Lob

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What’s supported

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Supported actions

This connector supports:

• Read Actions, including full historic backfill and incremental read.
• Write Actions.
• Proxy Actions, using the base URL https://api.lob.com.

The Lob connector supports reading from all standard objects and writing to most standard objects, including the following:

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Example integration

For an example manifest file of a Lob integration, visit our samples repo on Github.

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Using the connector

This connector uses Basic Auth, which means that you do not need to set up a Provider App before getting started. (Provider apps are only required for providers that use OAuth2 Authorization Code grant type.) To start integrating with Lob:

• Create a manifest file like the example above.
• Deploy it using the amp CLI.
• Embed the InstallIntegration UI component. The UI component will prompt the customer for their username and password.
• Start making Proxy Calls, and Ampersand will automatically attach the correct header required by Basic Auth. Please note that this connector’s base URL is https://api.lob.com.

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Credential format for Lob

Lob uses HTTP Basic Authentication with a non-standard credential format. The fields in the installation UI do not correspond to a Lob account email address and password. Instead:

• Username: Enter the Lob API key from the Lob Dashboard API key settings.
• Password: Leave this field empty.

When making proxy calls, Ampersand encodes these values as a Basic Auth header and attaches it automatically. Choose the API key appropriate for the environment you are integrating with. For example, choose a test key for Lob’s test environment and a live key for production use. For more detail, see Lob’s authentication documentation and API key documentation.