Cartweaver3 php and UPS Online Tools

cartweaver php integration of ups real time rate quotes

[mealyspuds]

I am just winding up my first cartweaver php ecommerce site, and have hit a wall.

The client wants real time rate quotes from UPS. I have registered and downloaded the online rate quote tools, but don't know where to go from here.

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

[rocknbil]

Welcome aboard mealyspuds - I don't know your cart software, but I know the UPS API. The place to start is experiment with the examples in the UPS integration guide. It's dry, it's boring, but all that will light your fire the first time you get a response from their test server.

Once you know how it works, you should be able to request info from the support staff of your software, or get in there and modify it yourself.

[mealyspuds]

Thanks rocknbil,

I am at a loss as to how to begin with the dtk_RateXML_V1 Folder that I downloaded. Do I cut and paste the sample code into my cart?

I feel quite lame.

[lorax]

Welcome to WebmasterWorld!
Do they have a supporter's forum at their website?

[mealyspuds]

No way. This is UPS we are dealing with here. They include a 101 page general xml tutorial but no instructions on how to begin with their download of files, images, etc... particularly in a php environment... unless I'm missing the big picture which is quite possible at this point in the site building process.

[lorax]

No, I meant the cart. Do they have a support forum? Or is the issue more UPS related rather than a how to using the cart?

[rocknbil]

Do I cut and paste the sample code into my cart?

No, very bad idea. Read the documentation, upload the samples to your server, and experiment with them outside your cart. Get a "feel" for how they work, get their examples working on their own. Once you get to that point, you should be able to figure out how to add it to your cart, or ask questions authoritatively of the cart software's support forum or support staff.

The documentation is fairly cryptic but in my experience the answers are mostly all in their PDF's. I found I had to read over a couple sections, have zero understanding of what I read, read other sections, then was able to go back to the rocket-science sections and understand them. :-) Seems difficult at first, but once you digest how it all works, UPS integration is not that hard.