# Shipping gem **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [July 31, 2007, 7:38pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/shipping-gem/110884 "2007-07-31T19:38:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![rage989](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/4af34b/32.png) [@rage989](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rage989)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2007, 7:38pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/shipping-gem/110884/1 "2007-07-31T19:38:52Z")
anybody get this to work properly? ---
**Author:** ![rage989](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/4af34b/32.png) [@rage989](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rage989)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2007, 9:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/shipping-gem/110884/2 "2007-07-31T21:47:37Z")
I have been able to get this to work. But only with FedEx. I haven’t tried with UPS. I also have been extending a lot of the FedEx methods, and I am currently working on adding Tracking methods. I hope to post some of my work back to the gem repository. If you can wait for a week, I can post some patch files later. But in order to get this to work, you need to have a FedEx account number. You can use this api to request a test meter number. Then you will have to certify your application with FedEx before you can use their live servers, and get a live meter number. Also, FedEx just changed over to their new SOAP/WSDL based API. The old XML API still works, but it’s difficult to find information about it on their website. Best place to get started is here: [http://www.fedex.com/us/solutions/fsm/shippingadministration.html](http://www.fedex.com/us/solutions/fsm/shippingadministration.html) This has links to apply for the API certification process. Sean W. master nerd of i heart squares, inc. 3711 N. Ravenswood Ave. #147 Chicago, IL 60613 [http://www.iheartsquares.com](http://www.iheartsquares.com) :: Coding to be Cool ™ ::