[ale] perl CGI

[Scott Hartsell]

David,

The UPS web site has a PERL script they provide their online users that uses
sockets to talk to their computer to do what you are asking. You need a
script on each site to handle the socket connection.  You might want to look
at their function to see how it works.

Scott Hartsell
scott at certumgroup.com
"Connecting Your Business To The World"


> Hi,
>
> I was wondering if you can make a cgi perl script which interactively
> feeds information to another website and calculates postage, then
> returns that value to the function.  Does such a thing already exist?
>
> Example:  You order a CD from x.org; a cgi-script computes the weight
> of your order and which package/envelope will be used; the cgi-script
> enters those values in a forms-based website (a la www.canadapost.ca)
> and uses the return value to compute the total cost of the order for
> the x.org customer.
>
> TIA!
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