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Send a document for signing and request attachments with PHP Client using the API

Use airSlate SignNow’s API to ensure data collected from your customers is 100% complete. Create and send an attachment request for one or several additional documents required to complete your workflow.

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Request additional documents from signers

Use the sample code to make a request for documents to be added to an existing eSignature workflow.

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public class DocumentUpdateRequestModel
    {
        public List<FieldRequestBase> fields { get; private set; } = new List<FieldRequestBase>();
    }
 
    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 abstract class LabelledFieldRequest : FieldRequestBase
    {
        public string label { get; set; }
    }
 
    public abstract class TextFieldRequestBase : LabelledFieldRequest
    {
        public override string type => "text";
 
    }
    public class TextFieldRequest : TextFieldRequestBase
    {
        public string prefilled_text { get; set; }
        public string validator_id { get; set; }
    }
    public class InitialsFieldRequest : LabelledFieldRequest
    {
        public override string type { get { return "initials"; } }
    }
    public class CheckboxFieldRequestModel : LabelledFieldRequest
    {
        public override string type => "checkbox";
        public bool prefilled_text { get; set; }
    }
 
    public class DropdownFieldRequest : LabelledFieldRequest
    {
        public override string type => "enumeration";
        public string[] enumeration_options { get; set; }
        public bool custom_defined_option { get; set; }
    }
 
    public class CalculatedFieldRequest : TextFieldRequestBase
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Formula that includes field names and operations
        /// </summary>
        public Formula calculation_formula { get; set; }
        /// <summary>
        /// String representation of the formula. Just a text that user will see in the field settings.
        /// </summary>
        public string formula { get; set; }
        public int calculation_precision { get; set; }
    }
 
    public enum FormulaOperator
    {
        add, sub, div, mul
    }
 
    public class Formula
    {
        [JsonProperty(NullValueHandling = NullValueHandling.Ignore)]
        [JsonConverter(typeof(StringEnumConverter))]
        public FormulaOperator? @operator { get; private set; }
        [JsonProperty(NullValueHandling = NullValueHandling.Ignore)]
        public object term { get; private set; }
        [JsonProperty(NullValueHandling = NullValueHandling.Ignore)]
        public Formula left { get; private set; }
        [JsonProperty(NullValueHandling = NullValueHandling.Ignore)]
        public Formula right { get; private set; }
        private Formula(object term)
        {
            this.term = term;
        }
        private Formula(FormulaOperator @operator, Formula leftOperand, Formula rightOperand)
        {
            this.@operator = @operator;
            left = leftOperand;
            right = rightOperand;
        }
        private Formula(FormulaOperator @operator, string leftFieldName, string rightFieldName)
            : this(@operator, new Formula(leftFieldName), new Formula(rightFieldName))
        {
        }
        private Formula(FormulaOperator @operator, string leftFieldName, Formula rightOperand)
            : this(@operator, new Formula(leftFieldName), rightOperand)
        {
        }
        private Formula(FormulaOperator @operator, Formula leftOperand, string rightFieldName)
            : this(@operator, leftOperand, new Formula(rightFieldName))
        {
        }
        public static Formula Add(string leftFieldName, string rightFieldName)
        {
            return new Formula(FormulaOperator.add, leftFieldName, rightFieldName);
        }
        public static Formula Add(string leftFieldName, Formula rightOperand)
        {
            return new Formula(FormulaOperator.add, leftFieldName, new Formula(rightOperand));
        }
        public static Formula Add(Formula leftOperand, string rightFieldName)
        {
            return new Formula(FormulaOperator.add, new Formula(leftOperand), rightFieldName);
        }
        public static Formula Add(Formula leftOperand, Formula rightOperand)
        {
            return new Formula(FormulaOperator.add, new Formula(leftOperand), new Formula(rightOperand));
        }
        public static Formula Sub(string leftFieldName, string rightFieldName)
        {
            return new Formula(FormulaOperator.sub, leftFieldName, rightFieldName);
        }
        public static Formula Sub(string leftFieldName, Formula rightOperand)
        {
            return new Formula(FormulaOperator.sub, leftFieldName, new Formula(rightOperand));
        }
        public static Formula Sub(Formula leftOperand, string rightFieldName)
        {
            return new Formula(FormulaOperator.sub, new Formula(leftOperand), rightFieldName);
        }
        public static Formula Sub(Formula leftOperand, Formula rightOperand)
        {
            return new Formula(FormulaOperator.sub, new Formula(leftOperand), new Formula(rightOperand));
        }
        public static Formula Mul(string leftFieldName, string rightFieldName)
        {
            return new Formula(FormulaOperator.mul, leftFieldName, rightFieldName);
        }
        public static Formula Mul(string leftFieldName, Formula rightOperand)
        {
            return new Formula(FormulaOperator.mul, leftFieldName, new Formula(rightOperand));
        }
        public static Formula Mul(Formula leftOperand, string rightFieldName)
        {
            return new Formula(FormulaOperator.mul, new Formula(leftOperand), rightFieldName);
        }
        public static Formula Mul(Formula leftOperand, Formula rightOperand)
        {
            return new Formula(FormulaOperator.mul, new Formula(leftOperand), new Formula(rightOperand));
        }
        public static Formula Div(string leftFieldName, string rightFieldName)
        {
            return new Formula(FormulaOperator.div, leftFieldName, rightFieldName);
        }
        public static Formula Div(string leftFieldName, Formula rightOperand)
        {
            return new Formula(FormulaOperator.div, leftFieldName, new Formula(rightOperand));
        }
        public static Formula Div(Formula leftOperand, string rightFieldName)
        {
            return new Formula(FormulaOperator.div, new Formula(leftOperand), rightFieldName);
        }
        public static Formula Div(Formula leftOperand, Formula rightOperand)
        {
            return new Formula(FormulaOperator.div, new Formula(leftOperand), new Formula(rightOperand));
        }
    }
 
