Real-time Shipping Rates

There are many postal companies that provide real time rate lookups. LiveCart makes it easy to add support for additional shipping companies.

NOTE: It is also possible to define shipping rates manually.

Creating a new plugin

Each shipping rate calculator plugin must extend the ShippingRateCalculator class and implement the following methods:

• getRates() - return shipping rates for the particular service (for example, parcel post only)
• getAllRates() - return shipping rates for all available services (for example, parcel post, EMS, etc.)
• getProviderName() - return shipping company name (for example: "USPS")

Installation

To install the plugin, simply copy it's file to the /library/shipping/methods directory. The file name must be identical to the class name. For example, if your class is named FedexCalculator, the file name must be FedexCalculator.php.

Advanced Configurability