Lob.com Cards API

The cards endpoint allows you to easily create cards that can later be affixed to Letters. The API provides endpoints for creating cards, retrieving individual cards, creating card orders, and retrieving a list of cards. back to top

Operations 5

GET /cards List #
POST /cards Create #
GET /cards/{card_id} Retrieve #
POST /cards/{card_id} Update #
DELETE /cards/{card_id} Delete #

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OpenAPI Specification

lobcom-cards-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Lob Cards 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>

    '
  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: Cards
  description: 'The cards endpoint allows you to easily create cards that can later be affixed to Letters.

    The API provides endpoints for creating cards, retrieving individual cards, creating card orders, and retrieving a list of cards.

    <div class="back-to-top" ><a href="#" onclick="toTopLink()">back to top</a></div>

    '
paths:
  /cards:
    get:
      operationId: cards_list
      summary: List
      description: Returns a list of your cards. The cards are returned sorted by creation date, with the most recently created addresses appearing first.
      tags:
      - Cards
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/limit'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/before_after'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/include'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Returns a list of card objects
          content:
            $ref: '#/components/mediaTypes/all_cards'
        default:
          $ref: '#/components/responses/mailpiece_error'
      x-codeSamples:
      - lang: Shell
        source: "curl -X GET \"https://api.lob.com/v1/cards?limit=2\" \\\n  -u <YOUR API KEY>:\n"
        label: CURL
      - lang: Typescript
        source: "try {\n  const cards = await new CardsApi(config).list(2);\n} catch (err: any) {\n  console.error(err);\n}\n"
        label: TYPESCRIPT
      - lang: Javascript
        source: "Lob.cards.list({limit: 2}, function (err, res) {\n  console.log(err, res);\n});\n"
        label: NODE
      - lang: Python
        source: "with ApiClient(configuration) as api_client:\n  api = CardsApi(api_client)\n\ntry:\n  cards = api.list(limit=2)\nexcept ApiException as e:\n  print(e)\n"
        label: PYTHON
      - lang: PHP
        source: "$lob->cards()->all(array(\n  'limit' => 2\n));\n"
      - lang: CSharp
        source: "CardsApi api = new CardsApi(config);\nList<string> includeList = new List<string>();\nincludeList.Add(\"total_count\");\n\ntry {\n  CardList response = api.list(\n    2, // limit\n    null, // before\n    null, // after\n    includeList // include\n  );\n} catch (ApiException e) {\n  Console.WriteLine(e.ToString());\n}\n"
        label: CSHARP
      - lang: Ruby
        source: "cardsApi = CardsApi.new(config)\n\nbegin\n  cards = cardsApi.list({ limit: 2 })\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)\nCardList = apiClient.CardsApi.List(context).Execute()\nif err != nil {\n    return err\n}\n"
        label: GO
    post:
      operationId: card_create
      summary: Create
      description: Creates a new card given information
      tags:
      - Cards
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/card_editable'
            example:
              description: Test card
              front: https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/public.lob.com/assets/card_horizontal.pdf
              back: https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/public.lob.com/assets/card_horizontal.pdf
              size: 2.125x3.375
          application/x-www-form-urlencoded:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/card_editable'
            example:
              description: Test card
              front: https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/public.lob.com/assets/card_horizontal.pdf
              back: https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/public.lob.com/assets/card_horizontal.pdf
              size: 2.125x3.375
          multipart/form-data:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/card_editable'
            example:
              description: Test card
              front: https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/public.lob.com/assets/card_horizontal.pdf
              back: https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/public.lob.com/assets/card_horizontal.pdf
              size: 2.125x3.375
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Card created successfully
          content:
            $ref: '#/components/mediaTypes/card'
        default:
          $ref: '#/components/responses/mailpiece_error'
      x-codeSamples:
      - lang: Shell
        source: "curl https://api.lob.com/v1/cards \\\n  -u <YOUR API KEY>: \\\n  -d \"description=Test card\" \\\n  -d \"front=https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/public.lob.com/assets/card_horizontal.pdf\" \\\n  -d \"back=https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/public.lob.com/assets/card_horizontal.pdf\" \\\n  -d \"size=2.125x3.375\"\n"
