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Add smart fields on a document for signing using API

Add smart fields on a document for signing using API

Add smart fillable fields to your template using the signNow API. Smart fields allow your customers to automatically pre-fill documents with information from a database and send them for signing in a click.

Free to test
Fast to deploy
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Turn your documents into a template and add smart fillable fields right from your website or app.

Customize your fillable forms with smart fields using the powerful signNow API.

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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 = "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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Click API on the signNow main page and create your API Sandbox account.
Open your email to confirm the registration and specify a password for accessing your Developer Sandbox environment.
Find the list of your apps at the top of the page. By default, you can also find a Test App for testing the API.
Click its name to access the Client ID and Basic Authorization Token.
Launch the API using the information from the previous step.
Use the code samples from the signNow library.
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Change the test URL in your requests to the production environment URL.
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Everything has been great, really easy to incorporate...

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Liam R

Everything has been great, really easy to incorporate into my business. And the clients who have used your software so far have said it is very easy to complete the necessary signatures.

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I couldn't conduct my business without contracts and...

5

Dani P

I couldn't conduct my business without contracts and this makes the hassle of downloading, printing, scanning, and reuploading docs virtually seamless. I don't have to worry about whether or not my clients have printers or scanners and I don't have to pay the ridiculous drop box fees. Sign now is amazing!!

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Jennifer

My overall experience with this software has been a tremendous help with important documents and even simple task so that I don't have leave the house and waste time and gas to have to go sign the documents in person. I think it is a great software and very convenient.

signNow has been a awesome software for electric signatures. This has been a useful tool and has been great and definitely helps time management for important documents. I've used this software for important documents for my college courses for billing documents and even to sign for credit cards or other simple task such as documents for my daughters schooling.

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