Lob.com Postcards API
The postcards endpoint allows you to easily print and mail postcards. The API provides endpoints for creating postcards, retrieving individual postcards, canceling postcards, and retrieving a list of postcards. back to top
The postcards endpoint allows you to easily print and mail postcards. The API provides endpoints for creating postcards, retrieving individual postcards, canceling postcards, and retrieving a list of postcards. back to top
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openapi: 3.2.0
info:
title: Lob Postcards 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: Postcards
description: 'The postcards endpoint allows you to easily print and mail postcards. The API provides endpoints for creating postcards,
retrieving individual postcards, canceling postcards, and retrieving a list of postcards.
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paths:
/postcards/{psc_id}:
parameters:
- in: path
name: psc_id
description: id of the postcard
required: true
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/psc_id'
get:
operationId: postcard_retrieve
summary: Retrieve
description: Retrieves the details of an existing postcard. You need only supply the unique customer identifier that was returned upon postcard creation.
tags:
- Postcards
responses:
'200':
description: Returns a postcard object
content:
$ref: '#/components/mediaTypes/postcard'
default:
$ref: '#/components/responses/mailpiece_error'
x-codeSamples:
- lang: Shell
source: "curl https://api.lob.com/v1/postcards/psc_5c002b86ce47537a \\\n -u REDACTED_LOB_KEY:\n"
label: CURL
- lang: Typescript
source: "try {\n const postcard = await new PostCardsApi(config).get('psc_xxxx');\n} catch (err: any) {\n console.error(err);\n}\n"
label: TYPESCRIPT
- lang: Javascript
source: "Lob.postcards.retrieve('psc_5c002b86ce47537a', function (err, res) {\n console.log(err, res);\n});\n"
label: NODE
- lang: Ruby
source: "letterApi = LettersApi.new(config)\n\nbegin\n retrievedLetter = letterApi.get(\"ltr_4868c3b754655f90\")\nrescue => err\n p err.message\nend\n"
label: RUBY
- lang: Python
source: "with ApiClient(configuration) as api_client:\n api = PostcardsApi(api_client)\n\ntry:\n postcard = api.get(\"psc_5c002b86ce47537a\")\nexcept ApiException as e:\n print(e)\n"
label: PYTHON
- lang: PHP
source: "$apiInstance = new OpenAPI\\Client\\Api\\PostcardsApi($config, new GuzzleHttp\\Client());\n\ntry {\n $result = $apiInstance->get(\"psc_5c002b86ce47537a\");\n} catch (Exception $e) {\n echo $e->getMessage(), PHP_EOL;\n}\n"
- lang: Java
source: "PostcardsApi apiInstance = new PostcardsApi(config);\n\ntry {\n Postcard response = apiInstance.get(\"psc_5c002b86ce47537a\");\n} catch (ApiException e) {\n e.printStackTrace();\n}\n"
label: JAVA
- lang: Elixir
source: 'Lob.Postcard.find("psc_5c002b86ce47537a")
'
label: ELIXIR
- lang: CSharp
source: "PostcardsApi api = new PostcardsApi(config);\n\ntry {\n Postcard response = api.get(\"psc_5c002b86ce47537a\");\n} catch (ApiException e) {\n Console.WriteLine(e.ToString());\n}\n"
label: CSHARP
- 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\nfetchedPostcard, _, err := apiClient.PostcardsApi.Get(context,\"psc_5c002b86ce47537a\").Execute()\n\nif err != nil {\n return err\n}\n"
label: GO
delete:
operationId: postcard_delete
summary: Cancel
description: Completely removes a postcard from production. This can only be done if the postcard has a `send_date` and the `send_date` has not yet passed. If the postcard is successfully canceled, you will not be charged for it. Read more on [cancellation windows](#section/Cancellation-Windows) and [scheduling](#section/Scheduled-Mailings). Scheduling and cancellation is a premium feature. Upgrade to the appropriate <a href="https://dashboard.lob.com/#/settings/editions" target="_blank">Print & Mail Edition</a> to gain access.