        label: CURL
      - lang: Typescript
        source: "const cardsCreate = new CardEditable({\n  front: 'https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/public.lob.com/assets/card_horizontal.pdf',\n  back: 'https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/public.lob.com/assets/card_horizontal.pdf',\n  size: CardEditableSizeEnum._2125x3375,\n  description: 'Test card'\n});\n\ntry {\n  const myCard = await new CardsApi(config).create(cardsCreate);\n} catch (err: any) {\n  console.error(err);\n}\n"
        label: TYPESCRIPT
      - lang: Javascript
        source: "Lob.cards.create({\n  description: 'Test card',\n  front: 'https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/public.lob.com/assets/card_horizontal.pdf',\n  back: 'https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/public.lob.com/assets/card_horizontal.pdf',\n  size: '2.125x3.375'\n}, function (err, res) {\n  console.log(err, res);\n});\n"
        label: NODE
      - lang: Python
        source: "card_editable = CardEditable(\n  front = \"https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/public.lob.com/assets/card_horizontal.pdf\",\n  back = \"https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/public.lob.com/assets/card_horizontal.pdf\",\n  size = \"2.125x3.375\",\n  description = \"Test Card\",\n)\n\nwith ApiClient(configuration) as api_client:\n  api = CardsApi(api_client)\n\ntry:\n  created_card = api.create(card_editable)\nexcept ApiException as e:\n  print(e)\n"
        label: PYTHON
      - lang: PHP
        source: "$lob->cards()->create(array(\n  'description'           => 'Test card',\n  'front'                 => 'https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/public.lob.com/assets/card_horizontal.pdf',\n  'back'                  => 'https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/public.lob.com/assets/card_horizontal.pdf',\n  'size' =>               => '2.125x3.375'\n));\n"
        label: PHP
      - lang: CSharp
        source: "CardsApi api = new CardsApi(config);\n\nCardEditable cardEditable = new CardEditable(\n  \"https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/public.lob.com/assets/card_horizontal.pdf\",  // front\n  \"https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/public.lob.com/assets/card_horizontal.pdf\",  // back\n  CardEditable.SizeEnum._2125x3375,  // size\n  \"Test Card\" // description\n);\n\ntry {\n  Card result = api.create(cardEditable);\n} catch (ApiException e) {\n  Console.WriteLine(e.ToString());\n}\n"
        label: CSHARP
      - lang: Ruby
        source: "cardCreate = CardEditable.new({\n  front: \"https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/public.lob.com/assets/card_horizontal.pdf\",\n  back: \"https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/public.lob.com/assets/card_horizontal.pdf\",\n  size: \"2.125x3.375\",\n  description: \"Test Card\",\n});\n\ncardApi = CardsApi.new(config)\n\nbegin\n  createdCard = cardApi.create(cardCreate)\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 cardCreate = *lob.NewCardEditable()\ncardCreate.SetFront(\"https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/public.lob.com/assets/card_horizontal.pdf\")\ncardCreate.SetBack(\"https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/public.lob.com/assets/card_horizontal.pdf\")\ncardCreate.SetSize(\"2.125x3.375\")\ncardCreate.SetDescription(\"Test Card\")\n\n\n\ncreatedcard, _, err := apiClient.CardsApi.Create(context).CardEditable(cardCreate).Execute()\n\nif err != nil {\n    return err\n}\n"
        label: GO
  /cards/{card_id}:
    parameters:
    - in: path
      name: card_id
      description: id of the card
      required: true
      schema:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/card_id'
    get:
      operationId: card_retrieve
      summary: Retrieve
      description: Retrieves the details of an existing card. You need only supply the unique customer identifier that was returned upon card creation.
      tags:
      - Cards
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Returns a card object
          content:
            $ref: '#/components/mediaTypes/card'
        default:
          $ref: '#/components/responses/mailpiece_error'
      x-codeSamples:
      - lang: Shell
        source: "curl https://api.lob.com/v1/cards/card_7a6d73c5c8457fc \\\n  -u <YOUR API KEY>:\n"
        label: CURL
      - lang: Typescript
        source: "try {\n  const card = await new CardsApi(config).get('card_xxxx');\n} catch (err: any) {\n  console.error(err);\n}\n"
        label: TYPESCRIPT
      - lang: Javascript
        source: "Lob.cards.retrieve('card_7a6d73c5c8457fc', function (err, res) {\n  console.log(err, res);\n});\n"
        label: NODE
      - lang: Python
        source: "with ApiClient(configuration) as api_client:\n  api = CardsApi(api_client)\n\ntry:\n  card = api.get(\"card_7a6d73c5c8457fc\")\nexcept ApiException as e:\n  print(e)\n"
        label: PYTHON
      - lang: PHP
        source: '$lob->cards()->get(''card_7a6d73c5c8457fc'');

