EDI TOOLKIT for RUBY (edi4r)

This is Ruby gem edi4r version :include:VERSION

Edi4r was created to greatly simplify the creation and processing of data for Electronic Data Interchange (EDI). In particular, it supports the UN/EDIFACT syntax (ISO 9573) and optionally SAP IDocs. Limited support is offered for ANSI X.12 and SEDAS.

Installation

Install it as any other Ruby gem, e.g.:

sudo gem install edi4r-<version>.gem

With administrator privileges and network access, just type:

gem install edi4r

Usage

require 'edi4r'         # Older installations: require_gem 'edi4r'
require 'edi4r/edifact' # optional

# Build a UN/EDIFACT interchange from its character representation in a file:

ic = nil
File.open("received.edi") {|hnd| ic = EDI::E::Interchange.parse( hnd ) }
ic.each do |msg|
  # Process message, here: Just list document numbers from (only) segment BGM
  puts msg['BGM'].first.d1004
end

# Create a minimalistic interchange

ic  = EDI::E::Interchange.new  # Default: syntax version=3, charset = UNOB
msg = ic.new_message           # Default: ORDERS D.96A

bgm = msg.new_segment('BGM')   # Obtain an empty segment
bgm.cC002.d1001 = '220'	 # Add some content to mandatory elements
bgm.d1004 = 'PO-54321'
dtm = msg.new_segment('DTM')
dtm.cC507.d2005 = '137'
uns = msg.new_segment('UNS')
uns.d0081 = 'S'
[bgm, dtm, uns].each {|seg| msg.add seg} # Add segments to message
ic.add msg                     # Add message to interchange - ready to go!

ic.header.cS002.d0004 = 'sender'; ic.header.cS003.d0010 = 'recipient' # UNB
ic.validate # Conforming to standard?
print ic    # Could be sent that way!

EDI TOOLKIT for RUBY (edi4r)

Installation

Usage

See also