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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-12b0b) via the API, please make a
POST request to https://api.diecuttemplates.com/dieline-templates/becf-12b0b/dielines


Code Examples



curl -i -X POST \
https://api.diecuttemplates.com/dieline-templates/becf-12b0b/dielines\
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_DIELINES_API_KEY_HERE>" \
  -d '{
  "format": "pdf",
  "variables": {
    "unit": "in",
    "material": 0.4826,
    "width": 6.5,
    "length": 7.0
  }
}'

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

url = URI('https://api.diecuttemplates.com/dieline-templates/becf-12b0b/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-12b0b/dielines';
$data = [
    "format" => "pdf",
    "variables" => [
      "unit" => "in",
      "material" => "0.4826",
      "width" => "6.5",
      "length" => "7.0"
    ]
];

$ch = curl_init($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 width required
Description width
Data type length

Variable name length required
Description length
Data type length

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 pocket optional
Description pocket
Data type length
Default value 3.543 in

Variable name edge_margin optional
Description edge margin
Data type length
Default value 0.275 in

Variable name corner_angle optional
Description corner angle
Data type angle
Default value 10
Allowed values 5.0, 10.0, 15.0, 20.0

Variable name corner_radius optional
Description corner radius
Data type length
Default value 1.2 in

Variable name businesscard_x optional
Description businesscard x
Data type length
Default value 3.347 in

Variable name businesscard_y optional
Description businesscard y
Data type length
Default value 2.165 in

Variable name lock_margin optional
Description lock margin
Data type length
Default value 0.6 in

Variable name glue_flap optional
Description glue flap
Data type length
Default value 0.6 in

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



Read Dielines API documentation