UPS Shipping Rates via UPS XML Developers Tools?

have you done this

[lorax]

Has anyone tried to implement the UPS Shipping Rates using thier UPS Access Key and some combination of the UPS Tools (XML or HTML) into their shopping cart with PHP - or more specifically OsCommerce 2.2MS1? If so, please tell me about what you did and you're level of success. I'd like to do the same.

[deadkarma]

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[lorax]

Ah - that looks interesting. Thanks deadkarma (interesting nic).

And welcome to WebmasterWorld!

[lorax]

OMG - that's for USPS not UPS! Well - it's a start anyway.

[daisho]

Lorax doesn't osCommerce have a built in UPS module?

osCommerce modules are a bitch to write! I had to create a shipping module myself to calulate based on a custom rate chart a supplier had. I found osCommerce to have a _very_ weird code design.

I have used UPS's XML in PHP also but not with osCommerce. Though I don't know if that would help you at all :)

daisho.

[lorax]

Yes it does but it doesn't do a live connect. There is a contribution which allows for an anonymous rates query but I've heard rumors that UPS will be phasing out the scripts that support it.

What I want is to arrange for UPS pickups and that requires a UPS account. So I figured if I'm going to go to the trouble of build the module for initiating pickups then why not add in the rates too.

RE: UPS XML - I may take you up on that - thanks!

[daisho]

No problem let me know. I'd be happy to send it your way. I'd post it here but it's a little big to post to the boards.

daisho.