DHL API

This is a Ruby API wrapper for DHL. Right now, we only cover Retoure & Tracking. Feel free to extend the gem t cover more DHL services.

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'dhl_api'

And then execute:

$ bundle install

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install dhl_api

Usage

DHLAPI.configure do |config|
    config.api_key = "your api key"
    config.testing = true # or false
end

# DHL Retoure (https://developer.dhl.com/api-reference/dhl-parcel-de-returns-post-parcel-germany)
#
retoure_client = DHLAPI::RetoureClient.new(username: 'retoure username', password: 'retoure password')
#
# OR if you only creating label for 1 account all the time,
# you can set the ENV variables: DHLAPI_RETOURE_USERNAME, DHLAPI_RETOURE_PASSWORD,
# and then just initialize the client like below:
#
# retoure_client = DHLAPI::RetoureClient.new

label = retoure_client.create_label(
  "receiver_id": 'deu',
  "customer_reference": 'Kundenreferenz',
  "shipment_reference": 'Sendungsreferenz',
  "shipper": {
    "name1": 'Absender Retoure Zeile 1',
    "name2": 'Absender Retoure Zeile 2',
    "name3": 'Absender Retoure Zeile 3',
    "address_street": 'Charles-de-Gaulle Str.',
    "address_house": '20',
    "city": 'Bonn',
    "email": 'Max.Mustermann@dhl_api.local',
    "phone": '+49 421 987654321',
    "postal_code": '53113',
    "state": 'NRW'
  },
  "item_weight": {
    "uom": 'g',
    "value": 1000
  },
  "item_value": {
    "currency": 'EUR',
    "value": 100
  }
)

# Tracking (https://developer.dhl.com/api-reference/shipment-tracking)
#
track_client=DHLAPI::TrackingClient.new
# Also accept service:, origin_country_code:, requester_country_code:
tracking = track_client.track(tracking_number: '420025369374810912402173942693')

# You can access the raw response by calling by calling the #response:
retoure_client.response
track_client.response
# It is a HTTP::Response object. See https://github.com/httprb/http/wiki/Response-Handling for more info.

# You can access the raw attributes before the keys is parsed to snake_case by calling the #attributes:
label.attributes
tracking.attributes

Development

After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. Then, run rake spec to run the tests. You can also run bin/console for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.

To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb, and then run bundle exec rake release, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and the created tag, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.

Contributing

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/postco/dhl_api. This project is intended to be a safe, welcoming space for collaboration, and contributors are expected to adhere to the code of conduct.

License

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.

Code of Conduct

Everyone interacting in the DHLAPI project's codebases, issue trackers, chat rooms and mailing lists is expected to follow the code of conduct.