tags:
- Postcards
responses:
'200':
$ref: '#/components/responses/postcard_deleted'
default:
$ref: '#/components/responses/mailpiece_error'
x-codeSamples:
- lang: Shell
source: "curl -X DELETE https://api.lob.com/v1/postcards/psc_5c002b86ce47537a \\\n -u REDACTED_LOB_KEY:\n"
label: CURL
- lang: Typescript
source: "try {\n const deletePostcard = await new PostcardsApi(config).cancel('psc_xxxx');\n} catch (err: any) {\n console.error(err);\n}\n"
label: TYPESCRIPT
- lang: Javascript
source: "Lob.postcards.cancel('psc_5c002b86ce47537a', function (err, res) {\n console.log(err, res);\n});\n"
label: NODE
- lang: Ruby
source: "postcardApi = PostcardsApi.new(config)\n\nbegin\n deletedPostcard = postcardApi.cancel(\"psc_4868c3b754655f90\")\nrescue => err\n p err.message\nend\n"
label: RUBY
- lang: Python
source: "with ApiClient(configuration) as api_client:\n api = PostcardsApi(api_client)\n\ntry:\n deleted_resource = api.cancel(\"psc_5c002b86ce47537a\")\nexcept ApiException as e:\n print(e)\n"
label: PYTHON
- lang: PHP
source: "$apiInstance = new OpenAPI\\Client\\Api\\PostcardsApi($config, new GuzzleHttp\\Client());\n\ntry {\n $result = $apiInstance->cancel(\"psc_5c002b86ce47537a\");\n} catch (Exception $e) {\n echo $e->getMessage(), PHP_EOL;\n}\n"
- lang: Java
source: "PostcardsApi apiInstance = new PostcardsApi(config);\n\ntry {\n PostcardDeletion response = apiInstance.cancel(\"psc_5c002b86ce47537a\");\n} catch (ApiException e) {\n e.printStackTrace();\n}\n"
label: JAVA
- lang: Elixir
source: 'Lob.Postcard.destroy("psc_5c002b86ce47537a")
'
label: ELIXIR
- lang: CSharp
source: "PostcardsApi api = new PostcardsApi(config);\n\ntry {\n PostcardDeletion response = api.cancel(\"psc_5c002b86ce47537a\");\n} catch (ApiException e) {\n Console.WriteLine(e.ToString());\n}\n"
label: CSHARP
- 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\ndeletedPostcard, _, err := apiClient.PostcardsApi.Cancel(context, \"psc_5c002b86ce47537a\").Execute()\n\nif err != nil {\n return err\n}\n"
label: GO
/postcards:
get:
operationId: postcards_list
summary: List
description: Returns a list of your postcards. The addresses are returned sorted by creation date, with the most recently created addresses appearing first.
tags:
- Postcards
parameters:
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/limit'
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/before_after'
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/include'
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/date_created'
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/metadata'
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/campaign_id'
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/status'
- in: query
name: size
description: Specifies the size of the postcard. Only `4x6` postcards can be sent to international destinations.
