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Create Cheque

print_mail.cheques.create(ChequeCreateParams**kwargs) -> Cheque

POST/print-mail/v1/cheques

Create a cheque.

This endpoint allows you to create a new cheque with the specified details.

If you would like to create a digitalOnly cheque, the digitalOnly object with the watermark will need to be passed in. Feature is available on request, e-mail [email protected] for access.

Example request body:

{
  "from": "contact_123",
  "bankAccount": "bank_123",
  "amount": 1000,
  "currencyCode": "USD",
  "number": 123456,
  "size": "us_letter",
  "digitalOnly": {
    "watermark": "VOID"
  }
}

ParametersExpand Collapse

amount: int

The amount of the cheque in cents.

formatint32

bank_account: str

The bank account (ID) associated with the cheque.

from_: From

The contact information of the sender. You can pass contact information inline here just like you can for the to.

One of the following:

class ContactCreateWithFirstName: …

address_line1: str

The first line of the contact's address.

country_code: str

The ISO 3611-1 country code of the contact's address.

first_name: str

address_line2: Optional[str]

Second line of the contact's address, if applicable.

city: Optional[str]

The city of the contact's address.

company_name: Optional[str]

Company name of the contact.

description: Optional[str]

An optional string describing this resource. Will be visible in the API and the dashboard.

email: Optional[str]

Email of the contact.

force_verified_status: Optional[bool]

If true, PostGrid will force this contact to have an addressStatus of verified even if our address verification system says otherwise.

job_title: Optional[str]

Job title of the contact.

last_name: Optional[str]

Last name of the contact.

metadata: Optional[Dict[str, object]]

See the section on Metadata.

phone_number: Optional[str]

Phone number of the contact.

postal_or_zip: Optional[str]

The postal or ZIP code of the contact's address.

province_or_state: Optional[str]

Province or state of the contact's address.

skip_verification: Optional[bool]

If true, PostGrid will skip running this contact's address through our address verification system.

class ContactCreateWithCompanyName: …

address_line1: str

The first line of the contact's address.

company_name: str

country_code: str

The ISO 3611-1 country code of the contact's address.

address_line2: Optional[str]

Second line of the contact's address, if applicable.

city: Optional[str]

The city of the contact's address.

description: Optional[str]

An optional string describing this resource. Will be visible in the API and the dashboard.

email: Optional[str]

Email of the contact.

first_name: Optional[str]

First name of the contact.

force_verified_status: Optional[bool]

If true, PostGrid will force this contact to have an addressStatus of verified even if our address verification system says otherwise.

job_title: Optional[str]

Job title of the contact.

last_name: Optional[str]

Last name of the contact.

metadata: Optional[Dict[str, object]]

See the section on Metadata.

phone_number: Optional[str]

Phone number of the contact.

postal_or_zip: Optional[str]

The postal or ZIP code of the contact's address.

province_or_state: Optional[str]

Province or state of the contact's address.

skip_verification: Optional[bool]

If true, PostGrid will skip running this contact's address through our address verification system.

str

to: To

The recipient of this order. You can either supply the contact information inline here or provide a contact ID. PostGrid will automatically deduplicate contacts regardless of whether you provide the information inline here or call the contact creation endpoint.

One of the following:

class ContactCreateWithFirstName: …

address_line1: str

The first line of the contact's address.

country_code: str

The ISO 3611-1 country code of the contact's address.

first_name: str

address_line2: Optional[str]

Second line of the contact's address, if applicable.

city: Optional[str]

The city of the contact's address.

company_name: Optional[str]

Company name of the contact.

description: Optional[str]

An optional string describing this resource. Will be visible in the API and the dashboard.

email: Optional[str]

Email of the contact.

force_verified_status: Optional[bool]

If true, PostGrid will force this contact to have an addressStatus of verified even if our address verification system says otherwise.

job_title: Optional[str]

Job title of the contact.

last_name: Optional[str]

Last name of the contact.

metadata: Optional[Dict[str, object]]

See the section on Metadata.

phone_number: Optional[str]

Phone number of the contact.

postal_or_zip: Optional[str]

The postal or ZIP code of the contact's address.

province_or_state: Optional[str]

Province or state of the contact's address.

skip_verification: Optional[bool]

If true, PostGrid will skip running this contact's address through our address verification system.

class ContactCreateWithCompanyName: …

address_line1: str

The first line of the contact's address.

company_name: str

country_code: str

The ISO 3611-1 country code of the contact's address.

address_line2: Optional[str]

Second line of the contact's address, if applicable.

city: Optional[str]

The city of the contact's address.

description: Optional[str]

