minimal wrote:
greetings,
has anyone had luck with the UPS portion of the shipping gem?
i get nil’s returned for price, wondering what i’m missing. to avoid all
confusion i included the account/login in the instantiation (sub with
real values).
@ups = Shipping::UPS.new :ups_account => ‘7B4F74E3075AEEFF’, :ups_user
=> ‘username’, :ups_password => ‘password’, :zip => 92064, :sender_zip
=> 19122, :weight => 2
the fake UPS account number looks nuts, mine is only 6 character long.
any insight would be much appreciated. thanks.
Hello,
I had this exact problem and found the solution somewhere on Google. I
know how much this pissed me off so I want to help others.
OK first off make your life easier and create a file
/config/shipping.yml and add your ups account information as shown
below.
ups_license_number: ups_xml_access_key
ups_user: ups_username
ups_password: ups_password
One important thing to notice is that I am using ups_license_number: as
opposed to ups_account: as shown in the Shipping gem docs 
. This is
what is causing all the trouble. Also note that I am using the xml
access key and not the account number.
Next you need a method to get your quote. Here is a quick one to get you
started.
#in your controller
def ups_quote(to_zip, sender_zip, weight)
#define the parameters for the quote
params ={
:zip => to_zip,
:sender_zip => sender_zip,
:weight => weight,
:prefs => “#{RAILS_ROOT}/config/shipping.yml”
}
#build the shipping gem object
@shipping = Shipping::UPS.new params
end
#in your view
| Shipping Quote: |
<%= number_to_currency @shipping.price %> |
That should solve your problem. I wish I could remember who was the
author of that forum response so I could give credit where it is due.
Also keep in mind that UPS tends to go offline from time to time and
without a failsafe method in place of ups_quote your application will
break and output an error. You will need to add error trapping to the
above method.
Best regards,
Tim M.