schema:
type: array
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/postcard_size'
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/scheduled'
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/send_date'
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/mail_type'
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/sort_by'
responses:
'200':
$ref: '#/components/responses/all_postcards'
default:
$ref: '#/components/responses/mailpiece_error'
x-codeSamples:
- lang: Shell
source: "curl -X GET \"https://api.lob.com/v1/postcards?limit=2\" \\\n -u REDACTED_LOB_KEY:\n"
label: CURL
- lang: typescript
source: "try {\n const postcards = await new PostcardsApi(config).list(2);\n} catch (err: any) {\n console.error(err);\n}\n"
label: TYPESCRIPT
- lang: Javascript
source: "Lob.postcards.list({limit: 2}, function (err, res) {\n console.log(err, res);\n});\n"
label: NODE
- lang: Ruby
source: "postcardsApi = PostcardsApi.new(config)\n\nbegin\n postcards = postcardsApi.list({ limit: 2 })\nrescue => err\n p err.message\nend\n"
label: RUBY
- lang: Python
source: "with ApiClient(configuration) as api_client:\n api = PostcardsApi(api_client)\n\ntry:\n postcards = api.list(limit=2)\nexcept ApiException as e:\n print(e)\n"
label: PYTHON
- lang: PHP
source: "$apiInstance = new OpenAPI\\Client\\Api\\PostcardsApi($config, new GuzzleHttp\\Client());\n\ntry {\n $result = $apiInstance->list(\n 2, // limit\n );\n} catch (Exception $e) {\n echo $e->getMessage(), PHP_EOL;\n}\n"
- lang: Java
source: "PostcardsApi apiInstance = new PostcardsApi(config);\n\ntry {\n PostcardList response = apiInstance.list(\n 2, // limit\n null, // before\n null, // after\n null, // include\n null, // dateCreated\n null, // metadata\n null, // size\n null, // scheduled\n null, // sendDate\n null, // mailType\n null // sortBy\n );\n} catch (ApiException e) {\n e.printStackTrace();\n}\n"
label: JAVA
- lang: Elixir
source: 'Lob.Postcard.list(%{limit: 2})
'
label: ELIXIR
- lang: CSharp
source: "PostcardsApi api = new PostcardsApi(config);\n\nList<string> includeList = new List<string>();\nincludeList.Add(\"total_count\");\nDictionary<String, String> metadata = new Dictionary<String, String>();\nmetadata.Add(\"name\", \"Harry\");\nDictionary<String, DateTime> dateCreated = new Dictionary<String, DateTime>();\nDateTime dateCreatedDate = DateTime.Today.AddMonths(-1);\ndateCreated.Add(\"lt\", dateCreatedDate);\nDictionary<String, String> sendDate = new Dictionary<String, String>();\nsendDate.Add(\"lt\", DateTime.Now.ToString(\"yyyy-MM-ddTHH\\\\:mm\\\\:ss.fffffffzzz\"));\nSortBy3 sortBy = new SortBy3(SortBy3.DateCreatedEnum.Asc);\nList<PostcardSize> sizeArray = new List<PostcardSize>();\nsizeArray.Add(PostcardSize._4x6);\n\ntry {\n PostcardList response = api.list(\n 2, // limit\n null, // before\n null, // after\n includeList, // include\n dateCreated, // dateCreated\n metadata, // metadata\n sizeArray, // size\n true, // scheduled\n sendDate, // sendDate\n MailType.FirstClass, // mailType\n sortBy // sortBy\n );\n} catch (ApiException e) {\n Console.WriteLine(e.ToString());\n}\n"
label: CSHARP
- 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)\nPostcardList = apiClient.PostcardsApi.List(context).Execute()\nif err != nil {\n return err\n}\n"
label: GO
post:
operationId: postcard_create
summary: Create
description: Creates a new postcard given information
tags:
- Postcards
parameters:
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/idem-header'