An optional string describing this resource. Will be visible in the API and the dashboard.

email: Optional[str]

Email of the contact.

first_name: Optional[str]

First name of the contact.

force_verified_status: Optional[bool]

If true, PostGrid will force this contact to have an addressStatus of verified even if our address verification system says otherwise.

job_title: Optional[str]

Job title of the contact.

last_name: Optional[str]

Last name of the contact.

metadata: Optional[Dict[str, object]]

See the section on Metadata.

phone_number: Optional[str]

Phone number of the contact.

postal_or_zip: Optional[str]

The postal or ZIP code of the contact's address.

province_or_state: Optional[str]

Province or state of the contact's address.

skip_verification: Optional[bool]

If true, PostGrid will skip running this contact's address through our address verification system.

str

currency_code: Optional[Literal["USD", "CAD"]]

The currency code of the cheque. This will be set to the default currency of the bank account (USD for US bank accounts and CAD for Canadian bank accounts) if not provided. You can set this value to USD if you want to draw USD from a Canadian bank account or vice versa.

One of the following:

"USD"

"CAD"

description: Optional[str]

An optional string describing this resource. Will be visible in the API and the dashboard.

digital_only: Optional[DigitalOnlyParam]

The digitalOnly object contains data for digital-only cheques. A watermark must be provided.

watermark: str

Text to be displayed as a watermark on the digital cheque.

envelope: Optional[Union[Literal["standard"], str]]

The envelope of the cheque. If a custom envelope ID is not specified, defaults to standard.

One of the following:

Literal["standard"]

The envelope of the cheque. If a custom envelope ID is not specified, defaults to standard.

str

logo_url: Optional[str]

An optional logo URL for the cheque. This will be placed next to the recipient address at the top left corner of the cheque. This needs to be a public link to an image file (e.g. a PNG or JPEG file).

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mailing_class: Optional[Literal["first_class", "standard_class", "express", 23 more]]

The mailing class of this order. If not provided, automatically set to first_class.

One of the following:

"first_class"

"standard_class"

"express"

"certified"

"certified_return_receipt"

"registered"

"usps_first_class"

"usps_standard_class"

"usps_eddm"

"usps_express_2_day"

"usps_express_3_day"

"usps_first_class_certified"

"usps_first_class_certified_return_receipt"

"usps_first_class_registered"

"usps_express_3_day_signature_confirmation"

"usps_express_3_day_certified"

"usps_express_3_day_certified_return_receipt"

"ca_post_lettermail"

"ca_post_personalized"

"ca_post_neighbourhood_mail"

"ups_express_overnight"

"ups_express_2_day"

"ups_express_3_day"

"royal_mail_first_class"

"royal_mail_second_class"

"au_post_second_class"

memo: Optional[str]

The memo of the cheque.

merge_variables: Optional[Dict[str, object]]

These will be merged with the variables in the template or HTML you create this order with. The keys in this object should match the variable names in the template exactly as they are case-sensitive. Note that these do not apply to PDFs uploaded with the order.

message: Optional[str]

The message of the cheque.

metadata: Optional[Dict[str, object]]

See the section on Metadata.

number: Optional[int]

The number of the cheque. If you don't provide this, it will automatically be set to an incrementing number starting from 1 across your entire account, ensuring that every cheque has a unique number.

formatint32

redirect_to: Optional[RedirectTo]

Providing this inserts a blank page at the start of the cheque with the recipient you provide here. This leaves the cheque that follows intact, which means you can use this to intercept at cheque at the redirected address and then mail it forward to the final recipient yourself. One use case for this is signing cheques at your office before mailing them out yourself.

One of the following:

class ContactCreateWithFirstName: …

address_line1: str

The first line of the contact's address.

country_code: str

The ISO 3611-1 country code of the contact's address.

first_name: str

address_line2: Optional[str]

Second line of the contact's address, if applicable.

city: Optional[str]

The city of the contact's address.

company_name: Optional[str]

Company name of the contact.

description: Optional[str]

An optional string describing this resource. Will be visible in the API and the dashboard.

email: Optional[str]

Email of the contact.

force_verified_status: Optional[bool]

If true, PostGrid will force this contact to have an addressStatus of verified even if our address verification system says otherwise.

job_title: Optional[str]

Job title of the contact.

last_name: Optional[str]

Last name of the contact.

metadata: Optional[Dict[str, object]]

See the section on Metadata.

phone_number: Optional[str]

Phone number of the contact.

postal_or_zip: Optional[str]

The postal or ZIP code of the contact's address.

province_or_state: Optional[str]

Province or state of the contact's address.

skip_verification: Optional[bool]

