$Id: README,v 2.1 2003/06/20 13:34:35 jwheeler Exp $ Business::UPS - UPS Shipping Interface Module Justin Wheeler 2003/06/10 Originally written by: Mark Solomon 12/20/1997 http://www.seva.net/~msolomon/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTE: Please read "LICENCE.ups" for United Parcel Service license! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Description: * FOR SHIPPING COST INFO: This module requires input of the shipping method, origin zip code, destination zip code, and weight of the package. It then connects to the UPS calculation server and outputs the total shipping charges and the UPS zone. It's a very simplified way of finding shipping costs based on the "Quick Cost Calculator" document found on the UPS Website at http://www.ups.com/tools/tools.html * FOR TRACKING PACKAGES: It's an interface to submit a tracking number to the UPS web site and parse the output and return a hash with the appropriate values. ----------------------------------------------------------------- NOTICE: U.P.S. _REQUIRES_ the display of the "Notice" key if the hash returned when displaying UPS tracking information. It is as follows: ------------------------- "UPS authorizes you to use UPS tracking systems solely to track shipments tendered by or for you to UPS for delivery and for no other purpose. Any other use of UPS tracking systems and information is strictly prohibited." ----------------------------------------------------------------- TO INSTALL: 1. Unpack to Dist file: tar xzvf Business-UPS-x.xx.tar.gz 2. Change to the dist dir and make the Makefile, make then install: cd Business-UPS-x.xx perl Makefile.PL make make install Included in archive: - Tab delineated country-code list - Tab delineated product-code list