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Getting a list of all packages from shipping carriers.

I've been looking at the APIs for UPS, FedEx, USPS, etc, and I can't seem to find any method of pulling all tracking info for a given user. I only see methods that pull info via a tracking number. Has anyone been able to find a way to get at this data? Seems silly to me that these huge carriers wouldn't supply this info in an easy method.

I'm trying to accomplish this in Rails. Any insight would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

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UPS has a Quantum View API. Quantum View is their service that allows tracking, etc by account, not just individual tracking number. I assume that will get you what you need. I don't have an account so I can't see their detailed API documentation, so I'm just guessing.

Jason  2010-08-06 01:00:50
Jason thanks for the reply. I have looked at Quantum. The issue with that is, I'm going to need to pull data for multiple users. With Quantum apparently you have to signup for a key that takes a few days to get, specific to your account.
Mike  2010-08-06 01:29:57

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