openapi: 3.0.3
info:
title: Lob Templates API
version: 1.20.2
description: "Experience direct mail like never before, with unmatched personalization and scalability \x14 all in one intuitive platform."
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: Templates
description: 'These API endpoints allow you to create, retrieve, update and delete reusable HTML templates for use with the Print & Mail API.
'
paths:
/templates/{tmpl_id}/versions/{vrsn_id}:
parameters:
- in: path
name: tmpl_id
description: The ID of the template to which the version belongs.
required: true
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/tmpl_id'
- in: path
name: vrsn_id
description: id of the template_version
required: true
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/vrsn_id'
get:
operationId: template_version_retrieve
summary: Retrieve
description: Retrieves the template version with the given template and version ids.
tags:
- Templates
responses:
'200':
description: Returns the template version with the given template and version ids.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/template_version'
example:
id: vrsn_534e339882d2282
description: Second Version
html: Second HTML for {{name}}
date_created: '2017-11-09T04:49:38.016Z'
date_modified: '2017-11-09T04:49:38.016Z'
object: version
default:
$ref: '#/components/responses/template_error'
x-codeSamples:
- lang: Shell
source: "curl https://api.lob.com/v1/templates/tmpl_c94e83ca2cd5121/versions/vrsn_534e339882d2282 \\\n -u test_0dc8d51e0acffcb1880e0f19c79b2f5b0cc:\n"
label: CURL
- lang: Typescript
source: "try {\n const templateVersion = await new TemplateVersionsApi(config).get('tmpl_xxxx', 'vrsn_xxxx');\n} catch (err: any) {\n console.error(err);\n}\n"
label: TYPESCRIPT
- lang: Javascript
source: 'This feature is not currently supported by this library.
'
label: NODE
- lang: Ruby
source: "templateVersionApi = TemplateVersionsApi.new(config)\n\nbegin\n retrievedTemplateVersion = templateVersionApi.get(\"tmpl_c94e83ca2cd5121\", \"vrsn_534e339882d2282\")\nrescue => err\n p err.message\nend\n"
label: RUBY
- lang: Python
source: "with ApiClient(configuration) as api_client:\n api = TemplateVersionsApi(api_client)\n\ntry:\n template_version = api.get(\"tmpl_c94e83ca2cd5121\", \"vrsn_534e339882d2282\")\nexcept ApiException as e:\n print(e)\n"
label: PYTHON
- lang: PHP
source: "$apiInstance = new OpenAPI\\Client\\Api\\TemplateVersionsApi($config, new GuzzleHttp\\Client());\n\ntry {\n $result = $apiInstance->get(\"tmpl_c94e83ca2cd5121\", \"vrsn_534e339882d2282\");\n} catch (Exception $e) {\n echo $e->getMessage(), PHP_EOL;\n}\n"
- lang: Java
source: "TemplateVersionsApi apiInstance = new TemplateVersionsApi(config);\n\ntry {\n TemplateVersion response = apiInstance.get(\"vrsn_534e339882d2282\");\n} catch (ApiException e) {\n e.printStackTrace();\n}\n"
label: JAVA
- lang: Elixir
source: 'This feature is not currently supported by this library.
'
label: ELIXIR
- lang: CSharp
source: "TemplateVersionsApi api = new TemplateVersionsApi(config);\n\ntry {\n TemplateVersion response = api.get(\"tmpl_c94e83ca2cd5121\", \"vrsn_534e339882d2282\");\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(\"\")})\n\nvar apiClient = *lob.NewAPIClient(configuration)\n\nfetchedTemplateVersion, _, err := apiClient.TemplateVersionsApi.Get(context,\"tmpl_c94e83ca2cd5121\", \"vrsn_534e339882d2282\").Execute()\n\nif err != nil {\n return err\n}\n"
label: GO
post:
operationId: template_version_update
summary: Update
description: Updates the template version with the given template and version ids.
tags:
- Templates
requestBody:
required: true
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/template_version_updatable'
example:
description: Some description
application/x-www-form-urlencoded:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/template_version_updatable'
example:
description: Some description
multipart/form-data:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/template_version_updatable'
example:
description: Some description
responses:
'200':
$ref: '#/components/responses/post_template_version'
default:
$ref: '#/components/responses/template_error'
x-codeSamples:
- lang: Shell
source: "curl https://api.lob.com/v1/templates/tmpl_c94e83ca2cd5121/versions/vrsn_534e339882d2282 \\\n -u test_0dc8d51e0acffcb1880e0f19c79b2f5b0cc: \\\n -d \"description=Updated description\"\n"
label: CURL
- lang: Typescript
source: "const TemplateVersions = new TemplateVersionsApi(config);\n\ntry {\n const updateData = new TemplateVersionUpdatable({\n description: 'updated template'\n });\n const updateTemplateVersion = await TemplateVersions.update('vrsn_xxxx', updateData);\n} catch (err: any) {\n console.error(err);\n}\n"
label: TYPESCRIPT
- lang: Javascript
source: 'This feature is not currently supported by this library.
'
label: NODE
- lang: Ruby
source: "templateVersionUpdatable = TemplateUpdate.new({\n description: \"updated template version\",\n})\n\ntemplateVersionApi = TemplateVersionsApi.new(config)\n\nbegin\n updatedTemplateVersion = templateVersionApi.update(\"tmpl_c94e83ca2cd5121\", \"vrsn_534e339882d2282\", templateVersionUpdatable)\nrescue => err\n p err.message\nend\n"
label: RUBY
- lang: Python
source: "with ApiClient(configuration) as api_client:\n api = TemplateVersionsApi(api_client)\n\nupdate_data = TemplateVersionUpdatable(\n description = \"updated template\"\n)\n\ntry:\n update_template_version = api.update(\"tmpl_c94e83ca2cd5121\", \"vrsn_534e339882d2282\", update_data)\nexcept ApiException as e:\n print(e)\n"
label: PYTHON
- lang: PHP
source: "$apiInstance = new OpenAPI\\Client\\Api\\TemplateVersionsApi($config, new GuzzleHttp\\Client());\n\n$templateVersionUpdate = new OpenAPI\\Client\\Model\\TemplateUpdate(array(\n \"description\" => \"Updated template version\"\n));\n\ntry {\n $result = $apiInstance->update(\"tmpl_c94e83ca2cd5121\", \"vrsn_534e339882d2282\", $templateVersionUpdate);\n} catch (Exception $e) {\n echo $e->getMessage(), PHP_EOL;\n}\n"
- lang: Java
source: 'This feature is not currently supported by this library.
