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Add metadata to a Document or Document Group | airSlate SignNow API

Add metadata to a Document
or Document Group using the API

Incorporate metadata in any of your documents to identify and track document-related information and ensure the efficient management of your internal records via webhooks.

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Streamline document management and ensure a seamless integration with your system of record

Add and track document metadata such as employee IDs, UIDs, author info, and more. Use any custom JSON file to add metadata. Enhance your document management and enable seamless updates of your internal records via webhooks upon document completion. Incorporate metadata into your event subscriptions and receive it directly in your webhook responses.

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Key benefits of including metadata in your Documents and Document Groups via the API

Enhanced searchability

Adding metadata to a document makes it easier to locate specific documents. By assigning relevant tags or keywords, users can quickly find what they're looking for without having to go through each document manually.

Improved organization

Metadata helps categorize and organize documents. It provides additional information about a document to easily sort and classify documents based on various parameters such as creation date, author, customer ID, etc.

Ease of automation

With detailed metadata, businesses can automate specific processes like routing documents to appropriate departments or individuals and updating internal records. This increases efficiency and reduces the chance of human error.

Explore common use cases for document metadata

Contract management

Use metadata to track the progress of each agreement you send for eSignature. Upon completion, you can receive a webhook response with this metadata, allowing for quick updates in internal systems without manual intervention.

Hiring process

Add metadata like an applicant’s name, the position they applied for, and their interview stages to hiring documents. When an applicant completes a document, the HR system will receive a webhook response containing this metadata, automatically updating the applicant’s records.

Safeguarding confidential documents

For industries dealing with sensitive documents, you can add metadata pertaining to the level of confidentiality and authorized personnel. Webhook responses carrying this metadata can trigger specific protocols, like moving a document to a secure storage or notifying authorized employees upon its completion.

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