Cartons | Tuck End Boxes | becf-10407
3D Mockup

This documentation page is intended for developers looking to integrate the Dielines API into their systems. If you have any questions, please get in touch.

Die Cut Templates provides a hosted API available via HTTPS.

Dielines API allows for generating custom dielines in PDF, DXF, and SVG formats, along with 3D mockups.

To create custom dieline using the dieline template (becf-10407) via the API, please make a
POST request to https://api.diecuttemplates.com/dieline-templates/becf-10407/dielines


Code Examples



curl -i -X POST \
https://api.diecuttemplates.com/dieline-templates/becf-10407/dielines\
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_DIELINES_API_KEY_HERE>" \
  -d '{
  "format": "pdf",
  "variables": {
    "unit": "in",
    "material": 0.4826,
    "length": 4.0,
    "width": 2.0,
    "height": 6.0
  }
}'

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
require 'openssl'

url = URI('https://api.diecuttemplates.com/dieline-templates/becf-10407/dielines')

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request['Content-Type'] = 'application/json'
request['Dielines-Api-Version'] = '1.0'
request['Authorization'] = 'Bearer <YOUR_DIELINES_API_KEY_HERE>'
params = {
  "format": "pdf",
  "variables": {
    "unit": "in",
    "material": 0.11,
    "length": 4.25,
    "width": 3.00,
    "height": 5.00,
    "top_tuck_flap": 0.53
  }
}

request.body = params.to_json

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body


$url = 'https://api.diecuttemplates.com/dieline-templates/becf-10407/dielines';
$data = [
    "format" => "pdf",
    "variables" => [
      "unit" => "in",
      "material" => "0.4826",
      "length" => "4.0",
      "width" => "2.0",
      "height" => "6.0"
    ]
];

$ch = curl_init($url);

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, [
    'Content-Type: application/json',
    'Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_DIELINES_API_KEY_HERE>'
]);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, json_encode($data));

$response = curl_exec($ch);

if (curl_errno($ch)) {
    echo 'Error: ' . curl_error($ch);
} else {
    echo 'Response: ' . $response;
}

curl_close($ch);

Example Response

application/json
{
  "dieline": {
    "type": "dieline",
    "id": "ueipnpyp0rlw",
    "dieline_template_id": "becf-10301",
    "variables": {
      "unit": "mm",
      "length": 251.13,
      "width": 102,
      "height": 253,
      "material": 2.22
    },
    "format": "pdf",
    "url": "https://d2atdwxjx7uc4i.cloudfront.net/campaigns/0e9d742f-bdcd-4b41-8122-88e0426d263f20241218-14172-y29ocn.pdf",
    "artwork_dimensions": {
      "unit": "mm",
      "width": "723.06",
      "height": "502.44"
    },
    "created_at": "2024-12-18T19:27:22Z"
  }
} 



List of variables that are available for the template

Variable name length required
Description length
Data type length

Variable name width required
Description width
Data type length

Variable name height required
Description height
Data type length

Variable name overflow optional
Description overflow
Data type boolean
Default value false
Allowed values true, false, 0, 1

Variable name overflow_margin optional
Description overflow margin
Data type length
Default value 0.0 in

Variable name glue_margin optional
Description glue margin
Data type boolean
Default value false
Allowed values true, false, 0, 1

Variable name direction optional
Description direction
Data type boolean
Default value false
Allowed values true, false, 0, 1

Variable name cross optional
Description cross
Data type boolean
Default value false
Allowed values true, false, 0, 1

Variable name glue_flap optional
Description glue flap
Data type length
Default value 0.5 in

Variable name top_tuck_flap optional
Description top tuck flap
Data type length
Default value 0.6 in

Variable name dust_flap optional
Description dust flap
Data type length
Default value 1.2795 in

Variable name dimension_texts optional
Description
Data type boolean
Default value true
Allowed values true, false



Read Dielines API documentation