If true, PostGrid will skip running this contact's address through our address verification system.

class ContactCreateWithCompanyName: …

address_line1: str

The first line of the contact's address.

company_name: str

country_code: str

The ISO 3611-1 country code of the contact's address.

address_line2: Optional[str]

Second line of the contact's address, if applicable.

city: Optional[str]

The city of the contact's address.

description: Optional[str]

An optional string describing this resource. Will be visible in the API and the dashboard.

email: Optional[str]

Email of the contact.

first_name: Optional[str]

First name of the contact.

force_verified_status: Optional[bool]

If true, PostGrid will force this contact to have an addressStatus of verified even if our address verification system says otherwise.

job_title: Optional[str]

Job title of the contact.

last_name: Optional[str]

Last name of the contact.

metadata: Optional[Dict[str, object]]

See the section on Metadata.

phone_number: Optional[str]

Phone number of the contact.

postal_or_zip: Optional[str]

The postal or ZIP code of the contact's address.

province_or_state: Optional[str]

Province or state of the contact's address.

skip_verification: Optional[bool]

If true, PostGrid will skip running this contact's address through our address verification system.

str

send_date: Optional[Union[str, datetime]]

This order will transition from ready to printing on the day after this date. You can use this parameter to schedule orders for a future date.

formatdate-time

size: Optional[ChequeSize]

Enum representing the supported cheque sizes.

One of the following:

"us_letter"

"us_legal"

ReturnsExpand Collapse

class Cheque: …

id: str

A unique ID prefixed with cheque_

amount: int

The amount of the cheque in cents.

formatint32

bank_account: str

The bank account (ID) associated with the cheque.

created_at: datetime

The UTC time at which this resource was created.

formatdate-time

currency_code: Literal["USD", "CAD"]

The currency code of the cheque. This can be USD even if drawing from a Canadian bank account and vice versa. Defaults to the currency of the bank account country if not otherwise specified.

One of the following:

"USD"

"CAD"

from_: Contact

The contact information of the sender.

id: str

A unique ID prefixed with contact_

address_line1: str

The first line of the contact's address.

address_status: Literal["verified", "corrected", "failed"]

One of verified, corrected, or failed.

One of the following:

"verified"

"corrected"

"failed"

country_code: str

The ISO 3611-1 country code of the contact's address.

created_at: datetime

The UTC time at which this resource was created.

formatdate-time

live: bool

true if this is a live mode resource else false.

object: Literal["contact"]

Always contact.

updated_at: datetime

The UTC time at which this resource was last updated.

formatdate-time

address_errors: Optional[str]

A series of human-readable errors/warnings that were raised when running the provided address through our address verification.

address_line2: Optional[str]

Second line of the contact's address, if applicable.

city: Optional[str]

The city of the contact's address.

company_name: Optional[str]

Company name of the contact.

description: Optional[str]

An optional string describing this resource. Will be visible in the API and the dashboard.

email: Optional[str]

Email of the contact.

first_name: Optional[str]

First name of the contact.

force_verified_status: Optional[bool]

If true, PostGrid will force this contact to have an addressStatus of verified even if our address verification system says otherwise.

job_title: Optional[str]

Job title of the contact.

last_name: Optional[str]

Last name of the contact.

metadata: Optional[Dict[str, object]]

See the section on Metadata.

phone_number: Optional[str]

Phone number of the contact.

postal_or_zip: Optional[str]

The postal or ZIP code of the contact's address.

province_or_state: Optional[str]

Province or state of the contact's address.

skip_verification: Optional[bool]

If true, PostGrid will skip running this contact's address through our address verification system.

live: bool

true if this is a live mode resource else false.

mailing_class: Literal["first_class", "standard_class", "express", 23 more]

The mailing class of this order. This determines the speed and cost of delivery. See OrderMailingClass for more details.

One of the following:

"first_class"

"standard_class"

"express"

"certified"

"certified_return_receipt"

"registered"

"usps_first_class"

"usps_standard_class"

"usps_eddm"

"usps_express_2_day"

"usps_express_3_day"

"usps_first_class_certified"

"usps_first_class_certified_return_receipt"

"usps_first_class_registered"

"usps_express_3_day_signature_confirmation"

"usps_express_3_day_certified"

"usps_express_3_day_certified_return_receipt"

"ca_post_lettermail"

"ca_post_personalized"

"ca_post_neighbourhood_mail"

"ups_express_overnight"

"ups_express_2_day"

"ups_express_3_day"

"royal_mail_first_class"

"royal_mail_second_class"

"au_post_second_class"

object: Literal["cheque"]

Always cheque.

send_date: datetime

This order will transition from ready to printing on the day after this date. For example, if this is a date on Tuesday, the order will transition to printing on Wednesday at midnight eastern time.

formatdate-time

size: ChequeSize

Enum representing the supported cheque sizes.

