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Download an audit trail for documents sent for eSigning with Python SDK for API

Download an audit trail for documents sent for eSigning with Python SDK using the API

View a document's detailed history. The signNow API allows users to download a document with a court-admissable audit trail detailing its signing process within one application.

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View and track a document's complete history with Audit Trail

Use the sample code to enable Audit Trail and keep track of who accessed, edited and signed your document at all times.

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public class DocumentHistoryProperty
    {
        public string email { get; set; }
        public string ip_address { get; set; }
        public string created { get; set; }
        public string @event { get; set; }
        public string client_app_name { get; set; }
        public string user_agent { get; set; }
        public string origin { get; set; }
        public string version { get; set; }
        public string client_timestamp { get; set; }
        public string unique_id { get; set; }
        public string user_id { get; set; }
        public string document_id { get; set; }
        public object field_id { get; set; }
        public object element_id { get; set; }
    }
public partial class RestSharpSamples
    {
        public static List<DocumentHistoryProperty> GetDocumentHistory(string apiUrl, string accessToken, string documentId)
        {
            var client = new RestClient { BaseUrl = new Uri(apiUrl) };
 
            var request = new RestRequest($"/document/{documentId}/historyfull", Method.GET)
                .AddHeader("Accept", "application/json")
                .AddHeader("Authorization", $"Bearer {accessToken}");
 
            var response = client.Execute(request);
 
 
            if (response.StatusCode != HttpStatusCode.OK)
            {
                throw new Exception(response.Content);
            }
 
            return JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<List<DocumentHistoryProperty>>(response.Content);
        }
    }

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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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