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.
Looking for our legacy Python SDK?
This Python package is automatically generated by the OpenAPI Generator project:
- API version: 1.3.0
- Package version: 1.0.0
- Build package: org.openapitools.codegen.languages.PythonClientCodegen
For more information, please visit our API documentation
Python
First, you will need to first create an account at Lob.com and obtain your Test and Live API Keys.
Once you have created an account, you can access your API Keys from the Settings Panel.
If the python package is hosted on a repository, you can install directly using:
pip install git+https://github.com/GIT_USER_ID/GIT_REPO_ID.gitAlternatively you can pull directly from pypi using:
pip install lob-python(you may need to run pip with root permission: sudo pip install git+https://github.com/GIT_USER_ID/GIT_REPO_ID.git)
Then import the package:
import lob_pythonInstall via Setuptools.
python setup.py install --user(or sudo python setup.py install to install the package for all users)
Then import the package:
import lob_pythonimport time
import lob_python
from pprint import pprint
from lob_python.api import addresses_api
from lob_python.model.address import Address
from lob_python.model.address_deletion import AddressDeletion
from lob_python.model.address_editable import AddressEditable
from lob_python.model.address_list import AddressList
from lob_python.model.adr_id import AdrId
from lob_python.model.include_model import IncludeModel
from lob_python.model.lob_error import LobError
from lob_python.model.metadata_model import MetadataModel
# Defining the host is optional and defaults to https://api.lob.com/v1
# See configuration.py for a list of all supported configuration parameters.
configuration = lob_python.Configuration(
host = "https://api.lob.com/v1"
)
# The client must configure the authentication and authorization parameters
# in accordance with the API server security policy.
# Examples for each auth method are provided below, use the example that
# satisfies your auth use case.
# Configure HTTP basic authorization: basicAuth
configuration = lob_python.Configuration(
username = '<<YOUR_LOB_API_KEY>>',
)
# Enter a context with an instance of the API client
with lob_python.ApiClient(configuration) as api_client:
# Create an instance of the API class
api_instance = addresses_api.AddressesApi(api_client)
address_editable = AddressEditable(
address_line1="address_line1_example",
address_line2="address_line2_example",
address_city="address_city_example",
address_state="address_state_example",
address_zip="address_zip_example",
address_country=CountryExtended("AD"),
description=ResourceDescription("description_example"),
name="name_example",
company=Company("company_example"),
phone="phone_example",
email="email_example",
metadata=MetadataModel(
key="key_example",
),
)
try:
# create
api_response = api_instance.create(address_editable)
pprint(api_response)
except lob_python.ApiException as e:
print("Exception when calling AddressesApi->create: %s\n" % e)The full and comprehensive documentation of Lob's APIs is available here.
$ python3 -m unittest discover test/UnitIntegration tests run against a live deployment of the Lob API and require multiple valid API keys with access to specific features. As such, it is not expected that these tests will pass for every user in every environment.
To run integration tests:
$ LOB_API_TEST_KEY=<<YOUR TEST KEY>> LOB_API_LIVE_KEY=<<YOUR LIVE KEY>> python3 -m unittest discover test/IntegrationRun this the first time:
$ echo "LOB_API_TEST_KEY=<<YOUR TEST KEY>> LOB_API_LIVE_KEY=<<YOUR LIVE KEY>>" > LOCAL.envThen, to run the integration tests:
$ env $(cat LOCAL.env) python3 -m unittest discover test/Integration- Type: HTTP basic authentication
If the OpenAPI document is large, imports in lob_python.apis and lob_python.models may fail with a RecursionError indicating the maximum recursion limit has been exceeded. In that case, there are a couple of solutions:
Solution 1: Use specific imports for apis and models like:
from lob_python.api.default_api import DefaultApifrom lob_python.model.pet import Pet
Solution 2: Before importing the package, adjust the maximum recursion limit as shown below:
import sys
sys.setrecursionlimit(1500)
import lob_python
from lob_python.apis import *
from lob_python.models import *