'
label: JAVA
- lang: Elixir
source: 'This feature is not currently supported by this library.
'
label: ELIXIR
- lang: CSharp
source: "TemplateVersionsApi api = new TemplateVersionsApi(config);\nTemplateVersionUpdatable update = new TemplateVersionUpdatable(\"update template\", EngineHtml.Handlebars);\n\ntry {\n api.update(\"tmpl_c94e83ca2cd5121\", \"vrsn_534e339882d2282\", update);\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(\"\")})\n\nvar apiClient = *lob.NewAPIClient(configuration)\n\nvar templateWritable = *lob.NewTemplateWritable(\"Updated HTML for Template 1/html>\")\nvar templateVersionWritable = *lob.NewTemplateVersionWritable(\"Updated HTML for Template 1/html>\")\ncreatedTemplate, _, _ := apiClient.TemplatesApi.Create(context).TemplateWritable(templateWritable).Execute()\n\ncreatedTemplateVersion, _, err := apiClient.TemplateVersionsApi.Create(context, createdTemplate.Id).TemplateVersionWritable(templateVersionWritable).Execute()\ncreatedTemplateVersion.SetDescription(\"New Template Version\")\nresp, _, err := apiClient.TemplatesApi.Update(context, createdTemplate.Id, createdTemplateVersion.Id).TemplateVersionWritable(templateVersionWritable).Execute()\n\nif err != nil {\n return err\n}\n"
label: GO
delete:
operationId: template_version_delete
summary: Delete
description: Permanently deletes a template version. A template's `published_version` can not be deleted.
tags:
- Templates
responses:
'200':
$ref: '#/components/responses/template_version_deleted'
default:
$ref: '#/components/responses/template_error'
x-codeSamples:
- lang: Shell
source: "curl -X DELETE https://api.lob.com/v1/templates/tmpl_4aa14648113e45b/versions/vrsn_534e339882d2282 \\\n -u test_0dc8d51e0acffcb1880e0f19c79b2f5b0cc:\n"
label: CURL
- lang: Typescript
source: "try {\n const deleteTemplateVersion = await new TemplateVersionsApi(config).delete(\"tmpl_xxxx\",\"vrsn_xxxx\");\n} catch (err: any) {\n console.error(err);\n}\n"
label: TYPESCRIPT
- lang: Javascript
source: 'This feature is not currently supported by this library.
'
label: NODE
- lang: Ruby
source: "templateVersionApi = TemplateVersionsApi.new(config)\n\nbegin\n deletedTemplateVersion = templateVersionApi.delete(\"tmpl_4aa14648113e45b\", \"vrsn_534e339882d2282\")\nrescue => err\n p err.message\nend\n"
label: RUBY
- lang: Python
source: "with ApiClient(configuration) as api_client:\n api = TemplateVersionsApi(api_client)\n\ntry:\n deleted_resource = api.delete(\"tmpl_4aa14648113e45b\", \"vrsn_534e339882d2282\")\nexcept ApiException as e:\n print(e)\n"
label: PYTHON
- lang: PHP
source: 'This feature is not currently supported by this library.
'
- lang: Java
source: 'This feature is not currently supported by this library.
'
label: JAVA
- lang: Elixir
source: 'This feature is not currently supported by this library.
'
label: ELIXIR
- lang: CSharp
source: "TemplateVersionsApi api = new TemplateVersionsApi(config);\n\ntry {\n TemplateVersionDeletion response = api.delete(\"tmpl_xxx\", \"vrsn_xxx\");\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(\"\")})\n\nvar apiClient = *lob.NewAPIClient(configuration)\n\ndeletedTemplateVersion, _, err := apiClient.TemplateVersionsApi.Delete(context, \"tmpl_4aa14648113e45b\", \"vrsn_534e339882d2282\").Execute()\n\nif err != nil {\n return err\n}\n"
label: GO
/templates/{tmpl_id}/versions:
get:
operationId: template_versions_list
summary: List
description: 'Returns a list of template versions for the given template ID. The template versions are sorted by creation date, with the most recently created appearing first.
'
tags:
- Templates
parameters:
- in: path
name: tmpl_id
description: The ID of the template associated with the retrieved versions
required: true
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/tmpl_id'
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/limit'
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/before_after'
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/include'
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/date_created'
responses:
'200':
$ref: '#/components/responses/all_template_versions'
default:
$ref: '#/components/responses/template_error'
x-codeSamples:
- lang: Shell
source: "curl -X GET \"https://api.lob.com/v1/templates/tmpl_ea6e6a1abf01703/versions?limit=2\" \\\n -u test_0dc8d51e0acffcb1880e0f19c79b2f5b0cc:\n"
label: CURL
- lang: Typescript
source: "try {\n const templateVersions = await new TemplateVersionsApi(config).list(tmpl_xxxx);\n} catch (err: any) {\n console.error(err);\n}\n"
label: TYPESCRIPT
- lang: Javascript
source: 'This feature is not currently supported by this library.
'
label: NODE
- lang: Ruby
source: "templateVersionsApi = TemplateVersionsApi.new(config)\n\nbegin\n templateVersions = templateVersionsApi.list(\"tmpl_dadaaf7b76c9f25\", { limit: 2 })\nrescue => err\n p err.message\nend\n"
label: RUBY
- lang: Python
source: "with ApiClient(configuration) as api_client:\n api = TemplateVersionsApi(api_client)\n\ntry:\n template_versions = api.list(\"tmpl_dadaaf7b76c9f25\", limit=2)\nexcept ApiException as e:\n print(e)\n"
label: PYTHON
- lang: PHP
source: "$apiInstance = new OpenAPI\\Client\\Api\\TemplateVersionsApi($config, new GuzzleHttp\\Client());\n\ntry {\n $result = $apiInstance->list(\n tmpl_dadaaf7b76c9f25, // tmplId\n 2, // limit\n );\n} catch (Exception $e) {\n echo $e->getMessage(), PHP_EOL;\n}\n"
- lang: Java
source: "TemplateVersionsApi apiInstance = new TemplateVersionsApi(config);\n\ntry {\n List response = apiInstance.list(\n \"tmpl_dadaaf7b76c9f25\", // tmplId\n 2, // limit\n null, // before\n null, // after\n null, // include\n null // dateCreated\n );\n} catch (ApiException e) {\n e.printStackTrace();\n}\n"
label: JAVA
- lang: Elixir
source: 'This feature is not currently supported by this library.