    public class RadiobuttonFieldRequest : FieldRequestBase
    {
        public override string type { get { return "radiobutton"; } }
        public Radio[] radio { get; set; }
    }
 
    public class SignatureFieldRequest : FieldRequestBase
    {
        public override string type { get { return "signature"; } }
    }
 
    public class AttachmentFieldRequest : LabelledFieldRequest
    {
        public override string type => "attachment";
    }
 
    public class Radio
    {
        public string radio_id { get; set; }
        public int page_number { get; set; }
        public int x { get; set; }
        public int y { get; set; }
        public double width { get; set; }
        public double height { get; set; }
        public int @checked { get; set; }
        public string value { get; set; }
        public int created { get; set; }
        public object[] json_attributes { get; set; }
    }
 
    public static class CalculatableValidatorId
    {
        public const string Number = "1109cfbbb06311a06a4c7f8d04f1f0d5c44103cb";
        public const string UsCurrency = "150662c7221a6a6ebcbb7c50ca46359d19757f81";
        public const string PositiveInteger = "1f9486ae822d30ba3df2cb8e65303ebfb8c803e8";
        public const string PositiveOrNegativeInteger = "23a57c29fa089e22bcf85d601c8091bc9c7da570";
        public const string UsInteger = "f031b8b63127c6915949bfc55e3cc81edbb12ecc";
        public const string UsPositiveInteger = "4cf9dfe7e65eb0a2c0c93e199f1ec1cdc23a267d";
        public const string EuInteger = "e8b7248b323525d1e8d5240ccf87d8c2926622cd";
        public const string EuPositiveInteger = "8937f6d0511167d67c6b21fe07c9ccd3a8116126";
    }
 