One of the following:

"us_letter"

"us_legal"

status: Literal["ready", "printing", "processed_for_delivery", 2 more]

See OrderStatus for more details on the status of this order.

One of the following:

"ready"

"printing"

"processed_for_delivery"

"completed"

"cancelled"

to: Contact

The recipient of this order. This will be provided even if you delete the underlying contact.

id: str

A unique ID prefixed with contact_

address_line1: str

The first line of the contact's address.

address_status: Literal["verified", "corrected", "failed"]

One of verified, corrected, or failed.

One of the following:

"verified"

"corrected"

"failed"

country_code: str

The ISO 3611-1 country code of the contact's address.

created_at: datetime

The UTC time at which this resource was created.

formatdate-time

live: bool

true if this is a live mode resource else false.

object: Literal["contact"]

Always contact.

updated_at: datetime

The UTC time at which this resource was last updated.

formatdate-time

address_errors: Optional[str]

A series of human-readable errors/warnings that were raised when running the provided address through our address verification.

address_line2: Optional[str]

Second line of the contact's address, if applicable.

city: Optional[str]

The city of the contact's address.

company_name: Optional[str]

Company name of the contact.

description: Optional[str]

An optional string describing this resource. Will be visible in the API and the dashboard.

email: Optional[str]

Email of the contact.

first_name: Optional[str]

First name of the contact.

force_verified_status: Optional[bool]

If true, PostGrid will force this contact to have an addressStatus of verified even if our address verification system says otherwise.

job_title: Optional[str]

Job title of the contact.

last_name: Optional[str]

Last name of the contact.

metadata: Optional[Dict[str, object]]

See the section on Metadata.

phone_number: Optional[str]

Phone number of the contact.

postal_or_zip: Optional[str]

The postal or ZIP code of the contact's address.

province_or_state: Optional[str]

Province or state of the contact's address.

skip_verification: Optional[bool]

If true, PostGrid will skip running this contact's address through our address verification system.

updated_at: datetime

The UTC time at which this resource was last updated.

formatdate-time

cancellation: Optional[Cancellation]

The cancellation details of this order. Populated if the order has been cancelled.

reason: Literal["user_initiated", "invalid_content", "invalid_order_mailing_class"]

The reason for the cancellation.

One of the following:

"user_initiated"

"invalid_content"

"invalid_order_mailing_class"

cancelled_by_user: Optional[str]

The user ID who cancelled the order.

note: Optional[str]

An optional note provided by the user who cancelled the order.

deposit_ready_pdfurl: Optional[str]

A link to the deposit-ready PDF for a digital-only cheque, returned if requested and available.

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description: Optional[str]

An optional string describing this resource. Will be visible in the API and the dashboard.

digital_only: Optional[DigitalOnly]

The digitalOnly object contains data for digital-only cheques. A watermark must be provided.

watermark: str

Text to be displayed as a watermark on the digital cheque.

envelope: Optional[Union[Literal["standard"], str, null]]

The envelope of the cheque. If a custom envelope ID is not specified, defaults to standard.

One of the following:

Literal["standard"]

The envelope of the cheque. If a custom envelope ID is not specified, defaults to standard.

str

imb_date: Optional[datetime]

The last date that the IMB status was updated. See imbStatus for more details.

formatdate-time

imb_status: Optional[Literal["entered_mail_stream", "out_for_delivery", "returned_to_sender"]]

The Intelligent Mail Barcode (IMB) status of this order. Only populated for US-printed and US-destined orders. This is the most detailed way to track non-express/certified orders.

One of the following:

"entered_mail_stream"

"out_for_delivery"

"returned_to_sender"

imb_zip_code: Optional[str]

The most recent ZIP code of the USPS facility that the order has been processed through. Only populated when an imbStatus is present.

logo_url: Optional[str]

An optional logo URL for the cheque. This will be placed next to the recipient address at the top left corner of the cheque. This needs to be a public link to an image file (e.g. a PNG or JPEG file).

