viapost.gemspec @@ -1,4 +1,3 @@ -== 0.0.1 2008-12-09 +== 0.0.1 2009-01-17 -* 1 major enhancement: - * Initial release +* First release History.txt @@ -1,32 +1,45 @@ = viapost -* FIX (url) +* http://tomtaylor.co.uk/projects/viapost +* http://www.viapost.com/ == DESCRIPTION: -FIX (describe your package) +A Ruby library that wraps the Viapost SOAP API, providing an easy way of sending post (you know, real letter box post) from your applications. + +The author, Tom Taylor, has no affiliation with Viapost other than thinking it's a useful service. == FEATURES/PROBLEMS: -* FIX (list of features or problems) +Supports: + +* Supports PDF upload +* Fetching account balance +* Sending of post + +Problems/missing: + +* Requires very strict address formats (Ensure 1, Road Name, not 1 Road Name, and so on. This is changing with an address cleanser in the upcoming Viapost 1.2 API). +* No formatting of the PDF you send - you will need to position the address correctly for the address window. +* No mail merge support. == SYNOPSIS: - FIX (code sample of usage) +Coming soon. == REQUIREMENTS: -* FIX (list of requirements) +* soap4r >= 1.5.8 == INSTALL: -* FIX (sudo gem install, anything else) +* sudo gem install tomtaylor-viapost == LICENSE: (The MIT License) -Copyright (c) 2008 FIXME full name +Copyright (c) 2008 Tom Taylor Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the README.rdoc 0af02f3bcdf63fcf37b3a19263842f9ee8b3f68d Tom Taylor tom@tomtaylor.co.uk http://github.com/tomtaylor/viapost/commit/343d9b73e18375a39b8989c5774345d7da58cda2 343d9b73e18375a39b8989c5774345d7da58cda2 2009-01-17T14:55:26-08:00 2009-01-17T14:55:26-08:00 Turns out it does work, just has a very strict address format. Here's a 0.0.1 release, which works, although I've not received any post through it yet. 0c9e92e8fc512bba9b96be9e51b25af756fcd027 Tom Taylor tom@tomtaylor.co.uk