ShippingCalc

DESCRIPTION:

Shipping Calculator written in Ruby to get quick quotes from the major carriers (UPS, DHL, FedEX, FreightQuote).

FEATURES/PROBLEMS:

Current version only supports DHL and FreightQuote

SYNOPSIS:

You can find an example of each carrier's API under the /examples directory.

A simple DHL example:

require 'rubygems'
require 'shipping_calc'

include ShippingCalc

opts = {
  :api_user => "your_user", 
  :api_password => "your_pwd",
  :shipping_key => "your_key",
  :account_num => "your_accnt",
  :date => Time.now, # or something...
  :service_code => "E", # check the docs to find out what this means
  :shipment_code => "P", # check the docs to find out what this means
  :weight => 34, # weight in lbs
  :to_zip => 10001,
  :to_state => "NY"
}

d = DHL.new
a = d.quote(opts)
p a

REQUIREMENTS:

You must obtain all the DHL ShipIt data (user, password, key and account) from http://www.dhl-usa.com/TechTools/detail/TTDetail.asp?nav=TechnologyTools/Shipping/OwnSoln
REXML

INSTALL:

sudo gem install shipping-calc

TEST:

To run the DHL tests you'll need to have a .dhl_info.yml file in your home directory with your auth info like this: ~/.dhl_info.yml

api_user: your_user
api_password: your_password
shipping_key: your_key
account_num: your_accnt_num

This is necessary only for the tests and it'll be ignored for the actual usage of the the library.

LICENSE:

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the 'Software'), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED 'AS IS', WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.