Your authentication token is a required parameter for all subsequent calls.

1. Login • Use the AUTHENTICATE USER → endpoint to fetch your authetication token.
2. User Profile • Use the FETCH USER PROFILE → endpoint to then get the information of the user.

Your authentication token is a required parameter for all subsequent calls. The API was designed to create a card as draft, preview the draft, and if the preview looks good, you can either finalize or go back and update the card.

1. Create Draft • Use the CREATE A NEW CARD → endpoint to create your draft. (Remember, this does not finalize the card, and it will not yet be available for printing.)
2. Preview Card • Use the PREVIEW CARD → endpoint to then check the draft created (this is particularly useful when using a cropping tool and verifying the card image looks as desired).
3. If there’s an issue, Update Card, and preview again. • Use the UPDATE CARD → endpoint to fix any errors found after previewing. • Make sure to PREVIEW CARD → once more to verify the new changes are correct.
4. If it looks good, Finalize Card • If everything looks correct after your last preview, use the FINALIZE CARD → endpoint to finalize the new card. Once finalized, it may be added to a print job.

Your authentication token is a required parameter for all subsequent calls. Similarly to card creation, a print job must be finalized before its cards are sent to the printer. This allows print jobs to be modified before being finalized. It also facilitates having a “shopping cart” while a user continues to add cards.

1. Create Print Job • Use the CREATE A PRINT JOB → endpoint to create your print job. Cards may be added during creation, later, or both.
2. Add Cards to Print Job • Use the ADD CARDS TO A PRINT JOB → endpoint to add more cards to the print job you already created.
3. Select how many copies of each card • Use the UPDATE PRINT JOB → endpoint to select how many copies you would like of each card in the print job. Note: Every card in a given print job will have the same number of copies applied to it. If you need a different amount of a given card, create a separate print job for that card.
4. Select your shipping provider • Use the FETCH SHIPPING PROVIDERS → endpoint to list all available shipping providers. • UPDATE PRINT JOB → with your desired shipping provider ID.
5. Select a Delivery Address • Use the FETCH ALL ADDRESSES → endpoint to retrieve all available shipping addresses. • Create a new shipping address if the required address is not listed using the CREATE SHIPPING ADDRESS → endpoint. • If you need to use a one-time address (i.e. you do not want it save for future use) you may use the UPDATE PRINT JOB → endpoint to add one-off shipping address details to the print job.
6. Check Account Balance • Use the CHECK BALANCE → endpoint to make sure there are enough funds to cover the print job before submitting. • If the account needs replenishing, use the ADD FUNDS → endpoint.
7. Submit Job for Print Production • Use the SUBMIT PRINT JOB → endpoint to submit the print job for print production. Note: Orders placed before 4PM EST are printed and shipped same day, so it is important to verify that a print jobs details are correct before submitting.

If you request use of our ICO, you will get code that looks like the following. Simply put it anywhere in your site where you want people to order cards!

Our ICO system let's you easily customize the following:

• basic colors (primary & accent color)
• fonts
• show/hide per-card-cost
• pay on checkout / deduct from account Either:
  • have customers pay for the card through the ICO
  • have all orders deduct from your InstantCard account

All other visual customization may be done using basic CSS. You may also request the source files to customize everything.