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The operation placeOrder supports sending one order for a customer. An order can contain multiple orderlines, each for a specific title. Confirmation of the operation is provided with a http-response-code.
Check order identification (Requestor Order Id)
The identification of an order is used to check if an order already exists in the CB systems. If this is the case the new order is rejected. Only open orders are taken into account, so closed/cancelled orders are ignored.
Order type
The operation is available for order types ShipBuyer (LNAFN), ShipOwner (LNEIG) and ShipSecundaryOwner (LMEONE).
Sender and Owner
In the common scenario for media orders the sender requests CB to ship titles owned by a publisher to a consumer. This scenario identifies the publisher as owner, the sender (shop) as buyer from the owner and the consumer as receiver (and buying from the shop). An alternative scenario is secondary ownership, in this alternative scenario the sender (shop) already purchased titles from the publisher and requests CB to ship from its own stock.
Party
Because parties where goods have to be delivered are not known by CB the PartyType “ReceiverAddress,” is mandatory and all name and address information must be provided.
Values added services (VAS)
VAS activities can be controlled by means of special handling instructions for the order.
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