Lob.com Card Orders API
The card orders endpoint allows you to easily create card orders for existing cards. The API provides endpoints for creating card orders and listing card orders for a given card. back to top
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OpenAPI Specification
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
title: Lob Card Orders API
version: 1.22.0
description: 'The Lob API is organized around REST. Our API is designed to have predictable, resource-oriented URLs and uses HTTP response codes to indicate any API errors. <p>
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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: Card Orders
description: 'The card orders endpoint allows you to easily create card orders for existing cards.
The API provides endpoints for creating card orders and listing card orders for a given card.
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paths:
/cards/{card_id}/orders:
parameters:
- in: path
name: card_id
description: The ID of the card to which the card orders belong.
required: true
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/card_id'
get:
operationId: card_orders_retrieve
summary: Retrieve
description: Retrieves the card orders associated with the given card id.
tags:
- Card Orders
parameters:
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/limit'
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/offset'
responses:
'200':
description: Returns the card orders associated with the given card id
content:
$ref: '#/components/mediaTypes/all_card_orders'
default:
$ref: '#/components/responses/card_order_error'
x-codeSamples:
- lang: Shell
source: "curl https://api.lob.com/v1/cards/card_6afffd19045076c/orders/ \\\n -u <YOUR API KEY>:\n"
label: CURL
- lang: Typescript
source: "try {\n const cardOrders = await new CardOrdersApi(cofig).get( 'co_xxxx' );\n} catch (err: any) {\n console.error(err);\n}\n"
label: TYPESCRIPT
- lang: Javascript
source: "Lob.cardOrders.list('card_6afffd19045076c', function (err, res) {\n console.log(err, res);\n});\n"
label: NODE
- lang: Python
source: "with ApiClient(configuration) as api_client:\n api = CardOrdersApi(api_client)\n\ntry:\n card_order = api.get(\"card_6afffd19045076c\", limit = 2, offset = 1)\nexcept ApiException as e:\n print(e)\n"
label: PYTHON
- lang: PHP
source: '$lob->cardOrders(''card_6afffd19045076c'')->all();
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- lang: CSharp
source: "CardOrdersApi api = new CardOrdersApi(config);\n\ntry {\n CardOrderList response = api.get(\"card_6afffd19045076c\", 2, 1);\n} catch (ApiException e) {\n Console.WriteLine(e.ToString());\n}\n"
label: CSHARP
- lang: Ruby
source: "cardOrderApi = CardOrdersApi.new(config)\n\nbegin\n retrievedCardOrderList = cardOrderApi.get(\"card_6afffd19045076c\", { limit: 2, offset: 1 })\nrescue => err\n p err.message\nend\n"
label: RUBY
- lang: Go
source: "var context = context.Background()\ncontext = context.WithValue(suite.ctx, lob.ContextBasicAuth, lob.BasicAuth{UserName: os.Getenv(\"<YOUR_API_KEY>\")})\n\nvar apiClient = *lob.NewAPIClient(configuration)\n\nfetchedCardOrderList, _, err := apiClient.CardOrdersApi.Get(context, \"card_6afffd19045076c\").Execute()\n\nif err != nil {\n return err\n}\n"
label: GO
post:
operationId: card_order_create
summary: Create
description: Creates a new card order given information
tags:
- Card Orders
requestBody:
required: true
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/card_order_editable'
example:
quantity: 10000
application/x-www-form-urlencoded:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/card_order_editable'
example:
quantity: 10000
multipart/form-data:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/card_order_editable'
example:
quantity: 10000
responses:
'200':
description: Card order created successfully
content:
$ref: '#/components/mediaTypes/card_order'
default:
$ref: '#/components/responses/mailpiece_error'
x-codeSamples:
- lang: Shell
source: "curl https://api.lob.com/v1/cards/card_6afffd19045076c/orders \\\n -u <YOUR API KEY>: \\\n -d \"quantity=10000\"\n"
label: CURL
- lang: Typescript
source: "const cardForCreate = new CardOrderEditable({\n quantity: 200\n});\n\ntry {\n const myCardOrder = await new CardOrdersApi(config).create('card_xxxx', cardForCreate);\n} catch (err: any) {\n console.error(err);\n}\n"
label: TYPESCRIPT
- lang: Javascript
source: "Lob.cardOrders.create('card_6afffd19045076c', {\n quantity: 10000\n}, function (err, res) {\n console.log(err, res);\n});\n"
label: NODE
- lang: Python
source: "card_order_editable = CardOrderEditable(\n quantity = 10000,\n)\n\nwith ApiClient(configuration) as api_client:\n api = CardOrdersApi(api_client)\n\ntry:\n created_card_order = api.create(\"card_6afffd19045076c\", card_order_editable)\nexcept ApiException as e:\n print(e)\n"
label: PYTHON
- lang: PHP
source: "$lob->cardOrders('card_6afffd19045076c')->create(array(\n 'quantity' => 10000\n));\n"
- lang: CSharp
source: "CardOrdersApi api = new CardOrdersApi(config);\n\nCardOrderEditable cardOrderEditable = new CardOrderEditable(\n 10000 // quantity\n);\n\ntry {\n CardOrder result = api.create(\"card_6afffd19045076c\", cardOrderEditable);\n} catch (ApiException e) {\n Console.WriteLine(e.ToString());\n}\n"
label: CSHARP
- lang: Ruby
source: "cardOrderCreate = CardOrderEditable.new({\n quantity: 10000,\n});\n\ncardOrderApi = CardOrdersApi.new(config)\n\nbegin\n createdCardOrder = cardOrderApi.create(\"card_6afffd19045076c\", cardOrderCreate)\nrescue => err\n p err.message\nend\n"
label: RUBY
- lang: Go
source: "var context = context.Background()\ncontext = context.WithValue(suite.ctx, lob.ContextBasicAuth, lob.BasicAuth{UserName: os.Getenv(\"<YOUR_API_KEY>\")})\n\nvar apiClient = *lob.NewAPIClient(configuration)\n\n\nvar cardOrderCreate = *lob.NewCardOrderEditable()\ncardOrderCreate.SetQuantity(\"10000\")\n\n\n\ncreatedcardOrder, _, err := apiClient.CardOrdersApi.Create(context, \"card_6afffd19045076c\").CardOrderEditable(cardOrderCreate).Execute()\n\nif err != nil {\n return err\n}\n"
label: GO
components:
responses:
mailpiece_error:
description: Error
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/error'
example:
error:
code: not_found
message: to address not found
status_code: 404
card_order_error:
description: Error
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/error'
example:
error:
code: not_found
message: card not found
status_code: 404
schemas:
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.