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/idem-query'
requestBody:
required: true
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/postcard_editable'
example:
description: demo
to:
description: Harry - Office
name: Harry Zhang
company: Lob
email: harry@lob.com
phone: '5555555555'
address_line1: 210 King St
address_line2: '# 6100'
address_city: San Francisco
address_state: CA
address_zip: '94107'
address_country: US
from:
description: Harry - Office
name: Harry Zhang
company: Lob
email: harry@lob.com
phone: '5555555555'
address_line1: 210 King St
address_line2: '# 6100'
address_city: San Francisco
address_state: CA
address_zip: '94107'
address_country: US
front: tmpl_a1234dddg
back: tmpl_a1234dddg
size: 6x9
mail_type: usps_first_class
merge_variables:
name: Harry
metadata:
spiffy: 'true'
send_date: '2017-11-01T00:00:00.000Z'
use_type: marketing
qr_code:
position: relative
redirect_url: https://www.lob.com
width: '2.5'
top: '2.5'
right: '2.5'
pages: front,back
fsc: true
print_speed: core
application/x-www-form-urlencoded:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/postcard_editable'
example:
description: demo
to:
description: Harry - Office
name: Harry Zhang
company: Lob
email: harry@lob.com
phone: '5555555555'
address_line1: 210 King St
address_line2: '# 6100'
address_city: San Francisco
address_state: CA
address_zip: '94107'
address_country: US
from:
description: Harry - Office
name: Harry Zhang
company: Lob
email: harry@lob.com
phone: '5555555555'
address_line1: 210 King St
address_line2: '# 6100'
address_city: San Francisco
address_state: CA
address_zip: '94107'
address_country: US
front: tmpl_c94e83ca2cd5121
back: tmpl_c94e83ca2cd5121
size: 6x9
mail_type: usps_first_class
merge_variables:
name: Harry
metadata:
spiffy: 'true'
send_date: '2017-11-01T00:00:00.000Z'
use_type: marketing
qr_code:
position: relative
redirect_url: https://www.lob.com
width: '2.5'
bottom: '2.5'
right: '2.5'
pages: back
fsc: true
print_speed: core
encoding:
to:
style: deepObject
explode: true
from:
style: deepObject
explode: true
merge_variables:
style: deepObject
explode: true
metadata:
style: deepObject
explode: true
multipart/form-data:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/postcard_editable'
example:
description: demo
to:
description: Harry - Office
name: Harry Zhang
company: Lob
email: harry@lob.com
phone: '5555555555'
address_line1: 210 King St
address_line2: '# 6100'
address_city: San Francisco
address_state: CA
address_zip: '94107'
address_country: US
from:
description: Harry - Office
name: Harry Zhang
company: Lob
email: harry@lob.com
phone: '5555555555'
address_line1: 210 King St
address_line2: '# 6100'
address_city: San Francisco
address_state: CA
address_zip: '94107'
address_country: US
front: tmpl_a1234dddg
back: tmpl_a1234dddg
size: 6x9
mail_type: usps_first_class
merge_variables:
name: Harry
metadata:
spiffy: 'true'
send_date: '2017-11-01T00:00:00.000Z'
use_type: marketing
qr_code:
position: relative
redirect_url: https://www.lob.com
width: '2.5'
bottom: '2.5'
left: '2.5'
pages: front
fsc: true
print_speed: core
responses:
'200':
$ref: '#/components/responses/post_postcard'
default:
$ref: '#/components/responses/mailpiece_error'
x-codeSamples:
- lang: Shell
