Laravel Ambro Express

Ambro Express client for Laravel, built on the official SOAP web service (api.asmx, documentation v1.13):

• shipments of packages, long packages, Size20, pallets and furniture through a typed, validating builder
• cash on delivery, insurance, currency and additional services (SMS, EMAIL, ROD, carry in, assembly, unpacking, take away, carry down)
• labels (PDF for a label printer or A4), waybills and handover manifests
• courier pickups: available windows, ordering and cancellation
• tracking with multilingual status descriptions
• services enabled for the account and services available for a route
• multiple accounts (named connections and runtime credentials), php artisan ambro:services
• no ext-soap: requests go through the Laravel HTTP client, so Http::fake() works in your tests

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Why this package

Packagist has no Ambro Express client (searches for ambro and ambro express return only unrelated packages), and the existing integrations live inside SaaS platforms such as BaseLinker or Comarch Shipping. This package covers all 13 operations of the WSDL, validates the rules from the official error list before a request is sent, and never retries operations that create or cancel something.

Installation

composer require beziworld/laravel-ambro
php artisan vendor:publish --tag=ambro-config   # optional

AMBRO_USERNAME=...              # API login issued by Ambro Express
AMBRO_PASSWORD=...
AMBRO_SANDBOX=false             # true = dev.api.ambro.opennet.pl (documented test login: demo / demo)
AMBRO_SERVICE=38                # 38 Standard, 200 MEBEL
AMBRO_LABEL_FORMAT=PDF          # PDF or PDFA4
AMBRO_CURRENCY=                 # optional currency of COD and insurance, e.g. PLN or EUR

AMBRO_SENDER_NAME="ACME Sp. z o.o."
AMBRO_SENDER_ADDRESS="ul. Prosta 1"
AMBRO_SENDER_CITY=Warszawa
AMBRO_SENDER_POST_CODE=00-001
AMBRO_SENDER_PERSON="Jan Nowak"
AMBRO_SENDER_PHONE=500600700
AMBRO_SENDER_EMAIL=magazyn@example.com

The API requires the name, address, city, postal code, country, contact person, phone and e-mail for both sides.

Send a shipment

use Beziworld\Ambro\Data\Location;
use Beziworld\Ambro\Enums\AdditionalService;
use Beziworld\Ambro\Facades\Ambro;

$shipment = Ambro::shipment()                       // sender, service and label format from the config
    ->to(new Location(
        name: 'Anna Kowalska',
        address: 'ul. Długa 5/3',
        city: 'Kraków',
        postCode: '30-001',
        person: 'Anna Kowalska',
        phone: '600700800',
        email: 'anna@example.com',
        privatePerson: true,
    ))
    ->package(12.5, length: 60, height: 40, width: 30, content: 'Books')
    ->package(4)
    ->cashOnDelivery('149.99', 'PL61 1090 1014 0000 0712 1981 2874')
    ->insurance(500)
    ->with(AdditionalService::Sms, AdditionalService::Email)
    ->reference('ORDER-1')
    ->send();

$shipment->packageNumber;        // main package number
$shipment->labels[0]->content;   // PDF binary, one label per parcel
Storage::put($shipment->labels[0]->filename(), $shipment->labels[0]->content);

Pallets and furniture:

use Beziworld\Ambro\Enums\LabelFormat;
use Beziworld\Ambro\Enums\Service;

Ambro::shipment()
    ->to($recipient)
    ->service(Service::Furniture)
    ->palette(180, length: 120, height: 150, width: 80)
    ->with(AdditionalService::CarryIn, AdditionalService::Assembly)
    ->labelFormat(LabelFormat::PdfA4)
    ->send();

build() returns the validated Shipment without sending it; pass it to Ambro::createShipment() later. Validation covers the documented limits: Package and LongPackage up to 50 kg, Palette up to 200 kg, Size20 up to 20 kg, pallets not mixed with other parcels, insurance at least the COD amount, no duplicated additional services and Poland on one side.

Which services can carry a shipment (the API has no price operation):

Ambro::availableServices(Ambro::shipment()->to($recipient)->palette(150), readyAt: now()->addDay());
Ambro::servicesInfo();   // services with their additional services; also: php artisan ambro:services

Labels, waybills and manifests

Ambro::labels(['AMB0001234567', 'AMB0001234568']);   // list<Label>, one per parcel
Ambro::label('AMB0001234567');                       // single label document (GetStrictLabel)
Ambro::waybills('AMB0001234567');
Ambro::manifest(['AMB0001234567', 'AMB0001234568']); // handover manifest for the courier
Ambro::cancelShipments('AMB0001234567');

Courier pickup

use Beziworld\Ambro\Data\Pickup;

$windows = Ambro::availablePickups(packageNumbers: ['AMB0001234567']);   // up to 3 nearest days
$window = $windows[0];   // earliestReadyAt, latestPickupAt, minimumInterval (minutes)

$pickupNumber = Ambro::callPickup(new Pickup(
    location: Ambro::config()->sender,
    readyAt: $window->earliestReadyAt,
    maxPickupAt: $window->latestPickupAt,
    packageNumbers: ['AMB0001234567'],
));

Ambro::cancelPickups($pickupNumber);

Times are sent in Polish local time (Europe/Warsaw), whatever the time zone of the passed dates.

Tracking

$tracking = Ambro::tracking('AMB0001234567');

$tracking->current?->code;             // e.g. PKL, PDD, AWI, DOR
$tracking->isDelivered();
$tracking->pickedUpAt;                 // CarbonImmutable, Europe/Warsaw

foreach ($tracking->events as $event) {
    $event->occurredAt;
    $event->description('en');         // PL, EN, DE, CZ, SK, HU, RO
    $event->parameter;                 // e.g. the city of the event
}

Multiple accounts

// config/ambro.php
'connections' => [
    'default' => [],
    'warehouse' => [
        'username' => env('AMBRO_WAREHOUSE_USERNAME'),
        'password' => env('AMBRO_WAREHOUSE_PASSWORD'),
        'sender' => ['city' => 'Poznań', 'address' => 'ul. Składowa 3', 'post_code' => '61-001'],
    ],
],

Ambro::connection('warehouse')->tracking('AMB0001234567');
Ambro::using(['username' => $tenant->ambro_login, 'password' => $tenant->ambro_password])->services();

Connection options are merged over the shared ones, so a connection only lists what differs.

Errors

All exceptions extend AmbroException. createShipment(), callPickup() and cancellations are never retried: after a timeout check the Ambro panel before sending again. Any operation can also be called directly with Ambro::call('GetServices', [], read: true).

Notes

• The official documentation lists plain HTTP endpoints (http://api.ambro.opennet.pl/api.asmx); override them with endpoint in a connection if Ambro gives you another address.
• The documentation describes COD.RetAccountNo as an account number while the WSDL declares a decimal; the package sends the digits of the account as text.

Development

composer install
composer ci   # pint --test, phpstan (level 8), pest

Author

Created and maintained by Kamil Ćwiertnia, beziworld.eu.

• E-mail: biuro@beziworld.eu
• Issues: GitHub issues

Need an integration? Get in touch through beziworld.eu.

Other packages by the author

laravel-geis · laravel-dpd · laravel-poczta-polska · laravel-inpost · laravel-gls

License

MIT. See LICENSE.md. This package is not affiliated with Ambro Express or OpenNet.