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Business Brixx UPS Shipping​

For accessing the UPS-Shipping brixxbox interface the UPS services need the following setup values (configuration -> settings).

  • UPSCustomerID Your customer number with UPS
  • UPSUsername A valid User for accessing the services
  • UPSPassword The corresponding password
  • UPSAccessLicenseNumber A license/access key provided by UPS on this page https://www.ups.com/upsdeveloperkit

If no settings are available, a sample label will be generated.

Business Brixx UPS Shipping - CreateShipment​

Creates a UPS shipping label

Incomming Information​

To create labels four groups of information are available:

  • 1. Settings with the following fields (If the group/field is not present default values will be assumed)
    • ServiceCode: default value "11" UPS Standard. Valid values according to UPS service codes.
    • MetricMeasurements: "1" sets to true. This is the default. Measurements will be metric e.g. kg, cm or nonmetric for lbs, inch
    • Language: Language code according to UPS. e.g. deu, eng, spa. this field will be set to user language by default. If the user language is not available for UPS, "eng" will be used.
  • 2. Shipper:
    • Name
    • Street
    • HouseNo
    • ZipCode
    • City
    • CountryCode
    • StateProvinceCode
    • AttentionName
    • Phone
    • EMail
    • FaxNumber
    • TaxIdentificationNumber
  • 3. ShipAddress:
    • Name
    • Street
    • HouseNo
    • ZipCode
    • City
    • CountryCode
    • StateProvinceCode
    • AttentionName
    • Phone
    • EMail
    • FaxNumber
    • TaxIdentificationNumber
  • 4. ParcelData:
    • Description
    • PackageType: Package type according to UPS. If no value is given, the default will be set to: "02" Customer Supplied Package
    • Weight
    • Height
    • Length
    • Width

Returning Information​

  • In case of success (status 200) the following fields are returned
    • TrackingNumber: The UPS generated ID. This will be used for further references to this shipment.
    • LabelData: this is a blob response. It contains the actual label in GIF format and can directly be used for further processing. E.g. "brixxApi.printBlob(LabelData);"
  • In case of error (status 400) the following fields are returned:
    • error: a text showing the first error. E.g. "console.log(result.error);"

Example Usages​

var result = await brixxApi.businessBrixx({
      functionName:"UPSShipping",
      methodName: "CreateShipment",
			Settings : {
				Language: 'deu',
				MetricMeasurements: 1,
				ServiceCode: "11"
			  },
			Shipper : {
				Name: 'Brixxbox GmbH',
				Street: 'Husarenstraße',
				HouseNo: '34a',
				ZipCode: '41836',
				City: 'Hückelhoven',
				CountryCode: 'DE'
			  },
			ShipAddress : {
				Name: 'Brixxbox GmbH',
				Street: 'Husarenstraße',
				HouseNo: '34b',
				ZipCode: '41836',
				City: 'Hückelhoven',
				CountryCode: 'DE',
				Phone: '+49 1234 5678-9',
				Mail: 'm.mustermann@mustermann.com'			  
			  },
			ParcelData : {
				Description: 'Product name',
				Height : 10,
				Length : 20,
				Width  : 15,
				Weight: '4.5',
				ServiceCode: '9'			  
			  }
      });
	  
console.log("Tracking Number: " + result.TrackingNumber);
brixxApi.printBlob(result.LabelData);

CancelShipment​

To cancel an existing shipment only the TrackingNumber is needed.

var result = await brixxApi.businessBrixx({
      functionName:"UPSShipping",
      methodName: "CancelShipment",
	 TrackingNumber: app.getFieldValue("ExistingTrackingNumber")
      });

GetLabel​

In case the label is needed again it can be retrieved with an existing TrackingNumber. The result will show LabelData (see CreateShipment results Returning Information for details)

var result = await brixxApi.businessBrixx({
      functionName:"UPSShipping",
      methodName: "GetLabel",
	 TrackingNumber: app.getFieldValue("ExistingTrackingNumber")
      });