source: "curl https://api.lob.com/v1/postcards \\\n -u REDACTED_LOB_KEY: \\\n -d 'description=Demo Postcard job' \\\n -d 'to[name]=Harry Zhang' \\\n -d 'to[address_line1]=210 King St' \\\n -d 'to[address_line2]=# 6100' \\\n -d 'to[address_city]=San Francisco' \\\n -d 'to[address_state]=CA' \\\n -d 'to[address_zip]=94107' \\\n -d 'from=adr_210a8d4b0b76d77b' \\\n --data-urlencode 'front=<html style=\"padding: 1in; font-size: 50;\">Front HTML for {{name}}</html>' \\\n --data-urlencode 'back=<html style=\"padding: 1in; font-size: 20;\">Back HTML for {{name}}</html>' \\\n -d 'merge_variables[name]=Harry' \\\n -d 'use_type=marketing' \\\n -d 'qr_code[position]=relative' \\\n -d 'qr_code[redirect_url]=https://www.lob.com' \\\n -d 'qr_code[width]=2.5' \\\n -d 'qr_code[bottom]=2.5' \\\n -d 'qr_code[left]=2.5' \\\n -d 'qr_code[pages]=front,back' \\\n -d 'fsc=true' \\\n -d 'print_speed=core'\n"
label: CURL
- lang: Typescript
source: "const postcardCreate = new PostcardEditable({\nto: new AddressEditable({\n name: 'Harry Zhang',\n address_line1: '210 King St',\n address_line2: '# 6100',\n address_city: 'San Francisco',\n address_state: 'CA',\n address_zip: '94107'\n}),\nfrom: 'adr_xxxx',\nfront:\n'https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/public.lob.com/assets/templates/4x6_pc_template.pdf',\nback: 'https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/public.lob.com/assets/templates/4x6_pc_template.pdf',\nuse_type: 'marketing',\nqr_code : {\n position: 'relative',\n redirect_url: 'https://www.lob.com',\n width: '2.5',\n bottom: '2.5',\n left: '2.5',\n pages: 'front'\n},\nfsc: true,\nprint_speed: 'core'\n});\n\ntry {\n const myPostcard = await new PostcardsApi(config).create(postcardCreate);\n} catch (err: any) {\n console.error(err);\n}\n"
label: TYPESCRIPT
- lang: Javascript
source: "Lob.postcards.create({\n description: 'Demo Postcard job',\n to: {\n name: 'Harry Zhang',\n address_line1: '210 King St',\n address_line2: '# 6100',\n address_city: 'San Francisco',\n address_state: 'CA',\n address_zip: '94107'\n },\n from: 'adr_210a8d4b0b76d77b',\n front: '<html style=\"padding: 1in; font-size: 50;\">Front HTML for {{name}}</html>',\n back: '<html style=\"padding: 1in; font-size: 20;\">Back HTML for {{name}}</html>',\n merge_variables: {\n name: 'Harry'\n },\n use_type: 'marketing'\n qr_code : {\n position: 'relative',\n redirect_url: 'https://www.lob.com',\n width: '2.5',\n bottom: '2.5',\n left: '2.5',\n pages: 'back'\n },\n fsc: true,\n print_speed: 'core'\n}, function (err, res) {\n console.log(err, res);\n});\n"
label: NODE
- lang: Ruby
source: "postcardCreate = PostcardEditable.new({\n description: \"Demo Postcard job\",\n from: \"adr_210a8d4b0b76d77b\",\n front: \"<html style='padding: 1in; font-size: 50;'>Front HTML for {{name}}</html>\",\n back: \"<html style='padding: 1in; font-size: 20;'>Back HTML for {{name}}</html>\",\n to: AddressEditable.new({\n name: \"Harry Zhang\",\n address_line1: \"210 King St\",\n address_line2: \"# 6100\",\n address_city: \"San Francisco\",\n address_state: \"CA\",\n address_zip: \"94107\",\n }),\n merge_variables: {\n name: \"Harry\"\n },\n fsc: true,\n print_speed: \"core\"\n});\n\npostcardApi = PostcardsApi.new(config)\n\nbegin\n createdPostcard = postcardApi.create(postcardCreate)\nrescue => err\n p err.message\nend\n"
label: RUBY
- lang: Python