'
label: ELIXIR
- lang: CSharp
source: "TemplateVersionsApi api = new TemplateVersionsApi(config);\n\nList includeList = new List();\nincludeList.Add(\"total_count\");\nDictionary dateCreated = new Dictionary();\nDateTime dateCreatedDate = DateTime.Today.AddMonths(-1);\ndateCreated.Add(\"lt\", dateCreatedDate);\n\ntry {\n TemplateVersionList response = api.list(\n \"tmpl_dadaaf7b76c9f25\", // tmplId\n 2, // limit\n null, // before\n null, // after\n includeList, // include\n dateCreated // dateCreated\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(\"\")})\n\nvar apiClient = *lob.NewAPIClient(configuration)\nTemplateVersionList = apiClient.TemplateVersionsApi.List(context, \"tmpl_4aa14648113e45b\").Execute()\nif err != nil {\n return err\n}\n"
label: GO
post:
operationId: create_template_version
summary: Create
description: Creates a new template version attached to the specified template.
tags:
- Templates
parameters:
- in: path
name: tmpl_id
description: The ID of the template the new version will be attached to
required: true
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/tmpl_id'
requestBody:
required: true
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/template_version_writable'
example:
description: Some Description
html: HTML for {{name}}
application/x-www-form-urlencoded:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/template_version_writable'
example:
description: Some Description
html: HTML for {{name}}
multipart/form-data:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/template_version_writable'
example:
description: Some Description
html: HTML for {{name}}
responses:
'200':
$ref: '#/components/responses/post_template_version'
default:
$ref: '#/components/responses/template_error'
x-codeSamples:
- lang: Shell
source: "curl https://api.lob.com/v1/templates/tmpl_4aa14648113e45b/versions \\\n -u test_0dc8d51e0acffcb1880e0f19c79b2f5b0cc: \\\n -d \"description=Second Version\" \\\n --data-urlencode \"html=Second HTML for {{name}}\"\n"
label: CURL
- lang: Typescript
source: "const templateVersionCreate = new TemplateVersionWritable({\n description: 'Newer Template',\n html: 'Updated HTML for {{name}}'\n});\n\ntry {\n const myTemplateVersion = await new TemplateVersionsApi(config).create('tmpl_xxxx', templateVersionCreate);\n} catch (err: any) {\n console.error(err);\n}\n"
label: TYPESCRIPT
- lang: Javascript
source: 'This feature is not currently supported by this library.
'
label: NODE
- lang: Ruby
source: "templateVersionCreate = TemplateVersionWritable.new({\n description: \"Second Version\",\n html: \"Second HTML for {{name}}\",\n});\n\ntemplateVersionApi = TemplateVersionsApi.new(config)\n\nbegin\n createdTemplateVersion = templateVersionApi.create(\"tmpl_4aa14648113e45b\", templateVersionCreate)\nrescue => err\n p err.message\nend\n"
label: RUBY
- lang: Python
source: "template_version_writable = TemplateVersionWritable(\n description = \"Second Version\",\n html = \"Second HTML for {{name}}\",\n)\n\nwith ApiClient(configuration) as api_client:\n api = TemplateVersionsApi(api_client)\n\ntry:\n created_template_version = api.create(\"tmpl_4aa14648113e45b\", template_version_writable)\nexcept ApiException as e:\n print(e)\n"
label: PYTHON
- lang: PHP
source: "$apiInstance = new OpenAPI\\Client\\Api\\TemplateVersionsApi($config, new GuzzleHttp\\Client());\n$template_version_writable = new OpenAPI\\Client\\Model\\TemplateVersionWritable(\n array(\n \"description\" => \"Second Version\",\n \"html\" => \"Second HTML for {{name}}\",\n )\n);\n\ntry {\n $result = $apiInstance->create(\"tmpl_4aa14648113e45b\", $template_version_writable);\n} catch (Exception $e) {\n echo $e->getMessage(), PHP_EOL;\n}\n"
- lang: Java
source: "TemplateVersionsApi apiInstance = new TemplateVersionsApi(config);\n\ntry {\n TemplateVersionWritable = new TemplateVersionWritable();\n .set(\"Second Version\");\n .set(\"Second HTML for {{name}}\");\n\n TemplateVersion result = apiInstance.create();\n} catch (ApiException e) {\n e.printStackTrace();\n}\n"
label: JAVA
- lang: Elixir
source: 'This feature is not currently supported by this library.
'
label: ELIXIR
- lang: CSharp
source: "TemplateVersionsApi api = new TemplateVersionsApi(config);\n\nTemplateVersionWritable templateVersionWritable = new TemplateVersionWritable(\n \"Second Version\", // description\n \"Second HTML for {{name}}\" // html\n);\n\ntry {\n TemplateVersion result = api.create(\"tmpl_4aa14648113e45b\", templateVersionWritable);\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(\"\")})\n\nvar apiClient = *lob.NewAPIClient(configuration)\n\n\nvar templateVersionCreate = *lob.NewTemplateVersionWritable()\ntemplateVersionCreate.SetDescription(\"Second Version\")\ntemplateVersionCreate.SetHtml(\"Second HTML for {{name}}\")\n\n\n\ncreatedtemplateVersion, _, err := apiClient.TemplateVersionsApi.Create(context, \"tmpl_4aa14648113e45b\").TemplateVersionWritable(templateVersionCreate).Execute()\n\nif err != nil {\n return err\n}\n"
label: GO
/templates/{tmpl_id}:
parameters:
- in: path
name: tmpl_id
description: id of the template
required: true
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/tmpl_id'
get:
operationId: template_retrieve
summary: Retrieve
description: Retrieves the details of an existing template. You need only supply the unique template identifier that was returned upon template creation.
