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Lob Templates API

These API endpoints allow you to create, retrieve, update and delete reusable HTML templates for use with the Print & Mail API.back to top

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

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

This API exposes 10 operations across 4 paths, and defines 25 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.

10 operations 4 paths 25 schemas 2 DELETE4 GET4 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
Contact
Lob Developer Experience
License
MIT
Terms of Service
View terms
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

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

Paths & Operations 10

Across 4 paths, the API surfaces 10 operations — 2 DELETE, 4 GET, 4 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Templates 10

These API endpoints allow you to create, retrieve, update and delete reusable HTML templates for use with the Print & Mail API. back to top

GET
/templates/{tmpl_id}/versions/{vrsn_id}
Retrieve
template_version_retrieve 2 params → 200default
POST
/templates/{tmpl_id}/versions/{vrsn_id}
Update
template_version_update 2 params body → 200default
DELETE
/templates/{tmpl_id}/versions/{vrsn_id}
Delete
template_version_delete 2 params → 200default
GET
/templates/{tmpl_id}/versions
List
template_versions_list 5 params → 200default
POST
/templates/{tmpl_id}/versions
Create
create_template_version 1 param body → 200default
GET
/templates/{tmpl_id}
Retrieve
template_retrieve 1 param → 200default
POST
/templates/{tmpl_id}
Update
template_update 1 param body → 200default
DELETE
/templates/{tmpl_id}
Delete
template_delete 1 param → 200default
GET
/templates
List
templates_list 5 params → 200default
POST
/templates
Create
create_template body → 200default

Schemas 25

The contract defines 25 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are template (9 properties), template_writable (5 properties), list (5 properties), template_version_writable (4 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

count
integer
number of resources in a set
template_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
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…
date_filter
object
Filter by ISO-8601 date or datetime, e.g. { "gt": "2012-01-01", "lt": "2012-01-31T12:34:56Z" } where gt is , lt is <, gte is e, and lte is d.
template_version_writable
object
4 properties 1 required
template_version_updatable
object
3 properties
list
object
Multiple items returned in order
5 properties
metadata
object
Use metadata to store custom information for tagging and labeling back to your internal systems. Must be an object with up to 20 key-value pairs. Keys must be…
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
lob_base
object
4 properties 3 required
template_update
object
2 properties
template_required_vars
array
An array of required variables to be used in a template. Only available for handlebars templates.
object
string
Value is resource type.
tmpl_id
string
Unique identifier prefixed with tmpl. ID of a saved [HTML template](section/HTML-Templates).
date_created
string
A timestamp in ISO 8601 format of the date the resource was created.
template
object
9 properties 3 required
vrsn_id
string
Unique identifier prefixed with vrsn.
template_html
string
An HTML string of less than 100,000 characters to be used as the publishedversion of this template. See [here](section/HTML-Examples) for guidance on designing…
date_modified
string
A timestamp in ISO 8601 format of the date the resource was last modified.
template_writable
object
5 properties 1 required
deleted
boolean
Only returned if the resource has been successfully deleted.
template_version_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
engine
stringnull
The engine used to combine HTML template with merge variables. legacy - Lob's original engine handlebars
resource_description
stringnull
An internal description that identifies this resource. Must be no longer than 255 characters.
template_version

Specification

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Source

lob-templates-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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lob:lob-templates-api
Server
https://api.lob.com/v1
Docs
https://docs.lob.com/
Provider
Lob
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