source: "postcard_editable = PostcardEditable(\n description = \"Demo Postcard job\",\n _from = \"adr_210a8d4b0b76d77b\",\n front = \"<html style='padding: 1in; font-size: 50;'>Front HTML for {{name}}</html>\",\n back = \"<html style='padding: 1in; font-size: 20;'>Back HTML for {{name}}</html>\",\n to = AddressEditable(\n name = \"Harry Zhang\",\n address_line1 = \"210 King St\",\n address_line2 = \"# 6100\",\n address_city = \"San Francisco\",\n address_state = \"CA\",\n address_zip = \"94107\",\n ),\n merge_variables = MergeVariables(\n name = \"Harry\",\n ),\n use_type = \"marketing\",\n qr_code = {\n \"position\" : \"relative\",\n \"redirect_url\" : \"https://www.lob.com\",\n \"width\" : \"2.5\",\n \"bottom\" : \"2.5\",\n \"left\" : \"2.5\",\n \"pages\" : \"front\"\n },\n fsc = true,\n print_speed = \"core\"\n)\n\nwith ApiClient(configuration) as api_client:\n api = PostcardsApi(api_client)\n\ntry:\n created_postcard = api.create(postcard_editable)\nexcept ApiException as e:\n print(e)\n"
label: PYTHON
- lang: PHP
source: "$to = new OpenAPI\\Client\\Model\\AddressEditable(\n array(\n \"name\" => \"Harry Zhang\",\n \"address_line1\" => \"210 King St\",\n \"address_line2\" => \"# 6100\",\n \"address_city\" => \"San Francisco\",\n \"address_state\" => \"CA\",\n \"address_zip\" => \"94107\",\n )\n);\n\n$merge_variables = new stdClass;\n$merge_variables->name = \"Harry\";\n$use_type = \"marketing\";\n\n$qr_code = new OpenAPI\\Client\\Model\\QRCode(\n array(\n \"position\" => \"relative\",\n \"redirect_url\" => \"https://www.lob.com\",\n \"width\" => \"2\",\n \"bottom\" => \"2\",\n \"left\" => \"2\",\n \"pages\" => \"front,back\"\n )\n);\n\n$fsc = true;\n$print_speed = 'core';\n\n$apiInstance = new OpenAPI\\Client\\Api\\PostcardsApi($config, new GuzzleHttp\\Client());\n$postcard_editable = new OpenAPI\\Client\\Model\\PostcardEditable(\n array(\n \"description\" => \"Demo Postcard job\",\n \"from\" => \"adr_210a8d4b0b76d77b\",\n \"front\" => \"<html style='padding: 1in; font-size: 50;'>Front HTML for {{name}}</html>\",\n \"back\" => \"<html style='padding: 1in; font-size: 20;'>Back HTML for {{name}}</html>\",\n \"to\" => $to,\n \"merge_variables\" => $merge_variables,\n \"use_type\" => $use_type,\n \"qr_code\" => $qr_code,\n \"fsc\" => $fsc,\n \"print_speed\" => \"core\"\n )\n);\n\ntry {\n $result = $apiInstance->create($postcard_editable);\n} catch (Exception $e) {\n echo $e->getMessage(), PHP_EOL;\n}\n"
- lang: Java
source: "Map<String, String> merge_variables = new HashMap<String, String>();\nmerge_variables.put(\"name\", \"Harry\");\n\nPostcardsApi apiInstance = new PostcardsApi(config);\n\nAddressEditable to = new AddressEditable();\nto.setName(\"Harry Zhang\");\nto.setAddressLine1(\"210 King St\");\nto.setAddressLine2(\"# 6100\");\nto.setAddressCity(\"San Francisco\");\nto.setAddressState(\"CA\");\nto.setAddressZip(\"94107\");\n\nQRCode qrCode = new QRCode();\nqrCode.setPosition(\"relative\");\nqrCode.setRedirectUrl(\"https://www.lob.com\");\nqrCode.setWidth(\"2\");\nqrCode.setLeft(\"2\");\nqrCode.setBottom(\"2\");\nqrCode.setPages(\"back\");\n\ntry {\n PostcardEditable postcardEditable = new PostcardEditable();\n postcardEditable.setDescription(\"Demo Postcard job\");\n postcardEditable.setFrom(\"adr_210a8d4b0b76d77b\");\n postcardEditable.setFront(\"<html style='padding: 1in; font-size: 50;'>Front HTML for {{name}}</html>\");\n postcardEditable.setBack(\"<html style='padding: 1in; font-size: 20;'>Back HTML for {{name}}</html>\");\n postcardEditable.setTo(to);\n postcardEditable.setMergeVariables(merge_variables);\n postcardEditable.setUseType(\"operational\");\n postcardEditable.setQRCode(qrCode);\n postcardEditable.setFsc(true);\n postcardEditable.setPrintSpeed(\"core\");\n\n Postcard result = apiInstance.create(postcardEditable, null);\n} catch (ApiException e) {\n e.printStackTrace();\n}\n"