tags:
- Templates
responses:
'200':
description: Returns a template object
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/template'
example:
id: tmpl_c94e83ca2cd5121
description: Test Template
versions:
- id: vrsn_362184d96d9b0c9
suggest_json_editor: true
description: Test Template
engine: legacy
html: HTML for {{name}}
date_created: '2017-11-07T22:56:10.962Z'
date_modified: '2017-11-07T22:56:10.962Z'
object: version
published_version:
id: vrsn_362184d96d9b0c9
suggest_json_editor: false
description: Test Template
engine: handlebars
html: HTML for {{name}}
date_created: '2017-11-07T22:56:10.962Z'
date_modified: '2017-11-07T22:56:10.962Z'
object: version
metadata: {}
date_created: '2017-11-07T22:56:10.962Z'
date_modified: '2017-11-07T22:56:10.962Z'
object: template
default:
$ref: '#/components/responses/template_error'
x-codeSamples:
- lang: Shell
source: "curl https://api.lob.com/v1/templates/tmpl_c94e83ca2cd5121 \\\n -u test_0dc8d51e0acffcb1880e0f19c79b2f5b0cc:\n"
label: CURL
- lang: Typescript
source: "try {\n const Template = await new TemplatesApi(config).get('tmpl_xxxx');\n} catch (err: any) {\n console.error(err);\n}\n"
label: TYPESCRIPT
- lang: Javascript
source: 'This feature is not currently supported by this library.
'
label: NODE
- lang: Ruby
source: "templateApi = TemplatesApi.new(config)\n\nbegin\n retrievedTemplate = templateApi.get(\"tmpl_c94e83ca2cd5121\")\nrescue => err\n p err.message\nend\n"
label: RUBY
- lang: Python
source: "with ApiClient(configuration) as api_client:\n api = TemplatesApi(api_client)\n\ntry:\n template = api.get(\"tmpl_c94e83ca2cd5121\")\nexcept ApiException as e:\n print(e)\n"
label: PYTHON
- lang: PHP
source: "$apiInstance = new OpenAPI\\Client\\Api\\TemplatesApi($config, new GuzzleHttp\\Client());\n\ntry {\n $result = $apiInstance->get(\"tmpl_c94e83ca2cd5121\");\n} catch (Exception $e) {\n echo $e->getMessage(), PHP_EOL;\n}\n"
- lang: Java
source: "TemplatesApi apiInstance = new TemplatesApi(config);\n\ntry {\n Template response = apiInstance.get(\"tmpl_c94e83ca2cd5121\");\n} catch (ApiException e) {\n e.printStackTrace();\n}\n"
label: JAVA
- lang: Elixir
source: 'This feature is not currently supported by this library.
'
label: ELIXIR
- lang: CSharp
source: "TemplatesApi api = new TemplatesApi(config);\n\ntry {\n Template response = api.get(\"tmpl_c94e83ca2cd5121\");\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(\"\")})\n\nvar apiClient = *lob.NewAPIClient(configuration)\n\nfetchedTemplate, _, err := apiClient.TemplatesApi.Get(context,\"tmpl_c94e83ca2cd5121\").Execute()\n\nif err != nil {\n return err\n}\n"
label: GO
post:
operationId: template_update
summary: Update
description: Updates the description and/or published version of the template with the given id. To update the template's html, create a new version of the template.
tags:
- Templates
requestBody:
required: true
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/template_update'
example:
description: Updated Example
published_version: vrsn_a
application/x-www-form-urlencoded:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/template_update'
example:
description: Updated Example
published_version: vrsn_a
multipart/form-data:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/template_update'
example:
description: Updated Example
published_version: vrsn_a
responses:
'200':
description: Returns the updated template object
headers:
ratelimit-limit:
$ref: '#/components/headers/ratelimit-limit'
ratelimit-remaining:
$ref: '#/components/headers/ratelimit-remaining'
ratelimit-reset:
$ref: '#/components/headers/ratelimit-reset'
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/template'
example:
id: tmpl_c94e83ca2cd5121
description: Test Template
versions:
- id: vrsn_362184d96d9b0c9
suggest_json_editor: true
description: Test Template
engine: legacy
html: HTML for {{name}}
date_created: '2017-11-07T22:56:10.962Z'
date_modified: '2017-11-07T22:56:10.962Z'
object: version
published_version:
id: vrsn_362184d96d9b0c9
suggest_json_editor: false
description: Test Template
engine: handlebars
html: HTML for {{name}}
date_created: '2017-11-07T22:56:10.962Z'
date_modified: '2017-11-07T22:56:10.962Z'
object: version
metadata: {}
date_created: '2017-11-07T22:56:10.962Z'
date_modified: '2017-11-07T22:56:10.962Z'
object: template
default:
$ref: '#/components/responses/template_error'
x-codeSamples:
- lang: Shell
source: "curl https://api.lob.com/v1/templates/tmpl_c94e83ca2cd5121 \\\n -u test_0dc8d51e0acffcb1880e0f19c79b2f5b0cc: \\\n -d \"description=Updated description\" \\\n -d \"published_version=vrsn_362184d96d9b0c9\"\n"
label: CURL
- lang: Typescript
source: "const Templates = new TemplatesApi(config);\n\ntry {\n const updateData = new TemplateUpdate ({\n description: 'updated template',\n published_version: 'vrsn_xxxx'\n});\n const updateTemplate = await Templates.update('tmpl_xxxx', updateData);\n} catch (err: any) {\n console.error(err);\n}\n"
label: TYPESCRIPT
- lang: Javascript
source: 'This feature is not currently supported by this library.
