Russian Post API Client

Ruby client for Russian Post package tracking SOAP API. Works on a per-package basis (contrary to the bulk ticket-based API). The client tries to be smart and fills gaps in the information provided by Russian Post using external knowledge.

Use it at your own risk, since the API may appear unstable and require authorization in future.

Installation

To install gem stand-alone:

gem install russianpost

To use gem in a Rails app, add the following to your Gemfile:

gem 'russianpost', '~> 0.7.0'

This gem uses Savon, which in turn uses HTTPI internally. HTTPI chooses the best HTTP library of those you have installed. For the fastest results add Curb to your Gemfile:

gem 'curb'
gem 'russianpost'

If you use RussianPost outside Rails, require 'curb' before requiring RussianPost.

Usage

Initialize a parcel object, passing the package barcode to the constructor:

parcel = RussianPost::Parcel.new('EC123456789RU')

Fetch operation history for the parcel:

parcel.operations

The operations method returns an Array of Operation structs.

Parcel info

RussianPost makes guesses about current state of the parcel.

# Current parcel location
parcel.location

# Mass
parcel.mass

# Rank
parcel.rank

# Recipient
parcel.recipient

# Type
parcel.type

Barcode validator

You can use the included barcode validator separately. It not only validates the format of a barcode, but also calculates check digits and tests barcodes against them.

barcode = RussianPost::Barcode.new('EC123456789RU')
barcode.valid? #=> false

barcode = RussianPost::Barcode.new('RD025500807SE')
barcode.valid? #=> true

Operations API

Each Operation responds to the following methods. If there is no information, methods return nil. See the wiki for a list of what else can be returned.

Address parameters

destination_address              #=> RussianPost::Address (Struct)
destination_address.index        #=> String
destination_address.description  #=> String

operation_address                #=> RussianPost::Address (Struct)
operation_address.index          #=> String
operation_address.description    #=> String

mail_direct                      #=> RussianPost::Country (Struct)
mail_direct.id                   #=> Fixnum
mail_direct.code_2a              #=> String
mail_direct.code_3a              #=> String
mail_direct.name_ru              #=> String
mail_direct.name_en              #=> String

country_from                     #=> RussianPost::Country (Struct)
country_from.id                  #=> Fixnum
country_from.code_2a             #=> String
country_from.code_3a             #=> String
country_from.name_ru             #=> String
country_from.name_en             #=> String

country_oper                     #=> RussianPost::Country (Struct)
country_oper.id                  #=> Fixnum
country_oper.code_2a             #=> String
country_oper.code_3a             #=> String
country_oper.name_ru             #=> String
country_oper.name_en             #=> String

Finance parameters

payment                          #=> Fixnum
value                            #=> Fixnum
mass_rate                        #=> Fixnum
insr_rate                        #=> Fixnum
air_rate                         #=> Fixnum
rate                             #=> Fixnum

Item parameters

barcode                          #=> String
internum                         #=> String
valid_ru_type                    #=> Boolean
valid_en_type                    #=> Boolean
complex_item_name                #=> String

mail_rank                        #=> RussianPost::GenericOperationParameter (Struct)
mail_rank.id                     #=> Fixnum
mail_rank.name                   #=> String

post_mark                        #=> RussianPost::GenericOperationParameter (Struct)
post_mark.id                     #=> Fixnum
post_mark.name                   #=> String

mail_type                        #=> RussianPost::GenericOperationParameter (Struct)
mail_type.id                     #=> Fixnum
mail_type.name                   #=> String

mail_ctg                         #=> RussianPost::GenericOperationParameter (Struct)
mail_ctg.id                      #=> Fixnum
mail_ctg.name                    #=> String

mass                             #=> Fixnum
max_mass_ru                      #=> Fixnum
max_mass_en                      #=> Fixnum

Operation parameters

oper_type                        #=> RussianPost::GenericOperationParameter (Struct)
oper_type.id                     #=> Fixnum
oper_type.name                   #=> String

oper_attr                        #=> RussianPost::GenericOperationParameter (Struct)
oper_attr.id                     #=> Fixnum
oper_attr.name                   #=> String

oper_date                        #=> DateTime

User parameters

send_ctg                         #=> RussianPost::GenericOperationParameter (Struct)
send_ctg.id                      #=> Fixnum
send_ctg.name                    #=> String

sndr                             #=> String
rcpn                             #=> String