Lob Reports API
The Reports API from Lob — 1 operation(s) for reports.
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OpenAPI Specification
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
title: Lob Reports API
version: 1.20.2
description: Experience direct mail like never before, with unmatched personalization and scalability all in one intuitive platform.
license:
name: MIT
url: https://mit-license.org/
contact:
name: Lob Developer Experience
url: https://support.lob.com/
email: lob-openapi@lob.com
termsOfService: https://www.lob.com/legal
servers:
- url: https://api.lob.com/v1
description: production
security:
- basicAuth: []
tags:
- name: Reports
paths:
/uploads/{upl_id}/report:
parameters:
- in: path
name: upl_id
description: ID of the upload
required: true
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/upl_id'
- in: query
required: false
name: status
description: The status of line items to filter and retrieve. By default all line items are returned.
schema:
enum:
- Validated
- Failed
- Processing
type: string
- in: query
required: false
name: limit
description: How many results to return.
schema:
type: integer
minimum: 1
default: 100
maximum: 100
example: 10
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/offset'
get:
operationId: report_retrieve
summary: Retrieve Line Item Report
description: 'Retrieves the line item data for each row from the csv file associated with the upload id record. NOTE: This endpoint is currently feature flagged. Please reach out to Lob''s support team if you would like access to this API endpoint.'
tags:
- Reports
responses:
'200':
description: Returns an report object
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
required:
- data
- count
- offset
- total_count
properties:
data:
type: array
items:
properties:
rowNumber:
title: Row Number
type: number
description: The row number of the csv file containing this data.
status:
type: string
description: The processing status of line item.
enum:
- Validated
- Failed
- Processing
errorMessage:
type:
- string
- 'null'
description: The error message detailing the reason why processing the line item failed.
mailpieceId:
type:
- string
- 'null'
description: The mailpiece id created from the line item when it was validated.
originalData:
type: object
description: Key-value pairs where each key is the column header and each value is the value of the column for the row.
next_url:
type:
- string
- 'null'
description: Url of next page of items in list.
prev_url:
type:
- string
- 'null'
description: Url of previous page of items in list.
count:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/count'
total_count:
type: integer
description: Indicates the total number of records. Provided when the request specifies an "include" query parameter
example:
id: ex_6a94fe68fd151e0f8
dateCreated: '2021-07-06T22:51:42.838Z'
dateModified: '2022-07-06T22:51:42.838Z'
deleted: false
s3Url: null
state: in_progress
type: failures
uploadId: upl_71be866e430b11e9
'404':
$ref: '#/components/responses/upload_not_found'
x-codeSamples:
- lang: Shell
source: "curl https://api.lob.com/v1/uploads/upl_71be866e430b11e9/report \\\n -u <YOUR API KEY>:\n"
label: CURL
- lang: Python
source: "with ApiClient(configuration) as api_client:\n api = UploadsApi(api_client)\n\ntry:\n retrieved_report = api.get_report(\"upl_71be866e430b11e9\")\nexcept ApiException as e:\n print(e)\n"
label: PYTHON
- lang: Ruby
source: "uploadsApi = UploadsApi.new(config)\n\nbegin\n retrievedreport = uploadsApi.get_report(\"upl_71be866e430b11e9\")\nrescue => err\n p err.message\nend\n"
label: RUBY
components:
schemas:
count:
type: integer
description: number of resources in a set
upl_id:
type: string
description: Unique identifier prefixed with `upl_`.
pattern: ^upl_[a-zA-Z0-9]+$
failure_status_code:
type: integer
enum:
- 401
- 403
- 404
- 413
- 422
- 429
- 500
description: "A conventional HTTP status code:\n * `401` - Authorization error with your API key or account\n * `403` - Forbidden error with your API key or account\n * `404` - The requested item does not exist\n * `413` - Payload too large\n * `422` - The query or body parameters did not pass validation\n * `429` - Too many requests have been sent with an API key in a given amount of time\n * `500` - An internal server error occurred, please contact support@lob.com\n"
error:
type: object
description: Lob uses RESTful HTTP response codes to indicate success or failure of an API request. In general, 2xx indicates success, 4xx indicate an input error, and 5xx indicates an error on Lob's end.
required:
- error
properties:
error:
type: object
required:
- message
- status_code
- code
properties:
message:
type: string
description: A human-readable message with more details about the error
example: Rate limit exceeded. Please wait 5 seconds and try your request again.
status_code:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/failure_status_code'
code:
type: string
enum:
- bad_request
- conflict
- feature_limit_reached
- internal_server_error
- invalid
- not_deletable
- not_found
- request_timeout
- service_unavailable
- unrecognized_endpoint
- unsupported_lob_version
- address_length_exceeds_limit
- bank_account_already_verified
- bank_error
- billing_address_required
- custom_envelope_inventory_depleted
- deleted_bank_account
- failed_deliverability_strictness
- file_pages_below_min
- file_pages_exceed_max
- file_size_exceeds_limit
- foreign_return_address
- inconsistent_page_dimensions
- invalid_bank_account
- invalid_bank_account_verification
- invalid_check_international
- invalid_country_covid
- invalid_file
- invalid_file_dimensions
- invalid_file_download_time
- invalid_file_url
- invalid_image_dpi
- invalid_international_feature
- invalid_perforation_return_envelope
- invalid_template_html
- mail_use_type_can_not_be_null
- merge_variable_required
- merge_variable_whitespace
- payment_method_unverified
- pdf_encrypted
- special_characters_restricted
- unembedded_fonts
- email_required
- invalid_api_key
- publishable_key_not_allowed
- rate_limit_exceeded
- unauthorized
- unauthorized_token
description: 'A pre-defined string identifying an error. Error codes fall into three categories:
**GENERIC**
* `bad_request` - 422: an invalid request was made. See error message for details.