'
label: NODE
- lang: Ruby
source: "templateUpdate = TemplateUpdate.new({\n description: \"updated template\",\n published_version: \"vrsn_362184d96d9b0c9\",\n})\n\ntemplateApi = TemplatesApi.new(config)\n\nbegin\n updatedTemplate = templateApi.update(\"tmpl_c94e83ca2cd5121\", templateUpdate)\nrescue => err\n p err.message\nend\n"
label: RUBY
- lang: Python
source: "with ApiClient(configuration) as api_client:\n api = TemplatesApi(api_client)\n\nupdate_data = TemplateUpdate(\n description = \"updated template\",\n published_version = \"vrsn_362184d96d9b0c9\"\n)\n\ntry:\n update_template = api.update(\"tmpl_c94e83ca2cd5121\", update_data)\nexcept ApiException as e:\n print(e)\n"
label: PYTHON
- lang: PHP
source: "$apiInstance = new OpenAPI\\Client\\Api\\TemplatesApi($config, new GuzzleHttp\\Client());\n\n$templateUpdate = new OpenAPI\\Client\\Model\\TemplateUpdate(array(\n \"description\" => \"Updated description\",\n \"published_version\" => \"vrsn_362184d96d9b0c9\"\n));\n\ntry {\n $result = $apiInstance->update(\"tmpl_c94e83ca2cd5121\", $templateUpdate);\n} catch (Exception $e) {\n echo $e->getMessage(), PHP_EOL;\n}\n"
- lang: Java
source: "TemplatesApi apiInstance = new TemplatesApi(config);\nTemplateUpdate update = new TemplateUpdate();\n\nupdate.setDescription(\"update template\");\nupdate.setPublishedVersion(\"vrsn_362184d96d9b0c9\";\n\ntry {\n apiInstance.update(\"tmpl_c94e83ca2cd5121\", update);\n} catch (ApiException e) {\n e.printStackTrace();\n}\n"
label: JAVA
- lang: Elixir
source: 'This feature is not currently supported by this library.
'
label: ELIXIR
- lang: CSharp
source: "TemplatesApi api = new TemplatesApi(config);\nTemplateUpdate update = new TemplateUpdate(\"update template\", \"vrsn_362184d96d9b0c9\");\n\ntry {\n api.update(\"tmpl_c94e83ca2cd5121\", update);\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(\"\")})\n\nvar apiClient = *lob.NewAPIClient(configuration)\n\nvar templateWritable = *lob.NewTemplateWritable(\"Updated HTML for Template 1/html>\")\ncreatedTemplate, _, _ := apiClient.TemplatesApi.Create(context).TemplateWritable(templateWritable).Execute()\n\ntemplateWritable.SetDescription(\"Template updated\")\nresp, _, err := apiClient.TemplatesApi.Update(context, createdTemplate.Id).TemplateWritable(templateWritable).Execute()\n\nif err != nil {\n return err\n}\n"
label: GO
delete:
operationId: template_delete
summary: Delete
description: Permanently deletes a template. Deleting a template also deletes its associated versions. Deleted templates can not be used to create postcard, letter, or check resources.
tags:
- Templates
responses:
'200':
$ref: '#/components/responses/template_deleted'
default:
$ref: '#/components/responses/template_error'
x-codeSamples:
- lang: Shell
source: "curl -X DELETE https://api.lob.com/v1/templates/tmpl_df934eeda694203 \\\n -u test_0dc8d51e0acffcb1880e0f19c79b2f5b0cc:\n"
label: CURL
- lang: Typescript
source: "try {\n const deleteTemplate = await new TemplatesApi(config).delete('tmpl_xxxx');\n} catch (err: any) {\n console.error(err);\n}\n"
label: TYPESCRIPT
- lang: Javascript
source: 'This feature is not currently supported by this library.
'
label: NODE
- lang: Ruby
source: "templateApi = TemplatesApi.new(config)\n\nbegin\n deletedTemplate = templateApi.delete(\"tmpl_df934eeda694203\")\nrescue => err\n p err.message\nend\n"
label: RUBY
- lang: Python
source: "with ApiClient(configuration) as api_client:\n api = TemplatesApi(api_client)\n\ntry:\n deleted_resource = api.delete(\"tmpl_df934eeda694203\")\nexcept ApiException as e:\n print(e)\n"
label: PYTHON
- lang: PHP
source: "$apiInstance = new OpenAPI\\Client\\Api\\TemplatesApi($config, new GuzzleHttp\\Client());\n\ntry {\n $result = $apiInstance->delete(\"tmpl_df934eeda694203\");\n} catch (Exception $e) {\n echo $e->getMessage(), PHP_EOL;\n}\n"
- lang: Java
source: "TemplatesApi apiInstance = new TemplatesApi(config);\n\ntry {\n TemplateDeletion response = apiInstance.delete(\"tmpl_df934eeda694203\");\n} catch (ApiException e) {\n e.printStackTrace();\n}\n"
label: JAVA
- lang: Elixir
source: 'This feature is not currently supported by this library.
'
label: ELIXIR
- lang: CSharp
source: "TemplatesApi api = new TemplatesApi(config);\n\ntry {\n TemplateDeletion response = api.delete(\"tmpl_df934eeda694203\");\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(\"\")})\n\nvar apiClient = *lob.NewAPIClient(configuration)\n\ndeletedTemplate, _, err := apiClient.TemplatesApi.Delete(context, \"tmpl_df934eeda694203\").Execute()\n\nif err != nil {\n return err\n}\n"
label: GO
/templates:
get:
operationId: templates_list
summary: List
description: Returns a list of your templates. The templates are returned sorted by creation date, with the most recently created templates appearing first.
tags:
- Templates
parameters:
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/limit'
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/before_after'
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/include'
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/date_created'
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/metadata'
responses:
'200':
$ref: '#/components/responses/all_templates'
default:
$ref: '#/components/responses/template_error'
x-codeSamples:
- lang: Shell
source: "curl -X GET \"https://api.lob.com/v1/templates?limit=2\" \\\n -u test_0dc8d51e0acffcb1880e0f19c79b2f5b0cc:\n"
label: CURL
- lang: Typescript
source: "try {\n const templates = await new TemplatesApi(config).list(2);\n} catch (err: any) {\n console.error(err);\n}\n"
label: TYPESCRIPT
- lang: Javascript
source: 'This feature is not currently supported by this library.