          '
        label: PHP
      - lang: CSharp
        source: "CardsApi api = new CardsApi(config);\n\ntry {\n  Card response = api.get(\"card_7a6d73c5c8457fc\");\n} catch (ApiException e) {\n  Console.WriteLine(e.ToString());\n}\n"
        label: CSHARP
      - lang: Ruby
        source: "cardApi = CardsApi.new(config)\n\nbegin\n  retrievedCard = cardApi.get(\"card_7a6d73c5c8457fc\")\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\nfetchedCard, _, err := apiClient.CardsApi.Get(context,\"card_7a6d73c5c8457fc\").Execute()\n\nif err != nil {\n    return err\n}\n"
        label: GO
    post:
      operationId: card_update
      summary: Update
      description: Update the details of an existing card. You need only supply the unique identifier that was returned upon card creation.
      tags:
      - Cards
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/card_updatable'
            example:
              description: Test card
              auto_reorder: true
          application/x-www-form-urlencoded:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/card_updatable'
            example:
              description: Test card
              auto_reorder: true
          multipart/form-data:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/card_updatable'
            example:
              description: Test card
              auto_reorder: true
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Returns a card object
          content:
            $ref: '#/components/mediaTypes/card'
        default:
          $ref: '#/components/responses/mailpiece_error'
      x-codeSamples:
      - lang: Shell
        source: "curl -X POST https://api.lob.com/v1/cards/card_7a6d73c5c8457fc \\\n  -u <YOUR API KEY>: \\\n  -d \"description=Awesome card\" \\\n  -d \"auto_reorder=true\"\n"
        label: CURL
      - lang: Typescript
        source: "const cardUpdatable =  new CardEditable ({\n  description: 'Awesome card',\n  auto_reorder: true\n});\n\ntry {\n  await new CardsApi(config).update(cardUpdatable);\n} catch (err: any) {\n  console.error(err);\n}\n"
        label: TYPESCRIPT
      - lang: Javascript
        source: "Lob.cards.update('card_7a6d73c5c8457fc', {\n  description: 'Awesome card',\n  auto_reorder: true\n}, function (err, res) {\n  console.log(err, res);\n});\n"
        label: NODE
      - lang: CSharp
        source: "CardsApi api = new CardsApi(config);\nCardUpdatable update = new CardUpdatable(\"Awesome card\", true, 15000);\n\ntry {\n  api.update(\"card_6afffd19045076c\", update);\n} catch (ApiException e) {\n  Console.WriteLine(e.ToString());\n}\n"
        label: CSHARP
      - lang: Python
        source: "card_updatable = CardUpdatable(\n  description = \"Awesome card\",\n  auto_reorder = True,\n  reorder_quantity = 10000,\n)\n\nwith ApiClient(configuration) as api_client:\n  api = CardsApi(api_client)\n\ntry:\n  updated_card = api.update(\"card_6afffd19045076c\", card_updatable)\nexcept ApiException as e:\n  print(e)\n"
        label: PYTHON
      - lang: Ruby
        source: "cardUpdatable = CardUpdatable.new({\n  description: \"Awesome card\",\n  auto_reorder: \"true\",\n  reorder_quantity: 10000,\n})\n\ncardApi = CardsApi.new(config)\n\nbegin\n  updatedCard = cardApi.update(\"card_6afffd19045076c\", cardUpdatable)\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\ncardEditable = *lob.NewCardEditable(\"https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/public.lob.com/assets/card_horizontal.pdf()\")\ncreatedCard, _, _ := apiClient.CardsApi.Create(context).CardEditable(suite.cardEditable).Execute()\nvar updatedCard = *lob.NewCardUpdatable()\nupdatedCard.SetDescription(\"Card was updated\")\n\nresp, _, err := suite.apiClient.CardsApi.Update(context, createdCard.Id).CardUpdatable(updatedCard).Execute()\n\nif err != nil {\n    return err\n}\n"
        label: GO
    delete:
      operationId: card_delete
      summary: Delete
      description: Delete an existing card. You need only supply the unique identifier that was returned upon card creation.
      tags:
      - Cards
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/card_deleted'
        default:
          $ref: '#/components/responses/mailpiece_error'
      x-codeSamples:
      - lang: Shell
        source: "curl -X DELETE https://api.lob.com/v1/cards/card_7a6d73c5c8457fc \\\n  -u <YOUR API KEY>:\n"
        label: CURL
      - lang: Typescript
        source: "try {\n  const deleteCard = await new CardsApi(config).delete('card_xxxx');\n} catch (err: any) {\n  console.error(err);\n}\n"
        label: TYPESCRIPT
      - lang: Javascript
        source: "Lob.cards.delete('card_7a6d73c5c8457fc', function (err, res) {\n  console.log(err, res);\n});\n"
        label: NODE
      - lang: Python
        source: "with ApiClient(configuration) as api_client:\n  api = CardsApi(api_client)\n\ntry:\n  deleted_resource = api.delete(\"card_6afffd19045076c\")\nexcept ApiException as e:\n  print(e)\n"
        label: PYTHON
      - lang: PHP
        source: '$lob->cards()->delete(''card_7a6d73c5c8457fc'');

          '
        label: PHP
      - lang: CSharp
        source: "CardsApi api = new CardsApi(config);\n\ntry {\n  CardDeletion response = api.delete(\"card_6afffd19045076c\");\n} catch (ApiException e) {\n  Console.WriteLine(e.ToString());\n}\n"
        label: CSHARP
      - lang: Ruby
        source: "cardApi = CardsApi.new(config)\n\nbegin\n  deletedCard = cardApi.delete(\"card_6afffd19045076c\")\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\ndeletedCard, _, err := apiClient.CardsApi.Delete(context, \"card_6afffd19045076c\").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_deleted:
      description: Deleted the card
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/card_deletion'
          example:
            id: card_123456789
            deleted: true
  schemas:
    card_id:
      type: string
      description: Unique identifier prefixed with `card_`.
      pattern: ^card_[a-zA-Z0-9]+$
    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.

