[ic] UPS Shipping Hack - Mike! HELP!

[Rage-DCA]

Matt,

I would say hook me up with code...That was until I saw it wants the access
code each time is uses one of the tools.

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Matthew Schick
Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2001 4:36 PM
To: interchange-users@developer.akopia.com
Subject: RE: [ic] UPS Shipping Hack - Mike! HELP!


On 18 Jul 2001 16:01:39 -0500, Rage-DCA wrote:
> Matt,
>
> Yes, the UPS API would be much easier....
>
> However, they are not releasing any developer access keys nor are they
> giving access keys to companies that ship less than 50 packages a day.
Hell,
> I even called corporate but got nowhere quick.
>

Damn...  guess I got in at the right time.  I signed up for it a couple
of months ago and didn't have restrictions on the developer keys....
Good luck on the 'tricks'..... <g>

Matt

> Jason
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: interchange-users-admin@developer.akopia.com
> [mailto:interchange-users-admin@developer.akopia.com]On Behalf Of
> Matthew Schick
> Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2001 3:31 PM
> To: interchange-users@developer.akopia.com
> Subject: Re: [ic] UPS Shipping Hack - Mike! HELP!
>
>
> On 18 Jul 2001 14:37:12 -0500, Jason Osborne wrote:
> > Mike, List,
> >
> > Goal: Design a globalsub that can be called during order processing to
> setup
> > UPS to pick up the items ordered, print off a shipping label, and grab
the
> > tracking number. This globalsub will allow those people who do not meet
> UPS'
> > 50+ package-a-day E-Commerce Solution program. It will allow for easy
> > integration of shipping into the current system allowing the shipping
> > department in an organization to be able to automate each part of the
> > shipping process.
> >
> > Solution: Send any information the shipping section of UPS.com needs to
> the
> > iis.class file located on their servers. Do general error checking and
> pull
> > off tracking number from site.
> >
> > Problem: UPS.com requires a login and password to access the shipping
part
> > of the site. I hacked out a script that sends this information via
> > Net::SSLeay, however, the site tries to send back a cookie to the
> "client".
> > The globalsub needs to be able to anticipate and accept this cookie and
> keep
> > it on file so that it can "trick" UPS.com into thinking it is a browser.
> >
> > Code and current results are below.
> <snip>
>
> Have you looked into the UPS API?  You could do all of this without
> having to 'trick' anything.....  If I remember correctly, all the
> communication is done thru an XML pipe....
>
> Just a suggestion.
> Matt
>
>
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