'
label: NODE
- lang: Ruby
source: "templatesApi = TemplatesApi.new(config)\n\nbegin\n templates = templatesApi.list({ limit: 2 })\nrescue => err\n p err.message\nend\n"
label: RUBY
- lang: Python
source: "with ApiClient(configuration) as api_client:\n api = TemplatesApi(api_client)\n\ntry:\n templates = api.list(limit=2)\nexcept ApiException as e:\n print(e)\n"
label: PYTHON
- lang: PHP
source: "$apiInstance = new OpenAPI\\Client\\Api\\TemplatesApi($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: "TemplatesApi apiInstance = new TemplatesApi(config);\n\ntry {\n List 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 );\n} catch (ApiException e) {\n e.printStackTrace();\n}\n"
label: JAVA
- lang: Elixir
source: 'This feature is not currently supported by this library.
'
label: ELIXIR
- lang: CSharp
source: "TemplatesApi api = new TemplatesApi(config);\n\nList includeList = new List();\nincludeList.Add(\"total_count\");\nDictionary metadata = new Dictionary();\nmetadata.Add(\"name\", \"Harry\");\nDictionary dateCreated = new Dictionary();\nDateTime dateCreatedDate = DateTime.Today.AddMonths(-1);\ndateCreated.Add(\"lt\", dateCreatedDate);\n\ntry {\n TemplateList response = api.list(\n 2, // limit\n null, // before\n null, // after\n includeList, // include\n dateCreated, // dateCreated\n metadata // metadata\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(\"\")})\n\nvar apiClient = *lob.NewAPIClient(configuration)\nTemplateList = apiClient.TemplatesApi.List(context).Execute()\nif err != nil {\n return err\n}\n"
label: GO
post:
operationId: create_template
summary: Create
description: Creates a new template for use with the Print & Mail API. In Live mode, you can only have as many non-deleted templates as allotted in your current Print & Mail Edition. If you attempt to create a template past your limit, you will receive a `403` error. There is no limit in Test mode.
tags:
- Templates
requestBody:
required: true
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/template_writable'
example:
description: demo
html: HTML for {{name}}
metadata:
spiffy: 'true'
engine: handlebars
application/x-www-form-urlencoded:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/template_writable'
example:
description: demo
html: HTML for {{name}}
metadata:
spiffy: 'true'
engine: handlebars
multipart/form-data:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/template_writable'
example:
description: demo
html: HTML for {{name}}
metadata:
spiffy: 'true'
engine: handlebars
responses:
'200':
description: Returns a template object
headers:
ratelimit-limit:
$ref: '#/components/headers/ratelimit-limit'
ratelimit-remaining:
$ref: '#/components/headers/ratelimit-remaining'
ratelimit-reset:
$ref: '#/components/headers/ratelimit-reset'
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/template'
example:
id: tmpl_c94e83ca2cd5121
description: Test Template
versions:
- id: vrsn_362184d96d9b0c9
suggest_json_editor: true
description: Test Template
engine: legacy
html: HTML for {{name}}
date_created: '2017-11-07T22:56:10.962Z'
date_modified: '2017-11-07T22:56:10.962Z'
object: version
published_version:
id: vrsn_362184d96d9b0c9
suggest_json_editor: false
description: Test Template
engine: handlebars
html: HTML for {{name}}
date_created: '2017-11-07T22:56:10.962Z'
date_modified: '2017-11-07T22:56:10.962Z'
object: version
metadata: {}
date_created: '2017-11-07T22:56:10.962Z'
date_modified: '2017-11-07T22:56:10.962Z'
object: template
default:
$ref: '#/components/responses/template_error'
x-codeSamples:
- lang: Shell
source: "curl https://api.lob.com/v1/templates \\\n -u test_0dc8d51e0acffcb1880e0f19c79b2f5b0cc: \\\n -d \"description=Test Template\" \\\n --data-urlencode \"html=HTML for {{name}}\"\n"
label: CURL
- lang: Typescript
source: "const templateCreate = new TemplateWritable({\n description: 'Newer Template',\n html: 'Updated HTML for {{name}}'\n});\n\ntry {\n const myTemplate = await new TemplatesApi(config).create(templateCreate);\n} catch (err: any) {\n console.error(err);\n}\n"
label: TYPESCRIPT
- lang: Javascript
source: 'This feature is not currently supported by this library.
'
label: NODE
- lang: Ruby
source: "templateCreate = TemplateWritable.new({\n description: \"Test Template\",\n html: \"HTML for {{name}}\",\n});\n\ntemplateApi = TemplatesApi.new(config)\n\nbegin\n createdTemplate = templateApi.create(templateCreate)\nrescue => err\n p err.message\nend\n"
label: RUBY
- lang: Python
source: "template_writable = TemplateWritable(\n description = \"Test Template\",\n html = \"HTML for {{name}}\",\n)\n\nwith ApiClient(configuration) as api_client:\n api = TemplatesApi(api_client)\n\ntry:\n created_template = api.create(template_writable)\nexcept ApiException as e:\n print(e)\n"
label: PYTHON
- lang: PHP
source: "$apiInstance = new OpenAPI\\Client\\Api\\TemplatesApi($config, new GuzzleHttp\\Client());\n$template_writable = new OpenAPI\\Client\\Model\\TemplateWritable(\n array(\n \"description\" => \"Test Template\",\n \"html\" => \"HTML for {{name}}\",\n )\n);\n\ntry {\n $result = $apiInstance->create($template_writable);\n} catch (Exception $e) {\n echo $e->getMessage(), PHP_EOL;\n}\n"
- lang: Java
source: "TemplatesApi apiInstance = new TemplatesApi(config);\n\ntry {\n TemplateWritable = new TemplateWritable();\n .set(\"Test Template\");\n .set(\"HTML for {{name}}\");\n\n Template result = apiInstance.create();\n} catch (ApiException e) {\n e.printStackTrace();\n}\n"
label: JAVA
- lang: Elixir
source: 'This feature is not currently supported by this library.
