NAME Business::UPS::Tracking - Interface to the UPS tracking webservice SYNOPSIS use Business::UPS::Tracking; my $tracking = Business::UPS::Tracking->new( AccessLicenseNumber => '1CFFED5A5E91B17', UserId => 'myupsuser', Password => 'secret', ); eval { my $response = $tracking->request( TrackingNumber => '1Z12345E1392654435', )->run(); foreach my $shipment ($response->shipment) { say 'Service code is '.$shipment->ServiceCode; foreach my $package ($shipment->Package) { say 'Status is '.$package->CurrentStatus; } } }; if (my $e = Exception::Class->caught) { given ($e) { when ($_->isa('Business::UPS::Tracking::X::HTTP')) { say 'HTTP ERROR:'.$e->full_message; } when ($_->isa('Business::UPS::Tracking::X::UPS')) { say 'UPS ERROR:'.$e->full_message.' ('.$e->code.')'; } default { say 'SOME ERROR:'.$e; } } } DESCRIPTION Class structure .-----------------------------------. | Business::UPS::Tracking | '-----------------------------------' ^ HAS ONE | .-----------------------------------. | B::U::T::Request | '-----------------------------------' ^ HAS ONE | .-----------------------------------. | B::U::T::Response | '-----------------------------------' | HAS MANY v .-----------------------------------. | B::U::T::Shipment | '-----------------------------------' ^ ^ ISA ISA | | .---------------------------------. .-----------------------------------. | B::U::T::Shipment::Freight | | B::U::T::Shipment::Smallpackage | |---------------------------------| |-----------------------------------| | Freight shipment type | | Small package shipment type | | Not yet implemented | '-----------------------------------' '---------------------------------' | HAS MANY v .-----------------------------------. | B::U::T::Element::Package | '-----------------------------------' | HAS MANY v .-----------------------------------. | B::U::T::Element::Activity | '-----------------------------------' Exception Handling If anythis goes wrong Business::UPS::Tracking throws an exception. Exceptions are always Exception::Class objects which contain structured information about the error. Please refer to the synopsis or to the Exception::Class documentation for documentation how to catch and rethrow exeptions. The following exception classes are defined: Business::UPS::Tracking::X Basic exception class. All other exception classes inherit from this class. Business::UPS::Tracking::X::HTTP HTTP error. The object provides additional parameters: * http_response : HTTP::Response object * request : Business::UPS::Tracking::Request object Business::UPS::Tracking::X::UPS UPS error message.The object provides additional parameters: * code : UPS error code * severity : Error severity 'hard' or 'soft' * context : XML::LibXML::Node object containing the whole error response. * request : Business::UPS::Tracking::Request object Business::UPS::Tracking::X::XML XML parser or schema error. Accessor / method naming The naming of the methods and accessors tries to stick close to the names used by the UPS webservice. All accessors containg uppercase letters access xml data. Lowercase-only accessors and methods are used for utility functions. UPS license In order to use this module you need to obtain a "Tracking WebService" license key. See for more information. METHODS new my $tracking = Business::UPS::Tracking->new(%params); Create a "Business::UPS::Tracking" object. See ACCESSORS for available parameters. access_request UPS access request. request my $request = $tracking->request(%request_params); Returns a Business::UPS::Tracking::Request object. request_run my $response = $tracking->request_run(%request_params); Generates a Business::UPS::Tracking::Request object and imideately executes it, returning a Business::UPS::Tracking::Response object. ACCESSORS AccessLicenseNumber UPS tracking service access license number UserId UPS account username Password UPS account password config Optionally you can retrieve all or some UPS webservice credentials from a configuration file. This accessor holds the path to this file. Defaults to "~/.ups_tracking" Example configuration file: 1CFFED5A5E91B17 myupsuser secret retry_http Number of retries if http errors occur Defaults to 0 url UPS Tracking webservice url. Defaults to https://wwwcie.ups.com/ups.app/xml/Track _ua LWP::UserAgent object. Automatically generated SUPPORT Please report any bugs or feature requests to "bug-buisness-ups-tracking@rt.cpan.org", or through the web interface at . I will be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on your report as I make changes. SEE ALSO Download the UPS "OnLine® Tools Tracking Developer Guide" and get a developer key at . Please check the "Developer Guide" for more detailed documentation on the various fields. The WebService::UPS::TrackRequest provides an alternative simpler implementation. AUTHOR Maroš Kollár CPAN ID: MAROS maros [at] k-1.com http://www.k-1.com COPYRIGHT Business::UPS::Tracking is Copyright (c) 2012 Maroš Kollár - LICENCE This library is free software, you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.