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Enveloupe: An API for snail mail
- Kinnard 11y agoLooks cool! This should totally exist and be independent of any given country's postal system. Perhaps prepend a "SHOW HN: "
- nanis 11y agoThere is Lob as well: https://lob.com/ https://lob.com/
- dannysu 11y agoLob is great. I've used them to mail postcards as well as letters before. They also recently started allowing you to use HTML for the design rather than PDFs.
- godzillabrennus 11y agoI'm about to use them for a startup. Anything I should know? Tips and tricks welcome.
- jc4p 11y agoI used Lob for a small side project, it was fantastic. We simply sent HTML to them, which worked out great since we didn't have to deal with any real typesetting and got to design letters with HTML/CSS.
- andrewjshults 11y ago(my opinions, not my employer's standard disclosure) Lob team has been great to work with - they've accommodated a lot of tweaks we've needed (custom paper, much higher levels of verification). They're good at API backwards compatibility, but they are pretty active on the development front, so it's worth keeping an eye on what changes are coming through on the SDK.
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- shravvmehtaa 11y agoHey, Lob employee here! Feel free to email me at shrav@lob.com. I'd be happy to give you any tips or tricks!
- ryanbertrand 11y agoLooks great. The only downside (like most companies) is HIPAA compliance only comes with the >$900/mo price points.
- sjtgraham 11y agoThat's customer segmentation 101.
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- TeMPOraL 11y agoLooks interesting, though I must ask - where exactly is the API? Or are we to hook up directly to the HTML form endpoint?
- 1812Overture 11y agoPlenty of printing companies have APIs already (and much lower prices).
- jgalt212 11y agoCan you list a few?
- 1812Overture 10y agoI've using Printing 4 Less. They've got one, and they're not exactly a big fish. I'd imagine most of these would: http://www.piworld.com/article/the-2015-printing-impressions-400/ http://www.piworld.com/article/the-2015-printing-impressions...
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- brianbreslin 11y agoWasn't there a company that started doing Instagram postcard mailing, and eventually offered the API as well they were using?
- harryzhang 11y agohttp://repostage.com/ http://repostage.com/ These guys are doing this, as I believe are many others.
- yarone 11y agoYears ago there was postful: http://postful.com/ http://postful.com/ And postal methods: http://www.postalmethods.com/ http://www.postalmethods.com/
- turley 11y agoMy side project, OttoPost[1] does Instagram postcard mailing. It's currently using Lob's API (which has been great). There are several others too, though. [1] https://www.ottopost.com https://www.ottopost.com
- scott_hardy 11y agoI made a little side project that I use to send postcards to my grandma: https://github.com/scott113341/post https://github.com/scott113341/post It sends the requests to the Lob API directly, so you there's no price markup! $0.70 for a 4"x6" postcard and $1.50 for a 6"x11".
- whitehat2k9 11y agoPrompting users to enter payment information over unsecured HTTP...smart.
- daw___ 11y agoYep, although the form posts to a secure URL: https://api.stripe.com/v1/tokens https://api.stripe.com/v1/tokens
- Gurrewe 11y agoDoesn't make it better tough, a MITM could change the action URL of the form.
- staticfish 11y agonot if it's pinned at the web app level.
- tyre 11y agoAgain, MITM. If you mean the front-end web (JS) app, MITM the request from the server to the client browser and replace the hardcoded submission url in the JS.
- staticfish 10y agoNot really. I used Play Framework which is also its own webserver. SSL is at both the app and webserver level.
- jgalt212 11y agoMITM requires a man in the middle. For the most part, a state level adversary is required for a generalized MITM attack.
- megabytemike 11y ago
- TamDenholm 11y agoI'd like to see the same service for the UK.
- greysteil 11y agoYou can use Lob in the UK. We (GoCardless) do, and have had a good experience.
- shravvmehtaa 11y agoLob employee here. We are running beta services in the UK, please email support@lob.com for more information!
- TamDenholm 11y agobrilliant, i didnt know this. Thanks
- jdietrich 11y agoHere you go: http://www.docmail.co.uk/api/ http://www.docmail.co.uk/api/ https://developers.clicksend.com/ https://developers.clicksend.com/ https://www.stannp.com/ https://www.stannp.com/
- matmann2001 11y agoYou should link to the landing page.
- zeeshanm 11y agoIf I were you I'd put link to API docs in top navigation. If you are targeting to devs, that's the first thing they look for.
- lemieux 11y agoPayment info over HTTP? Ehhh, no thanks.
- dhaivatpandya 11y agoFor some reason, the https redirect broke - working on fixing it. Rest assured, https://enveloupe.com/api/new https://enveloupe.com/api/new works perfectly.
- cripblip 11y agoNice! As a heavy user of postagram .. (#1 grandson.. Check) An iOS app that makes this appear in the print options please then I can..: login to a central site afterwards and choose the content I want to print -> snail mail it to destination Additionally you could Offer printers to local stores, I could print to my bodega/gas station/Amazon parcel drop/staples etc (Pickup the job via qr code displayed on phone/Apple Pay) for things I need now
- modoc 11y agoI'm looking for something like that that's the best fit for singleton mailings. I want to send one letter at a time. The pricing here isn't unreasonable for that ($1.09), but it seems geared for bulk mailings? Any suggestions?