'
label: ELIXIR
- lang: CSharp
source: "TemplatesApi api = new TemplatesApi(config);\n\nTemplateWritable templateWritable = new TemplateWritable(\n \"Test Template\", // description\n \"HTML for {{name}}\" // html\n);\n\ntry {\n Template result = api.create(templateWritable);\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(\"\")})\n\nvar apiClient = *lob.NewAPIClient(configuration)\n\n\nvar templateCreate = *lob.NewTemplateWritable()\ntemplateCreate.SetDescription(\"Test Template\")\ntemplateCreate.SetHtml(\"HTML for {{name}}\")\n\n\n\ncreatedtemplate, _, err := apiClient.TemplatesApi.Create(context).TemplateWritable(templateCreate).Execute()\n\nif err != nil {\n return err\n}\n"
label: GO
components:
schemas:
date_created:
type: string
format: date-time
description: A timestamp in ISO 8601 format of the date the resource was created.
template_version_writable:
type: object
required:
- html
properties:
description:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/resource_description'
html:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/template_html'
engine:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/engine'
required_vars:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/template_required_vars'
engine:
type: string
description: "The engine used to combine HTML template with merge variables.\n * `legacy` - Lob's original engine\n * `handlebars`\n"
enum:
- legacy
- handlebars
nullable: true
default: legacy
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 Account Settings 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.
'
template_version:
allOf:
- $ref: '#/components/schemas/template_version_writable'
- $ref: '#/components/schemas/lob_base'
- type: object
required:
- id
properties:
id:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/vrsn_id'
suggest_json_editor:
type: boolean
description: 'Used by frontend, true if the template uses advanced features.
'
merge_variables:
type: object
description: 'Object representing the keys of every merge variable present in the template. It has one key named ''keys'', and its value is an array of strings.
'
object:
type: string
description: Value is resource type.
enum:
- version
default: version
count:
type: integer
description: number of resources in a set
template_version_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/vrsn_id'
deleted:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/deleted'
tmpl_id:
type: string
description: Unique identifier prefixed with `tmpl_`. ID of a saved [HTML template](#section/HTML-Templates).
pattern: ^tmpl_[a-zA-Z0-9]+$
template_version_updatable:
type: object
properties:
description:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/resource_description'
engine:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/engine'
required_vars:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/template_required_vars'
date_filter:
type: object
additionalProperties:
type: string
description: 'Filter by ISO-8601 date or datetime, e.g. `{ "gt": "2012-01-01", "lt": "2012-01-31T12:34:56Z" }` where `gt` is >, `lt` is <, `gte` is e, and `lte` is d.'
vrsn_id:
type: string
description: Unique identifier prefixed with `vrsn_`.
pattern: ^vrsn_[a-zA-Z0-9]+$
template:
type: object
required:
- id
- versions
- published_version
properties:
description:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/resource_description'
id:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/tmpl_id'
versions:
type: array
description: An array of all non-deleted [version objects](#tag/Template-Versions) associated with the template.
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/template_version'
published_version:
allOf:
- description: The template's currently published version. This version will be used in any Print & Mail API requests that reference the specified template.
- $ref: '#/components/schemas/template_version'
object:
type: string
description: Value is resource type.
enum:
- template
default: template
metadata:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/metadata'
date_created:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/date_created'
date_modified:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/date_modified'
deleted:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/deleted'
resource_description:
type: string
description: 'An internal description that identifies this resource. Must be no longer than 255 characters.
'
maxLength: 255
nullable: true
deleted:
type: boolean
description: Only returned if the resource has been successfully deleted.
template_required_vars:
type: array
items:
type: string
description: 'An array of required variables to be used in a template. Only available for `handlebars` templates.
'
template_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/tmpl_id'
deleted:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/deleted'
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'
metadata:
type: object
additionalProperties:
type: string
description: '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 at most 40 characters and values must be at most 500 characters. Neither can contain the characters `"` and `\`. i.e. ''{"customer_id" : "NEWYORK2015"}'' Nested objects are not supported. See [Metadata](#section/Metadata) for more information.'
maxLength: 500
pattern: '[^"\\]{0,500}'
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"
object:
type: string
description: Value is resource type.
template_html:
type: string
description: 'An HTML string of less than 100,000 characters to be used as the `published_version` of this template. See [here](#section/HTML-Examples) for guidance on designing HTML templates. Please see endpoint specific documentation for any other product-specific HTML details:
- [Postcards](#operation/postcard_create) - `front` and `back`
- [Self Mailers](#operation/self_mailer_create) - `inside` and `outside`
- [Letters](#operation/letter_create) - `file`
- [Checks](#operation/check_create) - `check_bottom` and `attachment`
- [Cards](#operation/card_create) - `front` and `back`
If there is a syntax error with your variable names within your HTML, then an error will be thrown, e.g. using a `{{#users}}` opening tag without the corresponding closing tag `{{/users}}`.
'
maxLength: 100000
template_writable:
type: object
required:
- html
properties:
description:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/resource_description'
html:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/template_html'
metadata:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/metadata'
engine:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/engine'
required_vars:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/template_required_vars'
date_modified:
type: string
format: date-time
description: A timestamp in ISO 8601 format of the date the resource was last modified.
list:
type: object
description: Multiple items returned in order
properties:
object:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/object'
next_url:
type: string
description: Url of next page of items in list.
nullable: true
previous_url:
type: string
description: Url of previous page of items in list.
nullable: true
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
template_update:
type: object
properties:
description:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/resource_description'
published_version:
allOf:
- description: The ID of the published version of a template you'd like to update. The published version is the one that will be used in any Print & Mail API requests that reference the specified template. Will err if the referenced `published_version` has been deleted or does not exist.
type: string
- $ref: '#/components/schemas/vrsn_id'
responses:
all_templates:
description: A dictionary with a data property that contains an array of up to `limit` templates. Each entry in the array is a separate template. The previous and next page of templates can be retrieved by calling the endpoint contained in the `previous_url` and `next_url` fields in the API response respectively.
