getPackageStatus

This method is used to retrieve the status of a sent package.

Request Parameters

Parameter	Type	Requirement	Description
username	xsd:string	mandatory – cannot be null or empty	The username of the registered user who sent the package
password	xsd:string	mandatory – cannot be null or empty	The password of the registered user who sent the package
encodedPassword	xsd:boolean	optional – can be null (indicates false)	Indicates whether the password parameter is MD5 encoded
trackingNumber	xsd:string	mandatory – cannot be null or empty	The tracking ID for the sent package (see sendPackage response)

Possible return values: An xml string – will take the form of

<package_statuses>
 <package_status>
 <recipient></recipient>
 <status></status>
 </package_status>
</package_statuses>

with a <package_status> entry for each of the recipients of the package.

Possible contents for the <status> element are

Recalled on date
Purged on date
Viewed on date
Received on date
“ERROR” - an error occurred. This will be followed by a description of the error (e.g. ERROR : Package not found)