$Id: README,v 2.1 2003/06/20 13:34:35 jwheeler Exp $

Business::UPS - UPS Shipping Interface Module

Justin Wheeler <[email protected]> 2003/06/10

Originally written by:
Mark Solomon <[email protected]> 12/20/1997
http://www.seva.net/~msolomon/

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NOTE: Please read "LICENCE.ups" for United Parcel Service license!
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Description:

* FOR SHIPPING COST INFO:
   This module requires input of the shipping method, origin zip code,
     destination zip code, and weight of the package. It then connects to
     the UPS calculation server and outputs the total shipping charges and
     the UPS zone.

   It's a very simplified way of finding shipping costs based on the "Quick
   Cost Calculator" document found on the UPS Website at
     http://www.ups.com/tools/tools.html

* FOR TRACKING PACKAGES:
   It's an interface to submit a tracking number to the UPS web site
     and parse the output and return a hash with the appropriate values.

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       NOTICE: U.P.S. _REQUIRES_ the display of the "Notice" key if the
               hash returned when displaying UPS tracking information.
               It is as follows:
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       "UPS authorizes you to use UPS tracking systems solely to track
       shipments tendered by or for you to UPS for delivery and for
       no other purpose. Any other use of UPS tracking systems and
       information is strictly prohibited."
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TO INSTALL:

 1. Unpack to Dist file:
       tar xzvf Business-UPS-x.xx.tar.gz

 2. Change to the dist dir and make the Makefile, make then install:
       cd Business-UPS-x.xx
       perl Makefile.PL
       make
       make install

Included in archive:
       - Tab delineated country-code list
       - Tab delineated product-code list