    public static class TextFieldValidatorId
    {
        public const string Email = "7cd795fd64ce63b670b52b2e83457d59ac796a39";
        public const string USPhone = "13cc1d661da456d27b249b73056ed4d1f2e72d8e";
        public const string State = "3123849de563f9e14acacc2739467e3d30e426b6";
        public const string Number = "1109cfbbb06311a06a4c7f8d04f1f0d5c44103cb";
        public const string UsCurrency = "150662c7221a6a6ebcbb7c50ca46359d19757f81";
        public const string Alphanumeric = "3859296fffd39cb8efeaffda5899973c014ce42e";
        public const string PositiveInteger = "1f9486ae822d30ba3df2cb8e65303ebfb8c803e8";
        public const string PositiveOrNegativeInteger = "23a57c29fa089e22bcf85d601c8091bc9c7da570";
        public const string Age = "1a203fa91791b0458608be045a454ba90557fb26";
        public const string SSN = "2cd795fd64ce63b670b52b2e83457d59ac796a39";
        public const string CreditCardNumber = "2f1c408bdf2f99fc5d4c342249da88ce5d2a5f02";
        public const string BankRTN = "959b068ef8ee5cc27e09ba79af58f9e805b7c2b3";
        public const string UsInteger = "f031b8b63127c6915949bfc55e3cc81edbb12ecc";
        public const string UsPositiveInteger = "4cf9dfe7e65eb0a2c0c93e199f1ec1cdc23a267d";
        public const string EuInteger = "e8b7248b323525d1e8d5240ccf87d8c2926622cd";
        public const string EuPositiveInteger = "8937f6d0511167d67c6b21fe07c9ccd3a8116126";
    }
 
    public static class DateFieldValidatorId
    {
        public const string DateUS = "13435fa6c2a17f83177fcbb5c4a9376ce85befeb";
        public const string DateEU = "059b068ef8ee5cc27e09ba79af58f9e805b7c2b3";
        public const string TimeOnly = "09d3bb6a5eb6598edb7bfad02b0143d8c68ad788";
        public const string WrittenDate = "0f4827a308018f98b11ae3923104685ff0c03070";
        public const string DateTime = "06448a0d0eb6a71c7c116ec4754bcb04ebf11da5";
    }
     
public partial class RestSharpSamples
    {
        public static void AddFillableFields(string accessToken, string apiUrl, string documentId, DocumentUpdateRequestModel documentUpdateRequest)
        {
            var client = new RestClient { BaseUrl = new Uri(apiUrl) };
            var request = new RestRequest($"/document/{documentId}", Method.PUT)
                .AddHeader("Accept", "application/json")
                .AddHeader("Authorization", $"Bearer {accessToken}");
            request.RequestFormat = DataFormat.Json;
            var requestJson = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(documentUpdateRequest);
            request.AddBody(requestJson);
            var response = client.Execute(request);
 
            if (response.StatusCode != HttpStatusCode.OK)
            {
                throw new Exception(response.Content);
            }
        }
    }  
 