If no more templates are available beyond the current set of returned results, the `next_url` field will be empty.
content:
application/json:
schema:
allOf:
- $ref: '#/components/schemas/list'
- type: object
properties:
data:
type: array
description: list of templates
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/template'
example:
data:
- id: tmpl_d5a5a89da9106f8
description: Test Template
versions:
- id: vrsn_232a02fb8224791
suggest_json_editor: true
description: Test Template
engine: legacy
html: 'HTML for '
date_created: '2019-07-27T23:49:01.512Z'
date_modified: '2019-07-27T23:49:01.512Z'
object: version
published_version:
id: vrsn_232a02fb8224791
suggest_json_editor: false
description: Test Template
engine: handlebars
html: 'HTML for '
date_created: '2019-07-27T23:49:01.512Z'
date_modified: '2019-07-27T23:49:01.512Z'
object: version
metadata: {}
date_created: '2019-07-27T23:49:01.511Z'
date_modified: '2019-07-27T23:49:01.511Z'
object: template
- id: tmpl_59b2150ae120887
description: Test Template
versions:
- id: vrsn_2a7eb63ccb795b9
description: Test Template
html: 'HTML for '
date_created: '2019-03-29T10:22:34.643Z'
date_modified: '2019-03-29T10:22:34.643Z'
object: version
published_version:
id: vrsn_2a7eb63ccb795b9
description: Test Template
html: 'HTML for '
date_created: '2019-03-29T10:22:34.643Z'
date_modified: '2019-03-29T10:22:34.643Z'
object: version
metadata: {}
date_created: '2019-03-29T10:22:34.642Z'
date_modified: '2019-03-29T10:22:34.642Z'
object: template
object: list
previous_url: null
next_url: https://api.lob.com/v1/templates?limit=2&after=eyJkYXRlT2Zmc2V0IjoiMjAxOS0wMy0yOVQxMDoyMjozNC42NDJaIiwiaWRPZmZzZXQiOiJ0bXBsXzU5YjIxNTBhZTEyMDg4NyJ9
count: 2
template_deleted:
description: Deleted
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/template_deletion'
example:
value:
id: tmpl_123456789
deleted: true
template_version_deleted:
description: Deleted
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/template_version_deletion'
example:
value:
id: vrsn_123456789
deleted: true
post_template_version:
description: Returns the template version with the given template and version ids.
headers:
ratelimit-limit:
$ref: '#/components/headers/ratelimit-limit'
ratelimit-remaining:
$ref: '#/components/headers/ratelimit-remaining'
ratelimit-reset:
$ref: '#/components/headers/ratelimit-reset'
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/template_version'
example:
id: vrsn_534e339882d2282
description: Second Version
html: Second HTML for {{name}}
date_created: '2017-11-09T04:49:38.016Z'
date_modified: '2017-11-09T04:49:38.016Z'
object: version
all_template_versions:
description: A dictionary with a data property that contains an array of up to `limit` template versions. Each entry in the array is a separate template version object. The previous and next page of template versions can be retrieved by calling the endpoint contained in the `previous_url` and `next_url` fields in the API response respectively.
If no more template versions are available beyond the current set of returned results, the `next_url` field will be empty.
content:
application/json:
schema:
allOf:
- $ref: '#/components/schemas/list'
- type: object
properties:
data:
type: array
description: list of template versions
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/template_version'
example:
data:
- id: vrsn_4d6ff5d868bf630
description: Second Version
html: 'Second HTML for '
date_created: '2017-11-09T05:09:03.665Z'
date_modified: '2018-05-22T22:01:10.479Z'
object: version
- id: vrsn_2a17159c1911919
description: Test Template
html: 'HTML for '
date_created: '2017-11-09T05:08:40.004Z'
date_modified: '2018-05-22T22:01:11.309Z'
object: version
object: list
count: 2
template_error:
description: Error
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/error'
example:
error:
code: invalid
message: html is required
status_code: 422
headers:
ratelimit-reset:
description: 'The time at which the rate limit window resets in UTC epoch seconds
'
schema:
type: integer
example: 1528749846
ratelimit-remaining:
description: The number of requests remaining in the current window.
schema:
type: integer
example: 100
ratelimit-limit:
description: The rate limit for a given endpoint.
schema:
type: integer
example: 150
parameters:
metadata:
in: query
name: metadata
description: Filter by metadata key-value pair`.
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/metadata'
style: deepObject
explode: true
date_created:
in: query
name: date_created
description: 'Filter by date created. Accepted formats are 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.'
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/date_filter'
style: deepObject
explode: true
before_after:
in: query
name: before/after
required: false
description: '`before` and `after` are both optional but only one of them can be in the query at a time.
'
schema:
allOf:
- type: object
properties:
before:
type: string
description: 'A reference to a list entry used for paginating to the previous set of entries. This field is pre-populated in the `previous_url` field in the return response.
'
after:
type: string
description: 'A reference to a list entry used for paginating to the next set of entries. This field is pre-populated in the `next_url` field in the return response.
'
- oneOf:
- required:
- before
- required:
- after
include:
in: query
name: include
description: 'Request that the response include the total count by specifying `include=["total_count"]`.
'
schema:
type: array
items:
type: string
explode: true
limit:
in: query
name: limit
required: false
description: How many results to return.
schema:
type: integer
minimum: 1
default: 10
maximum: 100
example: 10
securitySchemes:
basicAuth:
type: http
scheme: basic
x-webhooks:
events:
post:
summary: Events
description: Information about an event
operationId: event
tags:
- Events
responses:
'200':
$ref: '#/components/responses/events'
tracking_events:
post:
summary: Tracking Events
description: Information about tracking events
operationId: tracking_event
tags:
- Tracking Events
responses:
'200':
$ref: '#/components/responses/tracking_events'
x-tagGroups:
- name: Overview
tags:
- Introduction
- Authentication
- Getting Started
- SDKs and Tools
- name: Address Book
tags:
- Addresses
- National Change of Address
- name: Print and Mail API
tags:
- Postcards
- Self Mailers
- Letters
- Checks
- Snap Packs
- Booklets
- Bank Accounts
- Templates
- Template Versions
- Template Design
- Manage Mail
- name: Campaigns API (BETA)
tags:
- Campaigns
- Creatives
- Uploads
- name: Informed Delivery Campaign API
tags:
- Informed Delivery Campaign
- name: Address Verification API
tags:
- US Verifications
- US Verification Types
- US Autocompletions
- Reverse Geocode Lookups
- Zip Lookups
- Identity Validation
- Intl Verifications
- name: Webhooks
tags:
- Webhooks
- Events
- Tracking Events
- name: Special Features
tags:
- Billing Groups
- Buckslips
- Buckslip Orders
- Cards
- Card Orders
- QR Codes
- URL Shortener
- name: Appendix
tags:
- Beta Program
- Errors
- Rate Limiting
- Requests and Responses
- Test and Live Environments
- Versioning and Changelog