* `conflict` - 409/422: this operation would leave data in a conflicted state.
* `feature_limit_reached` - 403: the account has reached its resource limit and requires upgrading to add more.
* `internal_server_error` - 500: an error has occured on Lob''s servers. Please try request again.
* `invalid` - 422: an invalid request was made. See error message for details.
* `not_deletable` - 422: an attempt was made to delete a resource, but the resource cannot be deleted.
* `not_found` - 404: the requested resource was not found.
* `request_timeout` - 408: the request took too long. Please try again.
* `service_unavailable` - 503: the Lob servers are temporarily unavailable. Please try agian.
* `unrecognized_endpoint` - 404: the requested endpoint doesn''t exist.
* `unsupported_lob_version` - 422: an unsupported Lob API version was requested.
**ADVANCED**
* `address_length_exceeds_limit` - 422: the sum of to.address_line1 and to.address_line2 cannot surpass 50 characters.
* `bank_account_already_verified` - 422: the bank account has already been verified.
* `bank_error` - 422: there''s an issue with the bank account.
* `billing_address_required` - 403: in order to create a live mail piece, your account needs to set up a billing address.
* `custom_envelope_inventory_depleted` - 422: custom envelope inventory is depleted, and more will need to be ordered.
* `deleted_bank_account` - 404: checks cannot be created with a deleted bank account.
* `failed_deliverability_strictness` - 422: the `to` address doesn''t meet strictness requirements. See <a href="https://dashboard.lob.com/#/settings/account" target="_blank">Account Settings</a> to configure strictness.
* `file_pages_below_min` - 422: not enough pages.
* `file_pages_exceed_max` - 422: too many pages.
* `file_size_exceeds_limit` - 422: the file size is too large. See description for details.
* `foreign_return_address` - 422: the `from` address must be a US address.
* `inconsistent_page_dimensions` - 422: all pages of the input file must have the same dimensions.
* `invalid_bank_account` - 422: the provided bank routing number is invalid.
* `invalid_bank_account_verification` - 422: verification amounts do not match.
* `invalid_check_international` - 422: checks cannot be sent internationally.
* `invalid_country_covid` - 422: the postal service in the specified country is currently unable to process the request due to COVID-19 restrictions.
* `invalid_file` - 422: the file is invalid.
* `invalid_file_dimensions` - 422: file dimensions are incorrect for the selected mail type.
* `invalid_file_download_time` - 422: file download from remote server took too long.
* `invalid_file_url` - 422: the file URL when creating a resource is invalid.
* `invalid_image_dpi` - 422: DPI must be at least 300.
* `invalid_international_feature` - 422: the specified product cannot be sent to the destination.
* `invalid_perforation_return_envelope` - 422: both `return_envelope` and `perforation` must be used together.
* `invalid_template_html` - 422: the provided HTML is invalid.
* `mail_use_type_can_not_be_null` - 422: use_type must be one of "marketing" or "operational". Alternatively, an admin can set the account default use type in Account Settings.
* `merge_variable_required` - 422: a required merge variable is missing.
* `merge_variable_whitespace` - 422: merge variable names cannot contain whitespace.
* `payment_method_unverified` - 401: you must have a verified bank account or credit card to submit live requests.
* `pdf_encrypted` - 422: an encrypted PDF was provided.
* `special_characters_restricted` - 422: cannot use special characters for merge variable names.
* `unembedded_fonts` - 422: the provided PDF contains non-standard unembedded fonts. See description for details.
**AUTHENTICATION**
* `email_required` - 401: account must have a verified email address before creating live resources.
* `invalid_api_key` - 401/403: the API key is invalid.
* `publishable_key_not_allowed` - 403: the requested operation needs a secret key, not a publishable key. See [API Keys](#section/API-Keys) for more information.
* `rate_limit_exceeded` - 429: requests were sent too quickly and must be slowed down.
* `unauthorized` - 401: the request isn''t authorized.
* `unauthorized_token` - 401: token isn''t authorized.
'
responses:
upload_not_found:
description: Not Found Error
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/error'
example:
error:
code: not_found
message: upload not found
status_code: 404
parameters:
offset:
in: query
name: offset
required: false
description: An integer that designates the offset at which to begin returning results. Defaults to 0.
schema:
type: integer
default: 0
securitySchemes:
basicAuth:
type: http
scheme: basic
x-tagGroups:
- name: Overview
tags:
- Introduction
- Authentication
- Getting Started
- SDKs and Tools
- name: Address Book
tags:
- Addresses
- National Change of Address
- name: Print and Mail API
tags:
- Postcards
- Self Mailers
- Letters
- Checks
- Snap Packs
- Booklets
- Bank Accounts
- Templates
- Template Versions
- Template Design
- Manage Mail
- name: Campaigns API (BETA)
tags:
- Campaigns
- Creatives
- Uploads
- name: Informed Delivery Campaign API
tags:
- Informed Delivery Campaign
- name: Address Verification API
tags:
- US Verifications
- US Verification Types
- US Autocompletions
- Reverse Geocode Lookups
- Zip Lookups
- Identity Validation
- Intl Verifications
- name: Webhooks
tags:
- Webhooks
- Events
- Tracking Events
- name: Special Features
tags:
- Billing Groups
- Buckslips
- Buckslip Orders
- Cards
- Card Orders
- QR Codes
- URL Shortener
- name: Appendix
tags:
- Beta Program
- Errors
- Rate Limiting
- Requests and Responses
- Test and Live Environments
- Versioning and Changelog