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Add dropdown fields on a document for signing using API

Add dropdown fields on a document for signing using API

Add and customize dropdown fields anywhere on a document using the airSlate SignNow API. Provide recipients with a ready-to-use list of options.

Free to test
Fast to deploy
Powerful & secure

Add fillable fields that suggest multiple choices in your document for effective questionnaires

Let you recipient simply select from a list of choices instead of typing in text.

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public abstract class FieldRequestBase
    {
        public abstract string type { get; }
        public bool required { get; set; }
        public string template_field_id { get; set; }
        public string role { get; set; }
        [JsonProperty(NullValueHandling = NullValueHandling.Ignore)]
        public string name { get; set; }
        public int page_number { get; set; }
        public int x { get; set; }
        public int y { get; set; }
        public int width { get; set; }
        public int height { get; set; }
    }
    public class DocumentUpdateRequestModel
    {
        public List<FieldRequestBase> fields { get; private set; } = new List<FieldRequestBase>();
    }
    public class SignatureFieldRequest : FieldRequestBase
    {
        public override string type { get { return "signature"; } }
    }
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            var accessToken = "Your ACCEES TOKEN";
            var apiBaseUrl = "airSlate SignNow API URL e.g.: https://api-eval.signnow.com";
            var documentId = "Your document ID";

if (response.StatusCode != HttpStatusCode.OK)
            {
                throw new Exception(response.Content);
            }
        }
    }

import signnow_python_sdk
from datetime import datetime

if __name__ == '__main__':
    signnow_python_sdk.Config(client_id="CLIENT_ID",
                              client_secret="CLIENT_SECRET",
                              environment="production")

# Enter your own credentials
    username = "USER_NAME"
    password = "USER_PASSWORD"
    template_id = "TEMPLATE_ID"

# Create access_token for the user
    access_token = signnow_python_sdk.OAuth2.request_token(username, password, '*')

# Create the PUT /document payload
    doc_payload = {
        "texts": [
            {
                "size": 22,
                "x": 61,
                "y": 72,
                "page_number": 0,
                "font": "Arial",
                "data": "a sample text element",
                "line_height": 9.075,
                "client_timestamp": datetime.now().strftime("%s")
            }
        ],
        "fields": [
            {
                "x": 61,
                "y": 100,
                "width": 120,
                "height": 34,
                "page_number": 0,
                "role": "Signer 1",
                "required": True,
                "type": "signature"
            },
            {
                "x": 61,
                "y": 160,
                "width": 120,
                "height": 12,
                "page_number": 0,
                "label": "New Label",
                "role": "Signer 1",
                "required": True,
                "type": "text"
            },
            {
                "x": 61,
                "y": 178,
                "width": 41,
                "height": 26,
                "page_number": 0,
                "role": "Signer 2",
                "required": True,
                "type": "initials"
            }
        ]
    }

# Update document template with payload
    put_doc_response = signnow_python_sdk.Template.update(access_token['access_token'], template_id, doc_payload)

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