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memo: Optional[str]

The memo of the cheque.

merge_variables: Optional[Dict[str, object]]

These will be merged with the variables in the template or HTML you create this order with. The keys in this object should match the variable names in the template exactly as they are case-sensitive. Note that these do not apply to PDFs uploaded with the order.

message: Optional[str]

The message of the cheque.

metadata: Optional[Dict[str, object]]

See the section on Metadata.

number: Optional[int]

The number of the cheque. If you don't provide this, it will automatically be set to an incrementing number starting from 1 across your entire account, ensuring that every cheque has a unique number.

formatint32

tracking_number: Optional[str]

The tracking number of this order. Populated after an express/certified order has been processed for delivery.

url: Optional[str]

PostGrid renders a PDF preview for all orders. This should be inspected to ensure that the order is correct before it is sent out because it shows what will be printed and mailed to the recipient. Once the PDF preview is generated, this field will be returned by all GET endpoints which produce this order.

This URL is a signed link to the PDF preview. It will expire after a short period of time. If you need to access this URL after it has expired, you can regenerate it by calling the GET endpoint again.

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Create Cheque

Python

HTTP

TypeScript

Python

import os
from postgrid import PostGrid

client = PostGrid(
    print_mail_api_key=os.environ.get("POSTGRID_PRINT_MAIL_API_KEY"),  # This is the default and can be omitted
)
cheque = client.print_mail.cheques.create(
    amount=1000,
    bank_account="bank_123",
    from_="contact_123",
    to="contact_123",
    currency_code="USD",
    number=123456,
    size="us_letter",
)
print(cheque.id)

201 example

{
  "id": "cheque_123456",
  "object": "cheque",
  "status": "ready",
  "live": false,
  "to": {
    "id": "contact_pxd7wnnD1xY6H6etKNvjb4",
    "object": "contact",
    "live": false,
    "companyName": "PostGrid",
    "addressLine1": "90 CANAL ST STE 600",
    "city": "BOSTON",
    "provinceOrState": "MA",
    "postalOrZip": "90210-1234",
    "countryCode": "US",
    "skipVerification": false,
    "forceVerifiedStatus": false,
    "addressStatus": "verified",
    "createdAt": "2022-02-16T15:08:41.052Z",
    "updatedAt": "2022-02-16T15:08:41.052Z"
  },
  "from": {
    "id": "contact_pxd7wnnD1xY6H6etKNvjb4",
    "object": "contact",
    "live": false,
    "companyName": "PostGrid",
    "addressLine1": "90 CANAL ST STE 600",
    "city": "BOSTON",
    "provinceOrState": "MA",
    "postalOrZip": "90210-1234",
    "countryCode": "US",
    "skipVerification": false,
    "forceVerifiedStatus": false,
    "addressStatus": "verified",
    "createdAt": "2022-02-16T15:08:41.052Z",
    "updatedAt": "2022-02-16T15:08:41.052Z"
  },
  "bankAccount": "bank_123",
  "amount": 1000,
  "currencyCode": "USD",
  "number": 123456,
  "size": "us_letter",
  "sendDate": "2020-11-12T23:23:47.974Z",
  "createdAt": "2020-11-12T23:23:47.974Z",
  "updatedAt": "2020-11-12T23:23:47.974Z",
  "mailingClass": "first_class"
}

Returns Examples

201 example

{
  "id": "cheque_123456",
  "object": "cheque",
  "status": "ready",
  "live": false,
  "to": {
    "id": "contact_pxd7wnnD1xY6H6etKNvjb4",
    "object": "contact",
    "live": false,
    "companyName": "PostGrid",
    "addressLine1": "90 CANAL ST STE 600",
    "city": "BOSTON",
    "provinceOrState": "MA",
    "postalOrZip": "90210-1234",
    "countryCode": "US",
    "skipVerification": false,
    "forceVerifiedStatus": false,
    "addressStatus": "verified",
    "createdAt": "2022-02-16T15:08:41.052Z",
    "updatedAt": "2022-02-16T15:08:41.052Z"
  },
  "from": {
    "id": "contact_pxd7wnnD1xY6H6etKNvjb4",
    "object": "contact",
    "live": false,
    "companyName": "PostGrid",
    "addressLine1": "90 CANAL ST STE 600",
    "city": "BOSTON",
    "provinceOrState": "MA",
    "postalOrZip": "90210-1234",
    "countryCode": "US",
    "skipVerification": false,
    "forceVerifiedStatus": false,
    "addressStatus": "verified",
    "createdAt": "2022-02-16T15:08:41.052Z",
    "updatedAt": "2022-02-16T15:08:41.052Z"
  },
  "bankAccount": "bank_123",
  "amount": 1000,
  "currencyCode": "USD",
  "number": 123456,
  "size": "us_letter",
  "sendDate": "2020-11-12T23:23:47.974Z",
  "createdAt": "2020-11-12T23:23:47.974Z",
  "updatedAt": "2020-11-12T23:23:47.974Z",
  "mailingClass": "first_class"
}