I posted this in the JavaScript forum as well because I am programming this in both JavaScript and C# and it would be nice if I could get input from developers in both languages.

Hey, I'm currently working on a project for a corporation that involves tracking numbers. I'm trying to write an application that will take a tracking number and call another website's form or function. For example:

I have a UPS Tracking Number "xxx-xxx-xxx" and I input this information to my application. This application will then call the UPS Tracking website and parse the information and show the information to the client / user.

Another example is the google flight tracking gadget. Input your flight number and it spits out your flight information, using a website called flights.com.

So my question is, how do I go about doing this in JavaScript (and other languages such as C# since I will also be developing another application that takes tracking numbers in batches).

Thanks!

The magic words you're looking for are "Session Variables"

You should take a look at Web Services, SOAP, and other such things.

You should also take a look at UPS's web service API. How that information gets handled and passed on to them depends on how they have their tracking web service set up.



This post has been edited by crcapps: 27 May, 2008 - 07:10 AM