Droppa Group

<p>The Droppa Shipping for WooCommerce application or plugin allows you to ships goods everywhere across South Africa.<br />
* This Shipping method uses a variety of couriers.<br />
* The service is available nationwide.<br />
* No collections/deliveries on weekends</p>
<h3>System Requirements</h3>
<blockquote>
<p>PHP 8.1 is required to run the plugin.</p>
</blockquote>
<h3>Before Installation</h3>
<ul>
<li>All plugin users must be clients with Droppa Group and should have a Business account along with an API key and Service ID.<br />
Please contact Droppa Group administration to help set it up. itsupport@droppa.co.za</li>
<li>Please make sure that WooCommerce extension has been installed in your WordPress account.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Support</h3>
<p>Should you encounter any issue with the plugin, please revert back to our support developer team itsupport@droppa.co.za</p>


Droppa Shipping WooCommerce Plugin

Easily ship goods across South Africa with Droppa, using a variety of couriers and flexible delivery options.

Vimalnath Ravichandran

<p>Uber Direct Integration enables real-time delivery via Uber Direct directly from your WooCommerce store. Offer customers instant or scheduled delivery options with dynamic quotes, delivery tracking, and automated dispatching.</p>
<p><strong>Built and maintained by a team at Uber.</strong></p>
<h3>Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>🔄 Fetch <strong>real-time delivery quotes</strong> from Uber Direct at checkout.</li>
<li>🏬 Let customers select a nearby store based on their shipping address.</li>
<li>🚚 Automatically <strong>create Uber Direct deliveries</strong> when orders are placed.</li>
<li>🕐 Supports both <strong>ASAP</strong> and <strong>Scheduled</strong> delivery options.</li>
<li>🧾 Automatically calculate and display <strong>delivery fees</strong> in the cart/checkout.</li>
<li>🔒 Enable <strong>PIN or picture verification</strong> for dropoff or pickup.</li>
<li>📍 Display <strong>live delivery tracking status</strong> to customers post-purchase.</li>
<li>🌐 Webhook support to keep order status and ETA in sync in real-time.</li>
<li>📦 Supports <strong>centralized</strong> multi-store models.</li>
<li>🚶 Additionally Supports pickup option.</li>
<li>🕐 Ability to configure store hours</li>
</ul>
<h3>External Services</h3>
<p>This plugin connects to the Uber Direct API in order to provide real-time delivery capabilities for WooCommerce orders.</p>
<p>The following external API endpoints are accessed:</p>
<ul>
<li><code>https://api.uber.com/v1/customers/{org_id}/delivery_quotes</code> – fetches delivery quotes based on address and store.</li>
<li><code>https://api.uber.com/v1/customers/{org_id}/deliveries</code> – creates delivery orders with Uber Direct.</li>
<li><code>https://api.uber.com/v1/direct/organizations</code> – retrieves configured Uber organizations.</li>
<li><code>https://api.uber.com/v1/direct/organizations/{org_id}/stores?address=...</code> – fetches nearby store locations for a given customer address.</li>
</ul>
<p>These requests are made securely using WordPress’s native HTTP functions.</p>
<h3>Data Sent to Uber</h3>
<p>The plugin transmits only the information required to fulfill delivery operations, including:</p>
<ul>
<li>Customer billing/shipping address</li>
<li>Order contents and metadata</li>
<li>Contact phone number (used for delivery coordination)</li>
<li>Delivery type (ASAP or scheduled), and scheduled date/time</li>
<li>Store and organization identifiers</li>
<li>WooCommerce order ID (used for webhook mapping and tracking)</li>
</ul>
<p>No payment or sensitive account information is transmitted beyond what’s necessary for delivery dispatch.</p>
<h3>Webhooks & Delivery Status</h3>
<p>This plugin also uses Uber’s webhook system to receive live updates on delivery status and estimated arrival time.</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://developer.uber.com/docs/deliveries/daas/references/api/webhooks/delivery-status-webhook" rel="nofollow ugc">Uber Delivery Status Webhook Reference</a></li>
</ul>
<h3>Uber Direct API Documentation</h3>
<p>To learn more about the API endpoints used by this plugin:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://developer.uber.com/docs/deliveries/overview" rel="nofollow ugc">Uber Direct Overview</a></li>
<li><a href="https://developer.uber.com/docs/deliveries/api-reference/daas#tag/Delivery/paths/~1customers~1%7Bcustomer_id%7D~1deliveries/post" rel="nofollow ugc">Create Delivery</a></li>
<li><a href="https://developer.uber.com/docs/deliveries/api-reference/daas#tag/Quotes" rel="nofollow ugc">Create Quote</a></li>
<li><a href="https://developer.uber.com/docs/deliveries/api-reference/org#tag/Organizations/operation/CreateOrg" rel="nofollow ugc">Create Organization</a></li>
<li><a href="https://developer.uber.com/docs/deliveries/api-reference/org#tag/Organizations/operation/GetOrg" rel="nofollow ugc">Get Organization</a></li>
</ul>
<h3>Service Provider</h3>
<p>All external delivery services are provided by:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Uber Technologies, Inc.</strong></li>
<li><a href="https://www.uber.com/legal/en/document/?name=general-terms-of-use" rel="nofollow ugc">Terms of Use</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.uber.com/legal/en/document/?name=privacy-notice" rel="nofollow ugc">Privacy Policy</a></li>
</ul>


Uber Direct Integration

Offer instant or scheduled delivery from your WooCommerce store with real-time quotes and Uber Direct integration

Droppa Shipping WooCommerce Plugin vs Uber Direct Integration