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Lob 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

Lob Cards API is one of 48 APIs that Lob publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Cards. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and API documentation.

This API exposes 7 operations across 3 paths, and defines 23 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 1.20.2.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://api.lob.com/v1.

7 operations 3 paths 23 schemas 1 DELETE3 GET3 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
1.20.2
Server
https://api.lob.com/v1
Authentication
HTTP Basic
License
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Lob Cards API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP basic authentication (basicAuth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

Paths & Operations 7

Across 3 paths, the API surfaces 7 operations — 1 DELETE, 3 GET, 3 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Cards 7

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 car…

GET
/cards
List
cards_list 3 params → 200default
POST
/cards
Create
card_create body → 200default
GET
/cards/{card_id}
Retrieve
card_retrieve 1 param → 200default
POST
/cards/{card_id}
Update
card_update 1 param body → 200default
DELETE
/cards/{card_id}
Delete
card_delete 1 param → 200default
GET
/cards/{card_id}/orders
Retrieve
card_orders_retrieve 3 params → 200default
POST
/cards/{card_id}/orders
Create
card_order_create 1 param body → 200default

Schemas 23

The contract defines 23 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are list (5 properties), lob_base (4 properties), thumbnail (3 properties), card_updatable (3 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

count
integer
number of resources in a set
remote_file_url
string
The location of a remote file. Remote URLs have a 5 MB file size limit and must be downloaded within 40 seconds.
signed_link
string
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…
failure_status_code
integer
A conventional HTTP status code: 401 - Authorization error with your API key or account 403 - Forbidden error with your API key or account 404 - The requested…
card_editable
list
object
Multiple items returned in order
5 properties
error
object
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…
1 property 1 required
card_id
string
Unique identifier prefixed with card.
card_base
object
2 properties
lob_base
object
4 properties 3 required
card_order
card_description
stringnull
Description of the card.
object
string
Value is resource type.
local_file_path
string
The path to a local file.
date_created
string
A timestamp in ISO 8601 format of the date the resource was created.
card_updatable
object
3 properties
card
card_order_editable
object
1 property 1 required
date_modified
string
A timestamp in ISO 8601 format of the date the resource was last modified.
deleted
boolean
Only returned if the resource has been successfully deleted.
card_deletion
object
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…
2 properties
thumbnail
object
3 properties
co_id
string
Unique identifier prefixed with co.

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

lob-cards-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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