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card_id:
type: string
description: Unique identifier prefixed with `card_`.
pattern: ^card_[a-zA-Z0-9]+$
count:
type: integer
description: number of resources in a set
lob_base:
type: object
required:
- date_created
- date_modified
- object
properties:
date_created:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/date_created'
date_modified:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/date_modified'
deleted:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/deleted'
object:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/object'
failure_status_code:
type: integer
enum:
- 401
- 403
- 404
- 413
- 422
- 429
- 500
description: "A conventional HTTP status code:\n * `401` - Authorization error with your API key or account\n * `403` - Forbidden error with your API key or account\n * `404` - The requested item does not exist\n * `413` - Payload too large\n * `422` - The query or body parameters did not pass validation\n * `429` - Too many requests have been sent with an API key in a given amount of time\n * `500` - An internal server error occurred, please contact support@lob.com\n"
co_id:
type: string
description: Unique identifier prefixed with `co_`.
pattern: ^co_[a-zA-Z0-9]+$
date_created:
type: string
format: date-time
description: A timestamp in ISO 8601 format of the date the resource was created.
list:
type: object
description: Multiple items returned in order
properties:
object:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/object'
next_url:
type:
- string
- 'null'
description: Url of next page of items in list.
previous_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
date_modified:
type: string
format: date-time
description: A timestamp in ISO 8601 format of the date the resource was last modified.
card_order_editable:
type: object
required:
- quantity
properties:
quantity:
type: integer
description: The quantity of cards in the order (minimum 10,000).
minimum: 10000
maximum: 10000000
deleted:
type: boolean
description: Only returned if the resource has been successfully deleted.
object:
type: string
description: Value is resource type.
card_order:
allOf:
- $ref: '#/components/schemas/lob_base'
- type: object
properties:
id:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/co_id'
card_id:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/card_id'
status:
description: The status of the card order.
enum:
- pending
- printing
- available
- cancelled
- depleted
type: string
inventory:
description: The inventory of the card order.
type: number
default: 0
quantity_ordered:
description: The quantity of cards ordered
type: number
default: 0
unit_price:
description: The unit price for the card order.
type: number
default: 0
cancelled_reason:
description: The reason for cancellation.
type: string
availability_date:
type: string
format: date-time
description: A timestamp in ISO 8601 format of the date the resource was created.
expected_availability_date:
type: string
format: date-time
description: The fixed deadline for the cards to be printed.
mediaTypes:
card_order:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/card_order'
examples:
basic:
value:
id: co_e0f8a0562a06bea7f
card_id: card_6afffd19045076c
status: available
inventory: 9500
quantity_ordered: 10000
unit_price: 0.75
cancelled_reason: No longer needed
availability_date: '2021-10-12T21:41:48.326Z'
expected_availability_date: '2021-11-04T21:03:18.871Z'
date_created: '2021-10-07T21:03:18.871Z'
date_modified: '2021-10-16T01:00:30.144Z'
object: card_order
all_card_orders:
application/json:
schema:
allOf:
- $ref: '#/components/schemas/list'
- type: object
properties:
data:
type: array
description: List of card orders
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/card_order'
example:
data:
- id: co_e0f8a0562a06bea7f
card_id: card_6afffd19045076c
status: available
inventory: 9500
quantity_ordered: 10000
unit_price: 0.75
cancelled_reason: No longer needed
availability_date: '2021-10-12T21:41:48.326Z'
expected_availability_date: '2021-11-04T21:03:18.871Z'
date_created: '2021-10-07T21:03:18.871Z'
date_modified: '2021-10-16T01:00:30.144Z'
object: card_order
object: list
next_url: null
previous_url: null
count: 1
parameters:
limit:
in: query
name: limit
required: false
description: How many results to return.
schema:
type: integer
minimum: 1
default: 10
maximum: 100
example: 10
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
- Resource Proofs
- 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