                '
    count:
      type: integer
      description: number of resources in a set
    card_deletion:
      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.
      properties:
        id:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/card_id'
        deleted:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/deleted'
    local_file_path:
      type: string
      description: The path to a local file.
      pattern: ^(?!https://)[a-zA-Z0-9@:%._+~#=/]{1,256}.(html?|pdf|png|jpg)$
    signed_link:
      type: string
      description: A [signed link](#section/Asset-URLs) served over HTTPS. The link returned will expire in 30 days to prevent mis-sharing. Each time a GET request is initiated, a new signed URL will be generated.
      pattern: ^https://lob-assets.com/(letters|postcards|bank-accounts|checks|self-mailers|cards|order-creatives)/([a-z]{3,4}_[a-z0-9]{15,16}|[a-z]{3}_[a-z0-9]{26}_[a-z]{4}_[a-z0-9]{26})('|_signature)(.pdf|_thumb_[a-z]+_[0-9]+.png|.png)?(version=[a-z0-9]*&)expires=[0-9]{10}&signature=[a-zA-Z0-9-_]+
    card_updatable:
      type: object
      properties:
        description:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/card_description'
        auto_reorder:
          description: Allows for auto reordering
          type: boolean
        reorder_quantity:
          description: The quantity of items to be reordered (only required when auto_reorder is true).
          type: number
          minimum: 10000
          maximum: 10000000
    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'
    card_editable:
      allOf:
      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/card_base'
      - type: object
        required:
        - front
        properties:
          front:
            description: A PDF template for the front of the card
            oneOf:
            - $ref: '#/components/schemas/remote_file_url'
            - $ref: '#/components/schemas/local_file_path'
          back:
            description: A PDF template for the back of the card
            oneOf:
            - $ref: '#/components/schemas/remote_file_url'
            - $ref: '#/components/schemas/local_file_path'
            default: https://s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/public.lob.com/assets/card_blank_horizontal.pdf
    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"
    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
    card:
      allOf:
      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/lob_base'
      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/card_base'
      - required:
        - description
      - type: object
        required:
        - id
        - url
        - auto_reorder
        - reorder_quantity
        - raw_url
        - front_original_url
        - back_original_url
        - thumbnails
        - available_quantity
        - pending_quantity
        - status
        - orientation
        - threshold_amount
        - object
        properties:
          id:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/card_id'
          url:
            description: The signed link for the card.
            maxLength: 2083
            minLength: 1
            type: string
            format: uri
          auto_reorder:
            description: True if the cards should be auto-reordered.
            type: boolean
            default: false
          reorder_quantity:
            description: The number of cards to be reordered.
            type:
            - integer
            - 'null'
          raw_url:
            description: The raw URL of the card.
            maxLength: 2083
            minLength: 1
            type: string
            format: uri
          front_original_url:
            description: The original URL of the front template.
            maxLength: 2083
            minLength: 1
            type: string
            format: uri
          back_original_url:
            description: The original URL of the back template.
            maxLength: 2083
            minLength: 1
            type: string
            format: uri
          thumbnails:
            type: array
            items:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/thumbnail'
          available_quantity:
            description: The available quantity of cards.
            type: integer
            default: 0
          pending_quantity:
            description: The pending quantity of cards.
            type: integer
            default: 0
          status:
            title: The status of the card.
            enum:
            - processed
            - rendered
            type: string
          orientation:
            description: The orientation of the card.
            enum:
            - horizontal
            - vertical
            type: string
            default: horizontal
          threshold_amount:
            description: The threshold amount of the card
            type: integer
            default: 0
          object:
            description: object
            enum:
            - card
            type: string
            default: card
    date_modified:
      type: string
      format: date-time
      description: A timestamp in ISO 8601 format of the date the resource was last modified.
    deleted:
      type: boolean
      description: Only returned if the resource has been successfully deleted.
    remote_file_url:
      type: string
      description: 'The location of a remote file. Remote URLs have a 5 MB file size limit and must be downloaded within 40 seconds.

        '
      pattern: ^https://[-a-zA-Z0-9@:%.

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