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Lob.com 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.com Templates API is one of 32 APIs that Lob.com 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.

This API exposes 5 operations across 2 paths, and defines 23 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 1.22.0.

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

5 operations 2 paths 23 schemas 1 DELETE2 GET2 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
1.22.0
Base URL
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.com Templates API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP basic authentication (basicAuth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

Paths & Operations 5

Across 2 paths, the API surfaces 5 operations — 1 DELETE, 2 GET, 2 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Templates 5

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}
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 23

The contract defines 23 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are template (9 properties), list (5 properties), template_writable (5 properties), template_version_writable (4 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

tmpl_id
string
Unique identifier prefixed with tmpl. ID of a saved [HTML template](section/HTML-Templates).
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
template
object
9 properties 3 required
count
integer
number of resources in a set
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 ≥, and lte is ≤.
lob_base
object
4 properties 3 required
template_writable
object
5 properties 1 required
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…
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…
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
template_required_vars
array
An array of required variables to be used in a template. Only available for handlebars templates.
template_version_writable
object
4 properties 1 required
date_created
string
A timestamp in ISO 8601 format of the date the resource was created.
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…
list
object
Multiple items returned in order
5 properties
resource_description
stringnull
An internal description that identifies this resource. Must be no longer than 255 characters.
date_modified
string
A timestamp in ISO 8601 format of the date the resource was last modified.
engine
stringnull
The engine used to combine HTML template with merge variables. legacy - Lob's original engine handlebars
template_update
object
2 properties
template_version
vrsn_id
string
Unique identifier prefixed with vrsn.
deleted
boolean
Only returned if the resource has been successfully deleted.
object
string
Value is resource type.

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

lobcom-templates-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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API Details
ID
lobcom:lobcom-templates-api
Base URL
https://api.lob.com/v1
Docs
https://docs.lob.com/
Provider
Lob.com
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