Business::UPS - A UPS Interface Module

  use Business::UPS;

  my ($shipping,$ups_zone,$error) = getUPS(qw/GNDCOM 23606 23607 50/);
  $error and die "ERROR: $error\n";
  print "Shipping is \$$shipping\n";
  print "UPS Zone is $ups_zone\n";

  %track = UPStrack("z10192ixj29j39");
  $track{error} and die "ERROR: $track{error};

  # 'Delivered' or 'In-transit'
  print "This package is $track{Current Status}\n";

A way of sending four arguments to a module to get shipping charges that can be used in, say, a CGI.

I've tried to keep this package to a minimum, so you'll need:

•

Perl 5.003 or higher

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LWP Module

Call the subroutine with the following values:

  1. Product code (see product-codes.txt)
  2. Origin Zip Code
  3. Destination Zip Code
  4. Weight of Package

and optionally:

  5.  Country Code, (see country-codes.txt)
  6.  Rate Chart (drop-off, pick-up, etc - see below)
  6.  Length,
  7.  Width,
  8.  Height,
  9.  Oversized (defined if oversized), and
  10. COD (defined if C.O.D.)

1

Product Codes:

  1DM           Next Day Air Early AM
  1DML          Next Day Air Early AM Letter
  1DA           Next Day Air
  1DAL          Next Day Air Letter
  1DP           Next Day Air Saver
  1DPL          Next Day Air Saver Letter
  2DM           2nd Day Air A.M.
  2DA           2nd Day Air
  2DML          2nd Day Air A.M. Letter
  2DAL          2nd Day Air Letter
  3DS           3 Day Select
  GNDCOM        Ground Commercial
  GNDRES        Ground Residential
  XPR           Worldwide Express
  XDM           Worldwide Express Plus
  XPRL          Worldwide Express Letter
  XDML          Worldwide Express Plus Letter
  XPD           Worldwide Expedited

In an HTML option input it might look like this:

  <OPTION VALUE="1DM">Next Day Air Early AM
  <OPTION VALUE="1DML">Next Day Air Early AM Letter
  <OPTION SELECTED VALUE="1DA">Next Day Air
  <OPTION VALUE="1DAL">Next Day Air Letter
  <OPTION VALUE="1DP">Next Day Air Saver
  <OPTION VALUE="1DPL">Next Day Air Saver Letter
  <OPTION VALUE="2DM">2nd Day Air A.M.
  <OPTION VALUE="2DA">2nd Day Air
  <OPTION VALUE="2DML">2nd Day Air A.M. Letter
  <OPTION VALUE="2DAL">2nd Day Air Letter
  <OPTION VALUE="3DS">3 Day Select
  <OPTION VALUE="GNDCOM">Ground Commercial
  <OPTION VALUE="GNDRES">Ground Residential

2

Origin Zip(tm) Code Origin Zip Code as a number or string (NOT +4 Format)

3

Destination Zip(tm) Code Destination Zip Code as a number or string (NOT +4 Format)

4

Weight Weight of the package in pounds

5

Country Defaults to US

6

Rate Chart How does the package get to UPS: Can be one of the following:

   Regular Daily Pickup
   On Call Air
   One Time Pickup
   Letter Center
   Customer Counter

The tracking number.

  use Business::UPS;
  %t = UPStrack("1ZX29W290250xxxxxx");
  print "This package is $track{Current Status}\n";

getUPS()

        The raw http get() returns a list with the following values:

          ##  Desc              Typical Value
          --  ---------------   -------------
          0.  Name of server:   UPSOnLine3
          1.  Product code:     GNDCOM
          2.  Orig Postal:      23606
          3.  Country:          US
          4.  Dest Postal:      23607
          5.  Country:          US
          6.  Shipping Zone:    002
          7.  Weight (lbs):     50
          8.  Sub-total Cost:   7.75
          9.  Addt'l Chrgs:     0.00
          10. Total Cost:       7.75
          11. ???:              -1

        If anyone wants these available for some reason, let me know.

UPStrack()

The hash that's returned is like the following:

  'Delivered on'        => '1-22-1998 at 2:58 PM'
  'Notice'              => 'UPS authorizes you to use UPS...'
  'Received by'         => 'DR PORCH'
  'Addressed to'        => 'NEWPORT NEWS, VA US'
  'scan'                =>  HASH(0) (more later...)
  'Current Status'      => 'Delivered'
  'Delivered to'        => 'RESIDENTIAL'
  'Sent on'             => '1-20-1998'
  'UPS Service'         => '2ND DAY AIR'
  'Tracking Number'     => '1ZX29W29025xxxxxx'
  'Scanning'            => (See next paragraph)

Notice the key 'Scanning' is a newline (\n) delineated list of scanning locations. Each line has two parts: 1. Time/Date of scan and 2. Type of scan. In its scalar context, it looks like this:

  1-22-19982:58 PM NEWPORT NEWS-OYSTER, VA US = DELIVERED
  1-21-199811:37 PM RICHMOND, VA US = LOCATION SCAN
  2:05 PM PHILA AIR HUB, PA US = LOCATION SCAN
  1-20-199811:35 PM PHILA AIR HUB, PA US = LOCATION SCAN

...but a line or two of code can make it very usable like this:

  foreach $line (split "\n", $track{Scanning}) {
    my ($location, $type) = split /=/, $line;
    print "At $location, the shipment was $type\n";
  }

getUPS()

To retreive the shipping of a 'Ground Commercial' Package weighing 25lbs. sent from 23001 to 24002 this package would be called like this:

  #!/usr/local/bin/perl
  use Business::UPS;

  my ($shipping,$ups_zone,$error) = getUPS(qw/GNDCOM 23001 23002 25/);
  $error and die "ERROR: $error\n";
  print "Shipping is \$$shipping\n";
  print "UPS Zone is $ups_zone\n";

UPStrack()

  #!/usr/local/bin/perl

  use Business:UPS;

  %t = UPStrack("z10192ixj29j39");
  $t{error} and die "ERROR: $t{error};

  print "This package is $t{'Current Status'}\n"; # 'Delivered' or 
                                                  # 'In-transit'
  print "More info:\n";
  foreach $key (keys %t) {
    print "KEY: $key = $t{$key}\n";
  }

Let me know.

Mark Solomon <msolomon@seva.net>

mailto:msolomon@seva.net

http://www.seva.net/~msolomon/

NOTE: UPS is a registered trademark of United Parcel Service.

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