International Validation
Environment and Testing
Overview
You, as an integrating partner, are expected to maintain your own development, test and production environments from which to call the corresponding NZ Post Group environment and to follow the software development lifecycle.
Environment Detail
| Name | Use | Addresses |
|---|---|---|
| NZ Post Group User Acceptance Test (UAT) Environment | This environment is available for integration to test customers’ solutions to ensure that calls to the API’s are technically correct and that the responses received are handled as they expected. This environment is available for system, integration and user acceptance testing. | https://api.uat.nzpost.co.nz/international-validation/v1/ |
| Production Environment | This environment is for live use and is only available to integrators upon completion of the go-live checklist. | https://api.nzpost.co.nz/international-validation/v1/ |
Testing Your Application
NZ Post Group is committed to making integration of its products easy and robust, and is available to support your development and testing.
As with any development, NZ Post Group encourages you to test your application with both positive and negative scenarios. The following list of test cases has been provided for your convenience, but it is not intended to be comprehensive. Some test cases may not apply to your use of the API. Please extend with test cases specific to your business.
| Suggested Test Cases | Expected Result |
|---|---|
| Request stopword validation | The API response confirms that validation was required for the country, all items were valid, and the overall validation succeeded, with a unique message ID returned. |