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->fullmessage;
          }
          when ($->isa('Business::UPS::Tracking::X::UPS')) {
            say 'UPS ERROR:'.$e->fullmessage.' ('.$e->code.')';
          }
          default {
            say 'SOME ERROR:'.$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:

Business::UPS::Tracking::X::UPS
UPS error message.The object provides additional parameters:

Business::UPS::Tracking::X::XML
XML parser or schema error.

Business::UPS::Tracking::X::CLASS
Error originating from the wrong usage of a method/accessor/class. Most commonly this will be thrown because of a failing type constraint.

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 <http://www.ups.com/e_comm_access/gettools_index> 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:

     <?xml version="1.0"?>
     <UPS_tracing_webservice_config>
        <AccessLicenseNumber>1CFFED5A5E91B17</AccessLicenseNumber>
        <UserId>myupsuser</UserId>
        <Password>secret</Password>
     </UPS_tracing_webservice_config>

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 <http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Report.html?Queue=Business::UPS::Tracking>. I will be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on your report as I make changes.

AUTHOR

        Maroš Kollár
        CPAN ID: MAROS
        maros [at] k-1.com
        http://www.k-1.com

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

This module was written for Revdev <http://www.revdev.at>, a nice litte software company I run with Koki and Domm (<http://search.cpan.org/~domm/>).

COPYRIGHT

Business::UPS::Tracking is Copyright (c) 2009 Maroš Kollár.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

The full text of the license can be found in the LICENSE file included with this module.

SEE ALSO

Download the UPS "OnLine® Tools Tracking Developer Guide" and get a developer key at
<http://www.ups.com/e_comm_access/gettools_index?loc=en_US>. Please check the "Developer Guide" for more detailed documentation on the various fields.

The WebService::UPS::TrackRequest provides an alternative simpler implementation.