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.