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The airSlate SignNow API allows you to configure and set up eSignature workflows according to your company’s needs in less than ten minutes. No need to contact sales people to get started: create your sandbox account and test the airSlate SignNow API for free.

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Detailed documentation and clear coding examples ensure an excellent developer experience.

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Flexible eSignature API for any use case and industry

airSlate SignNow’s eSignature API empowers users to quickly complete entire document lifecycles. Easily send documents for signature, request payments, create reusable templates with fillable fields, and track the status of documents in real-time with airSlate SignNow.

Upload a PDF and create fillable fields

Send a document for signature

Track document completion status

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curl -X PUT \
    'https://api.signnow.com/document/{{document_id}}' \
    -H 'Authorization: Bearer {{bearer_token}}' \
    -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
    -d '{
      "fields": [
        {
          "x": 305,
          "y": 18,
          "width": 122,
          "height": 10,
          "page_number": 0,
          "label": "first_name",
          "role": "Signer",
          "required": true,
          "type": "text",
          "prefilled_text": "John"
        },
        {
          "x": 305,
          "y": 38,
          "width": 122,
          "height": 10,
          "page_number": 0,
          "label": "last_name",
          "role": "Signer",
          "required": true,
          "type": "text",
          "prefilled_text": "Doe"
        },
        {
          "x":305,
          "y":67,
          "width":100,
          "height":34,
          "page_number":0,
          "label":"a sample label",
          "role":"Signer",
          "required":true,
          "type":"signature"
        }
      ]
    }'

public static partial class InviteExamples
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Create a role-based invite to the document for signature.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name document"">airSlate SignNow document with fields you’d like to have signed
        /// <param name email"">The email of the invitee.
        /// <param name token"">Access token
        /// <returns><see cref InviteResponse""></see> without any Identity of invite request.</returns>
        public static async Task<InviteResponse> CreateRoleBasedInviteToSignTheDocument(SignNowDocument document, string email, Token token)      
        {
            // using token from the Authorization step
            var signNowContext = new SignNowContext(token);
 
            // Create role-based invite
            var invite = new RoleBasedInvite(document)
            {
                Message = $"{email} invited you to sign the document {document.Name}",
                Subject = "The subject of the Email"
            };
 
            // Creates options for signers
            var signer = new SignerOptions(email, invite.DocumentRoles().First())
                {
                    ExpirationDays = 15,
                    RemindAfterDays = 7,
                }
                .SetAuthenticationByPassword("***PASSWORD_TO_OPEN_THE_DOCUMENT***");
 
            // Attach signer to existing roles in the document
            invite.AddRoleBasedInvite(signer);
 
            // Creating Invite request
            return await signNowContext.Invites
                .CreateInviteAsync(document.Id, invite)
                .ConfigureAwait(false);
        }
    }</InviteResponse>

public static partial class DocumentExamples
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Check the Status of the Document
        /// <para>Can be one of:</para>
        /// <list type bullet"">
        /// <item><description><see cref DocumentStatus.NoInvite""></see></description></item>
        /// <item><description><see cref DocumentStatus.Pending""></see></description></item>
        /// <item><description><see cref DocumentStatus.Completed""></see></description></item>
        /// </list>
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name documentId"">Identity of the document
        /// <param name token"">Access token
        /// <returns><see cref DocumentStatus""></see></returns>
        public static async Task<DocumentStatus> CheckTheStatusOfTheDocument(string documentId, Token token)    
        {
            // using token from the Authorization step
            var signNowContext = new SignNowContext(token);
 
            var document = await signNowContext.Documents
                .GetDocumentAsync(documentId).ConfigureAwait(false);
 
            return document.Status;
        }
    }</DocumentStatus>

public String uploadDocumentWithTags(@RequestParam("file") MultipartFile file,
                                       Model model,
                                       RedirectAttributes redirectAttributes
  ) {
      try {
          if (isUserNotAuthorized()) {
              return getLoginRedirectPage(redirectAttributes, "/examples/uploadDocumentWithTags");    
          }
          //upload document with tags to parse
          String documentId = provider.get().getSnClient()
                  .documentsService()
                  .uploadDocumentWithTags(file.getInputStream(), file.getOriginalFilename());
          updateDocumentList();
          model.addAttribute("message", "fileId: " + documentId);
      } catch (IOException | SNException e) {
          model.addAttribute("message", String.format("Couldn't upload document %s because %s %s"    
                  , file.getOriginalFilename(), e.getMessage(), e.getCause())
          );
      }
      return "add_text_tag_on_document";
  }

public String simpleFromInvite(@ModelAttribute SimpleFromInvite simpleFromInvite, Model model, RedirectAttributes redirectAttributes) {     
        if (isUserNotAuthorized()) {
            return getLoginRedirectPage(redirectAttributes, "/examples/simpleFromInvite");
        }
 
        final String fromEmail = simpleFromInvite.getFrom();
        final String toEmail = simpleFromInvite.getTo();
        final String documentId = simpleFromInvite.getDocumentId();
 
        try {
            model.addAttribute("documentList", provider.get().getUserDocuments());
            //create request for invite
            Document.SigningInviteRequest request = new Document.SigningInviteRequest(
                    fromEmail,
                    toEmail
            );
            request.subject = simpleFromInvite.getSubject();
            request.message = simpleFromInvite.getMessage();
 
            //send request for invite
            provider.get().getSnClient()
                    .documentsService()
                    .sendDocumentSignInvite(documentId, request);
 
            model.addAttribute("message",
                    String.format("Invitation for sign document %s already sent to %s from %s",
                            documentId,
                            toEmail,
                            fromEmail
                    )
            );
        } catch (SNException e) {
            String message = String.format("Couldn't send invitation request from %s to %s for sign document %s. %s %s"
                    , fromEmail, toEmail, documentId, e.getMessage(), e.getCause());
            model.addAttribute("message", message);
        }
 
        return "simple_from_invite";
    }

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A quick guide for creating a Sandbox account with airSlate SignNow

airSlate SignNow enables developers to test eSignatures cost-free using a Sandbox account.

Follow this step-by-step guide to create a Sandbox account and sign contracts via API:

Submit your email address. Share your email address to register for a free trial.
Activate your account. Open the email from airSlate SignNow API and click the ACTIVATE button to proceed.
Create a password. Provide a password for your new account and click the Activate Account button.
Create an app. