- Confirmed that the carrier configuration screen loads correctly.
- Confirmed that custom plugin parameters (API key, Site ID, package defaults, etc.) can be saved successfully.
However, I have encountered an issue when testing the checkout process.
The carrier appears correctly in the EasyStore administration area, but during checkout no shipping options are returned.
While investigating, I noticed that the sample plugin implementation appears to use an older event style:
onEasyStoreGetShippingMethods($cart, $address)
However, the current EasyStore source code appears to use the newer Joomla event-based approach. For example, the current CommonShippingPlugin.php contains:
abstract public function onEasyStoreGetShippingMethods(Event $event);
and the shipping calculation code appears to dispatch the event and then retrieve results from the event argument:
$shippingMethods = $event->getArgument('shippingMethods');
This suggests that the sample plugin may relate to an earlier EasyStore release and may not match the current Joomla 5 / latest EasyStore architecture.
Could you please confirm the correct implementation approach for the current EasyStore version?
If available, could you please provide a current sample shipping carrier plugin compatible with:
- Joomla 5
- Latest EasyStore release
- The current event-driven plugin architecture
This would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you for your assistance.
Kind regards,
Bruce
Paul Frankowski
Accepted AnswerHi Bruce,
Big thanks, I already shared your findings with our shop developer. A new version is now under deveploment, so there are chances that that fix will be included too.
Bruce Paine
Accepted AnswerHi Paul,
That is very encouraging news thank you.
I will look forward to it.
My aim is to attempt integration with GoSweetSpot and NZ Couriers. I have great hopes!
Paul Frankowski
Accepted AnswerThis may be useful for you, I got it from our developer. Our documenation will be updated soon etc.
Bruce Paine
Accepted AnswerDear JoomShaper Support Team,
I have successfully developed a shipping plugin for EasyStore that retrieves live NZ Couriers shipping rates via the GoSweetSpot API during checkout.
During development I discovered that the current EasyStore checkout workflow does not pass the first and second street address lines through to shipping plugins. To support the GoSweetSpot API, I needed to modify the following EasyStore core files to include two additional parameters (address_1 and address_2) throughout the checkout shipping process:
/components/com_easystore/src/Controller/CheckoutController.php/components/com_easystore/src/Checkout/CartManager.php/media/com_easystore/js/checkout.site.js
The GoSweetSpot API (and, I suspect, other shipping providers) requires the street address in addition to country, state, city and postcode in order to return accurate shipping rates. Without these additional address fields, live rate calculations are not possible.
Although my plugin is now working successfully, modifying EasyStore core files creates an ongoing maintenance issue because those changes must be re-applied whenever EasyStore is updated.
Would the development team consider passing address_1 and address_2 through the checkout shipping workflow as part of the EasyStore core? Existing shipping plugins would continue to function unchanged by simply ignoring the additional parameters, while plugins that require more detailed address information could make use of them.
I believe this would make the shipping plugin interface more flexible and would benefit developers integrating EasyStore with a wider range of courier services.
I would be interested to hear your thoughts.
If it would be helpful, I'm happy to provide the modified PHP/JS files or a diff showing the required changes.
Kind regards,
Bruce Paine
Bruce Paine
Accepted AnswerWonderful! It will be a most helpful addition. Looking forward to it! Thanks again to you and your developer!
Paul Frankowski
Accepted AnswerI talked about passing address_1 and address_2 through the checkout shipping.
About your custom plugin we cannot do that, this is your product, copyright etc.