NAME

Business::Shipping::USPS_Offline::RateRequest

SYNOPSIS

(in catalog.cfg)

   Database   usps             ship/usps.txt              TAB
   Database   air_pp           ship/air_pp.txt            TAB
   Database   surf_pp          ship/surf_pp.txt           TAB

(in shipping.asc)

   air_pp: US Postal Air Parcel
       crit            weight
       min             0
       max             0
       cost            e No shipping needed!
       at_least        4
       adder           1
       aggregate       70
       table           air_pp

       min             0
       max             1000
       cost            s Postal

       min             70
       max             9999999
       cost            e Too heavy for Air Parcel

   surf_pp:    US Postal Surface Parcel
       crit            weight
       min             0
       max             0
       cost            e No shipping needed!
       at_least        4
       adder           1
       aggregate       70
       table           surf_pp

       min             0
       max             1000
       cost            s Postal

       min             70
       max             9999999
       cost            e Too heavy for Postal Parcel

DESCRIPTION

Looks up a service zone by country in the usps table, then looks in the appropriate rate table for a price by that zone.

Can aggregate shipments greater than 70 pounds by assuming you will ship multiple 70-pound packages (plus one package with the remainder).

AUTHOR

Dan Browning <db@kavod.com>, Kavod Technologies, http://www.kavod.com.

COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE

Copyright (c) 2003-2004 Kavod Technologies, Dan Browning, Interchange Development Group. All rights reserved.

Licensed under the GNU Public Licnese (GPL). See LICENSE for more info.