label: JAVA
- lang: Elixir
source: "Lob.Postcard.create(%{\n description: 'Demo Postcard job',\n to: %{\n name: 'Harry Zhang',\n address_line1: '210 King St',\n address_line2: '# 6100',\n address_city: 'San Francisco',\n address_state: 'CA',\n address_zip: '94107'\n },\n from: 'adr_210a8d4b0b76d77b',\n front: '<html style=\"padding: 1in; font-size: 50;\">Front HTML for {{name}}</html>',\n back: '<html style=\"padding: 1in; font-size: 20;\">Back HTML for {{name}}</html>',\n merge_variables: %{\n name: 'Harry'\n },\n use_type: 'marketing'\n qr_code: %{\n position: 'relative',\n redirect_url: 'https://www.lob.com',\n width: '2',\n bottom: '2',\n left: '2',\n pages: 'front,back'\n },\n fsc: true,\n print_speed: 'core'\n})\n"
label: ELIXIR
- lang: CSharp
source: "Dictionary<string, string> mergeVariables = new Dictionary<string, string>();\nmergeVariables.Add(\"name\", \"Harry\");\n\nPostcardsApi api = new PostcardsApi(config);\n\nAddressEditable to = new AddressEditable(\n \"210 King St\", // addressLine1\n \"# 6100\", // addressLine2\n \"San Francisco\", // addressCity\n \"CA\", // addressState\n \"94107\", // addressZip\n CountryExtended.US, // addressCounty\n null, // description\n \"Harry Zhang\" // name\n);\n\nUseType usetype = new UseType('marketing');\n\nQRCode qrCode = new QRCode(\n \"relative\", //position,\n \"https://www.lob.com\", //redirect_url\n \"2\", //width\n \"2\", //left\n \"2\", //bottom\n \"front\", //pages\n);\n\nFsc fsc = new Fsc(true);\nPrintSpeed printSpeed = new PrintSpeed(\"core\");\n\nPostcardEditable postcardEditable = new PostcardEditable(\n to.ToJson(), // to\n \"adr_249af768103d2810\", // from\n default(PostcardSize), // size\n \"Demo Postcard Job\", // description\n null, // metadata\n default(MailType), // mailType\n mergeVariables, // mergeVariables\n default(DateTime), // sendDate\n \"<html style='padding: 1in; font-size: 20;'>Back HTML for {{name}}</html>\", // front\n \"<html style='padding: 1in; font-size: 20;'>Back HTML for {{name}}</html>\", // back\n usetype,\n qrCode,\n fsc,\n \"core\" // printSpeed\n);\n\ntry {\n Postcard result = api.create(postcardEditable, null);\n} catch (ApiException e) {\n Console.WriteLine(e.ToString());\n}\n"
label: CSHARP
- 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\nvar to = *lob.NewAddressEditable()\nto.SetAddressLine1(\"210 King St\")\nto.SetAddressLine2(\"# 6100\")\nto.SetAddressCity(\"San Francisco\")\nto.SetAddressState(\"CA\")\nto.SetAddressZip(\"94107\")\nto.SetAddressCountry(lob.COUNTRYEXTENDED_US)\nto.SetDescription(\"\")\nto.SetName(\"Harry Zhang\")\n\nvar postcardCreate = *lob.NewPostcardEditable()\npostcardCreate.SetDescription(\"Demo Postcard job\")\npostcardCreate.SetFrom(\"adr_210a8d4b0b76d77b\")\npostcardCreate.SetFront(\"<html style='padding: 1in; font-size: 50;'>Front HTML for {{name}}</html>\")\npostcardCreate.SetBack(\"<html style='padding: 1in; font-size: 20;'>Back HTML for {{name}}</html>\")\npostcardCreate.SetTo(to)\npostcardCreate.SetFsc(true)\npostcardCreate.SetPrintSpeed(\"core\")\n\n\ncreatedpostcard, _, err := apiClient.PostcardsApi.Create(context).PostcardEditable(postcardCreate).Execute()\n\nif err != nil {\n return err\n}\n"
label: GO
components:
schemas:
tmpl_id:
type: string
description: Unique identifier prefixed with `tmpl_`. ID of a saved [HTML template](#section/HTML-Templates).
pattern: ^tmpl_[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
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