NAME Business::Shipping - Shipping cost calculator for UPS and USPS INSTALLATION See INSTALL file for more details. perl Makefile.PL make make test make install REQUIRED MODULES Archive::Zip (any) Bundle::DBD::CSV (any) Cache::FileCache (any) Class::MethodMaker (any) Config::IniFiles (any) Crypt::SSLeay (any) Data::Dumper (any) Devel::Required (0.03) Error (any) Getopt::Mixed (any) LWP::UserAgent (any) Math::BaseCnv (any) Scalar::Util (1.10) XML::DOM (any) XML::Simple (2.05) GETTING STARTED * For USPS: Sign up online for free: - http://www.uspswebtools.com/registration/ - (More info at http://www.uspswebtools.com) - The online signup will result in a testing-only account (only a small sample of queries will work). - To activate the "production" use of your USPS account, you must follow the USPS documentation. Currently, that means contacting the Internet Customer Care Center by e-mail or phone: icustomercare@usps.com 1-800-344-7779 * For UPS: Sign up online for free: - https://www.ups.com/servlet/registration?loc=en_US_EC - (More info at http://www.ec.ups.com) - Once you get a User Id and Password from UPS, you will need to login and select "Get Access Key", then "Get XML Access Key". USAGE EXAMPLES * See Shipping.pm POD documentation for API and usage examples. * Business::Shipping is used by the Interchange E-Commerce software (http://www.icdevgroup.org). For a reference implementation of Business::Shipping, see the UserTag/business-shipping.tag file, it implements a function that takes shipping-related arguments, builds a Business::Shipping object, then returns the calculated cost. * The "Shopping Cart" Wobject for the WebGUI project, by Andy Grundman . http://www.plainblack.com/wobjects?wid=1143&func=viewSubmission&sid=654 http://www.plainblack.com/uploads/1143/654/webgui-shopping-cart-1.0.tar.gz * Let the author know if you are using Business::Shipping in your website, application, etc. so it can be mentioned here. WEBSITE http://www.kavod.com/Business-Shipping The website carries the most recent version, as well as instructions for accessing the anonymous CVS repository. COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE Copyright (c) 2003 Kavod Technologies, Dan Browning. All rights reserved. Licensed under the GNU Public Licnese (GPL). See COPYING for more info. AUTHOR Dan Browning Kavod Technologies http://www.kavod.com CREDITS * See CREDITS file.