UPS Shipping Rate Calculation API – Part 1

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 ecently, I was working on the ups shipping rate calculation API. It was an e-commerce site using UPS Shipping service delivering its order.

First of all working with UPS shipping rate calculation API is simple. You first need to register yourself on ups site. You will get username, password and API key and UPS account number.

Now create a file with ‘ups_shipping_process.php’ name, and put following code in it.

	<?php
	class upsRate {
	var $AccessLicenseNumber;
	var $UserId;
	var $Password;
	var $shipperNumber;
	var $credentials;
	function setCredentials($access,$user,$pass,$shipper) {
	$this->AccessLicenseNumber = $access;
	$this->UserID = $user;
	$this->Password = $pass;
	$this->shipperNumber = $shipper;
	$this->credentials = 1;
	}
	// Define the function getRate() - no parameters
	function getRate($PostalCode,$dest_zip,$service,$length,$width,$height,$weight) {
	if ($this->credentials != 1) {
	print 'Please set your credentials with the setCredentials function';
	die();
	}
	$data ="<?xml version=\"1.0\"?>
	<AccessRequest xml:lang=\"en-US\">
	<AccessLicenseNumber>$this->AccessLicenseNumber</AccessLicenseNumber>
	<UserId>$this->UserID</UserId>
	<Password>$this->Password</Password>
	</AccessRequest>
	<?xml version=\"1.0\"?>
	<RatingServiceSelectionRequest xml:lang=\"en-US\">
	<Request>
	<TransactionReference>
	<CustomerContext>Bare Bones Rate Request</CustomerContext>
	<XpciVersion>1.0001</XpciVersion>
	</TransactionReference>
	<RequestAction>Rate</RequestAction>
	<RequestOption>Rate</RequestOption>
	</Request>
	<PickupType>
	<Code>01</Code>
	</PickupType>
	<Shipment>
	<Shipper>
	<Address>
	<PostalCode>$PostalCode</PostalCode>
	<CountryCode>US</CountryCode>
	</Address>
	<ShipperNumber>$this->ShipperNumber</ShipperNumber>
	</Shipper>
	<ShipTo>
	<Address>
	<PostalCode>$dest_zip</PostalCode>
	<CountryCode>US</CountryCode>
	<ResidentialAddressIndicator/>
	</Address>
	</ShipTo>
	<ShipFrom>
	<Address>
	<PostalCode>$PostalCode</PostalCode>
	<CountryCode>US</CountryCode>
	</Address>
	</ShipFrom>
	<Service>
	<Code>$service</Code>
	</Service>
	<Package>
	<PackagingType>
	<Code>02</Code>
	</PackagingType>
	<Dimensions>
	<UnitOfMeasurement>
	<Code>IN</Code>
	</UnitOfMeasurement>
	<Length>$length</Length>
	<Width>$width</Width>
	<Height>$height</Height>
	</Dimensions>
	<PackageWeight>
	<UnitOfMeasurement>
	<Code>LBS</Code>
	</UnitOfMeasurement>
	<Weight>$weight</Weight>
	</PackageWeight>
	</Package>
	</Shipment>
	</RatingServiceSelectionRequest>";
	$ch = curl_init("https://www.ups.com/ups.app/xml/Rate");
	curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, 1);
	curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_POST,1);
	curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, 60);
	curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER,1);
	curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, 0);
	curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, 0);
	curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS,$data);
	$result=curl_exec ($ch);
	// echo '<!-- '. $result. ' -->'; // THIS LINE IS FOR DEBUG PURPOSES ONLY-IT WILL SHOW IN HTML COMMENTS
	$data = strstr($result, '<?');
	$xml_parser = xml_parser_create();
	xml_parse_into_struct($xml_parser, $data, $vals, $index);
	xml_parser_free($xml_parser);
	$params = array();
	$level = array();
	foreach ($vals as $xml_elem) {
	if ($xml_elem['type'] == 'open') {
	if (array_key_exists('attributes',$xml_elem)) {
	list($level[$xml_elem['level']],$extra) = array_values($xml_elem['attributes']);
	} else {
	$level[$xml_elem['level']] = $xml_elem['tag'];
	}
	}
	if ($xml_elem['type'] == 'complete') {
	$start_level = 1;
	$php_stmt = '$params';
	while($start_level < $xml_elem['level']) {
	$php_stmt .= '[$level['.$start_level.']]';
	$start_level++;
	}
	$php_stmt .= '[$xml_elem[\'tag\']] = $xml_elem[\'value\'];';
	eval($php_stmt);
	}
	}
	curl_close($ch);
	return $params['RATINGSERVICESELECTIONRESPONSE']['RATEDSHIPMENT']['TOTALCHARGES']['MONETARYVALUE'];
	}
	}
	?>

view raw ups_shipping_process.php hosted with ❤ by GitHub

Then create another file with `calculate_shipping_cost_ups.php` and put following code in it.

	<?php
	require_once("ups_shipping_process.php");
	$ups = new upsRate();
	$ups->setCredentials(UPS_ACCOUNT_KEY,UPS_USERNAME, UPS_PASSWORD, UPS_ACCOUNT_NO);
	$result = $ups->getRate($from_zip,$destination_zip,$services,$length,$width,$height,$weight);
	echo "Shipping Rate: ".$result;
	?>

view raw calculate_shipping_cost_ups.php hosted with ❤ by GitHub

Set your credentials you got from UPS registration by calling ‘setCredentials()’ method, Replacing UPS_ACCOUNT_KEY, UPS_USERNAME, UPS_PASSWORD, UPS_ACCOUNT_NO with your real information.

You can set your Country, ZIP code, and measurement UNIT (i.e.  LBS or KG for weight and IN for dimension)

Below are the option for the shipping method, you might wants to use in your for user selection.

	01 – UPS Next Day Air
	02 – UPS Second Day Air
	03 – UPS Ground
	07 – UPS Worldwide Express
	08 – UPS Worldwide Expedited
	11 – UPS Standard
	12 – UPS Three-Day Select
	13 – Next Day Air Saver
	14 – UPS Next Day Air Early AM
	54 – UPS Worldwide Express Plus
	59 – UPS Second Day Air AM
	65 – UPS Saver

view raw service_list_with_code.phtml hosted with ❤ by GitHub

For Advance Configuration of the UPS Shipping Rate Calculation visit:

UPS Shipping Rate Calculation API – Part 2

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