<JacobWeisz[m]>
I got my php app to use Ian's proxy in a test. Woo!
<JacobWeisz[m]>
Now I just need to see if I can make a working app out of it.
<JacobWeisz[m]>
I see why there's a market for package tracking APIs. The official stuff is... not good.
<JacobWeisz[m]>
But I really want a package tracking app that is only going to talk to the actual shipping companies.
<isd>
You should write one!
<JacobWeisz[m]>
That's the general idea. I've made a web request from my PHP app with your proxy, so half the battle is done.
<JacobWeisz[m]>
USPS seems relatively trivial to implement, though parsing it will be annoying.
<JacobWeisz[m]>
FedEx looks like it was invented by a sadist. It has sample code/libraries, so I can probably cheat and include that, but it'd feel messy.
<isd>
Happy hacking!
<JacobWeisz[m]>
I have retrieved tracking data for a USPS package. In a Sandstorm grain. Woo!
<digitalcircuit>
Huzzah! I'm excited for this, too.
<JacobWeisz[m]>
I need a lot of basic CRUD nonsense before this is marginally a useful app, but today counts as a success.
<JacobWeisz[m]>
UPS tracking requests require they be accompanied by a username, password, AND access key.