MMM-ShipmentTracking

[Argentum]

You mean tracking code yeah? avg international tracking codes for post are usualy format EE123456789XX

We use the last 2 letters to automatically send the request to the correct country
In some cases we use the 2 first letters to select the type of tracking to use
If the country is not supported or you want to select a specific country you can do this manually after tracking

forexample one old tracking code RL236121831CN ( 17track.net shows nicely eaven chaina movment but track-trace.com gets stuck… probably cos chaina doesnt write statuses in english)

[Argentum]

@Argentum said in MMM-ShipmentTracking:

You mean tracking code yeah? avg international tracking codes for post are usualy format EE123456789XX

We use the last 2 letters to automatically send the request to the correct country
In some cases we use the 2 first letters to select the type of tracking to use
If the country is not supported or you want to select a specific country you can do this manually after tracking

forexample one old tracking code RL236121831CN ( 17track.net shows nicely eaven chaina movment but track-trace.com gets stuck… probably cos chaina doesnt write statuses in english)

for 17track could be extra awsome… that starts to trace multiple tracking codes if needed…

[strawberry 3.141]

@Argentum after a lot of struggling 17track is now supported as well, but there is only a correct time displayed, if you are in the same timezone as the carrier. I asked them and they told me the time is the local time of the specific carrier, but there is no information about which timezone it is and without configuring the timezone for all 170+ carriers, everyone has to calculate the difference for themself in their head. Pretty oldschool hah

[onlyname0]

How do you track multiple shipments (for 17track)? I have multiple working tracking codes but it doesn’t seems to find them. Currently I call them like this:
tracking: {
‘17track’: [‘code1’,‘code2’,…,‘codeN’]
},
Could you extend the example in the wiki a little?

[strawberry 3.141]

@onlyname0 yes it should be like this, do they work when you put just one in the array?

[onlyname0]

@onlyname0 said in MMM-ShipmentTracking:

Yes, I’ve tried but it tells me to check the tracking codes. If I check on 17track they work fine, but it can be that the shipping info is in chinese (issue?) which is then translated into english on 17track. Also how do you input several providers, for example 17track and DHL? If I try DHL alone it also tells me to check the tracking number as well. I doubled checked following the base url link in DHL.js and it reads the tracking code fine.

[pinsdorf]

I totally like the idea that my mirror informs me about upcoming shipments. I was wondering if there is a convenient way so that I don’t have to put the tracking numbers into the config.js?

Some ideas:

• Manually add tracking numbers to a file on OneDrive or DropBox. The module reads it from there.
• Forward order confirmation mails containing the tracking number to an email address, which the tracking module polls from and extract the shipping number (do they have a standard encoding, at least per carrier?).
• Utilize voice command to dictate the shipping number.
• Hook up my mailbox for order confirmations to IFTTT or Microsoft Flow to process mal and feed the tracking number into a service which the tracking module consumes, e.g. file on OneDrive or DropBox.

I’d love to get your thoughts on this. Thanks!

[yawns]

You could use mykles AfterShip module: https://github.com/mykle1/MMM-AfterShip

It syncs with your aftership account, which you can manage from your pc, smartphone or tablet. And it automatically connects to your Amazon.com account if you want to. This did not work with my German Amazon account though.

I use ParcelTrack (from a small company in Berlin) with a premium account, they offer tracking on all devices and you have an inbox email address where I forward delivery mails to, which then extracts tracking info and adds it to the list.
They don’t have an open api though.

[strawberry 3.141]

@onlyname0 I’m sorry I don’t have any valid tracking codes to check whats going on

[DaniellePowers]

I know only some elements of the code for tracking parcels, because I often order something on the Internet. For example, the letter part represent the country of the recipient and the country of the sender. I don’t know about the meaning of the numerical part. Will the ability to track parcels change if the 12 character code is changed to 17 character code? I always used https://pkge.net/ for tracking, the ability to track was more important to me, and the service always worked, so I never paid attention to the number of characters.