Is there a fully functional open source delivery library (Fedex / UPS / USPS) for any language?

Question

I'm trying to create a small web service for a larger application that handles some common delivery operations (bids, package creation, tags), so I'm pretty flexible when it comes to choosing a language for writing it (Python, Ruby, Java, Perl, even PHP). But I have not yet found any library or module that supports even a decent subset of this wish list. Active delivery from the store only supports tracking and receiving bids. Most CPAN modules are quite ancient ... I can probably do the label printing myself, just an example of ZPL templates. But what actually creates supplies would be really useful. Many different API calls, differences between delivery methods, etc.

Maybe there is something that could be extracted from some software for the online store, if it is flexible enough. I can’t believe that no one has ever written a comprehensive shell for this.

Answer 1

There is no known open source library for delivery. The problem is that each operator is different in its API calls. Example: A UPS easily supports multi-packages, while other media do not. See http://code.google.com/p/ups-php/ for some open source UPS code. Even if you connect the tape something together, it will only share part of the overall functionality.