 class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            var attachmentField = new AttachmentFieldRequest
            {
                height = 10,
                width = 50,
                label = "AttachMe",
                name = "AttachmentName",
                page_number = 0,
                required = true,
                role = "Signer 1",
                x = 20,
                y = 20
            };
            var checkboxField = new CheckboxFieldRequestModel
            {
                height = 10,
                width = 50,
                label = "Checkbox field",
                name = "Checkbox_field",
                page_number = 0,
                required = true,
                role = "Signer 1",
                x = 20,
                y = 40,
                prefilled_text = true
            };
            var datetimeField = new TextFieldRequest
            {
                height = 10,
                width = 80,
                label = "Datetime field",
                name = "Datetime_field",
                page_number = 0,
                prefilled_text = DateTime.Now.ToLongDateString(),
                required = true,
                role = "Signer 1",
                x = 100,
                y = 40,
                validator_id = DateFieldValidatorId.DateTime
            };
            var dropdownField = new DropdownFieldRequest
            {
                height = 10,
                width = 80,
                label = "Dropdown field",
                name = "Dropdown_field",
                page_number = 0,
                required = true,
                role = "Signer 1",
                x = 20,
                y = 60,
                custom_defined_option = true,
                enumeration_options = new[] { "10", "20", "30" }
            };
            var inititalsField = new InitialsFieldRequest
            {
                height = 40,
                width = 50,
                name = "Init",
                page_number = 0,
                required = true,
                role = "Signer 1",
                label = "Init label",
                x = 20,
                y = 80
            };
            var signatureField = new SignatureFieldRequest
            {
                height = 40,
                width = 50,
                name = "Sign",
                page_number = 0,
                required = true,
                role = "Signer 1",
                x = 120,
                y = 80
            };
            var textField = new TextFieldRequest
            {
                height = 10,
                width = 80,
                label = "Text field",
                name = "Text_field",
                page_number = 0,
                prefilled_text = "Prefilled text",
                required = true,
                role = "Signer 1",
                x = 20,
                y = 150
            };
            var calcField_number1 = new TextFieldRequest
            {
                height = 10,
                width = 50,
                label = "Number 1",
                name = "Number_1",
                page_number = 0,
                prefilled_text = "1",
                required = true,
                role = "Signer 1",
                x = 200,
                y = 20,
                validator_id = CalculatableValidatorId.Number
            };
            var calcField_number2 = new TextFieldRequest
            {
                height = 10,
                width = 50,
                label = "Number 2",
                name = "Number_2",
                page_number = 0,
                prefilled_text = "2",
                required = true,
                role = "Signer 1",
                x = 200,
                y = 40,
                validator_id = CalculatableValidatorId.PositiveInteger
            };
            var calcField_number3 = new TextFieldRequest
            {
                height = 10,
                width = 50,
                label = "Number 3",
                name = "Number_3",
                page_number = 0,
                prefilled_text = "3",
                required = true,
                role = "Signer 1",
                x = 200,
                y = 60,
                validator_id = CalculatableValidatorId.PositiveOrNegativeInteger
            };
            var calcField_number4 = new TextFieldRequest
            {
                height = 10,
                width = 50,
                label = "Number 4",
                name = "Number_4",
                page_number = 0,
                prefilled_text = "4",
                required = true,
                role = "Signer 1",
                x = 200,
                y = 80,
                validator_id = CalculatableValidatorId.EuInteger
            };
 
            var calculatedField = new CalculatedFieldRequest
            {
                height = 10,
                width = 50,
                label = "Calculated field",
                name = "Calculated_field",
                page_number = 0,
                required = true,
                role = "Signer 1",
                x = 300,
                y = 20,
                calculation_precision = 2
            };
            calculatedField.formula = $"({{{calcField_number1.name}}}+{{{calcField_number2.name}}})/{{{calcField_number3.name}}}-{{{calcField_number4.name}}}";
            calculatedField.calculation_formula = Formula.Div(Formula.Add(calcField_number1.name, calcField_number2.name), Formula.Sub(calcField_number3.name, calcField_number4.name));
 
            var documentUpdateRequest = new DocumentUpdateRequestModel();
            documentUpdateRequest.fields.Add(attachmentField);
            documentUpdateRequest.fields.Add(checkboxField);
            documentUpdateRequest.fields.Add(datetimeField);
            documentUpdateRequest.fields.Add(dropdownField);
            documentUpdateRequest.fields.Add(inititalsField);
            documentUpdateRequest.fields.Add(signatureField);
            documentUpdateRequest.fields.Add(textField);
            documentUpdateRequest.fields.Add(calcField_number1);
            documentUpdateRequest.fields.Add(calcField_number2);
            documentUpdateRequest.fields.Add(calcField_number3);
            documentUpdateRequest.fields.Add(calcField_number4);
            documentUpdateRequest.fields.Add(calculatedField);
 
            RestSharpSamples.AddFillableFields(Token.access_token, ApiBaseUrl, id, documentUpdateRequest);
        }
 
    }

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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