Active Shipping
This is a Spree extension that wraps the popular active_shipping plugin.
UPS
You will need a UPS developer account to get rate quotes (even in development and test mode.) The UPS calculators also require that you set the following configuration properties. You will also need a USPS account to use USPS rate quote system. Note: acquiring the USPS developer account is easy but has a confusion activation step. Look for related sicussion in ActiveShipping's original discussion group as well as carefully read your USPS confirmation email.
Spree::ActiveShipping::Config[:origin_country] Spree::ActiveShipping::Config[:origin_city] Spree::ActiveShipping::Config[:origin_state] Spree::ActiveShipping::Config[:origin_zip] Spree::ActiveShipping::Config[:ups_login] Spree::ActiveShipping::Config[:ups_password] Spree::ActiveShipping::Config[:ups_key] Spree::ActiveShipping::Config[:usps_login]
It will soon be possible to set these properties through a new admin configuration screen (even sooner if someone else writes the patch!)
Global Handling Fee
Spree::ActiveShipping::Config[:handling_fee]
This property allows you to set a global handling fee that will be added to all calculated shipping rates. Specify the number of cents, not dollars.
Using Migrations
If you'd like to set your shipping configuration as part of a migration you could add something like this to your site extension.
class AddUpsConfiguration < ActiveRecord::Migration def self.up Spree::ActiveShipping::Config.set(:ups_login => "dpbrowning") Spree::ActiveShipping::Config.set(:ups_password => "doublewide") Spree::ActiveShipping::Config.set(:ups_key => "5B8DDE509EFDA5D6") Spree::ActiveShipping::Config.set(:usps_login => "13658997AOE2568XOE") end def self.down end end
Installation
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Add the following to your applications Gemfile
gem 'spree_active_shipping'
#only required until gem 0.9.13 is released gem 'active_shipping', :git => 'git://github.com/Shopify/active_shipping.git'
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Run bundler
bundle install
Further Reading
Andrea Singh has also written an excellent blog post covering the use of this extension in detail.