Developer Key

For a U.S. End-user, you must login to EC.UPS.Com with the User ID and Password.  A license agreement must be accepted on the "Get Tools" portion of the EC.UPS.Com web site before gaining access to the Tools documentation. After accepting the appropriate Tools licensing agreement, a Developer Key will be emailed to the registered user. You need to permanently save a copy of your Developer Key for future reference. A valid Developer Key is needed to obtain an Access Key and will be needed for technical support.  The developer key identifies the company and contact that is building the EC solution.

XML Access Key

You must pass an XML Access Key with each input request to the UPS OnLine Tools server. You can obtain your XML Access Key on the "Get Access Key" section of the EC.UPS.Com web site. A Developer Key is required to get an Access Key. Each Access Key identifies each site where the Tool has been deployed.

Once you review the technical documentation, you must plan your strategy for those Access Keys you need.  There are separate Access Keys for the HTML and XML Tools.  Additionally UPS recommends each site implementation of your EC solution have separate Access Keys.  An example would be a company that is implementing the Tools into three parts of their organization in three different cities.  In this case, it is recommended that you obtain three separate Access Keys to uniquely identify each site.

If you have requested use of the Premium Tools, do NOT request an Access Key until after you received confirmation from UPS that your Premium Tool request has been approved.

For participants in the UPS OnLine Tools Third Party Developer Program or other advanced End-users that have a large number of Access Keys to set up, UPS can provide an XML interface to the Get Access Key process.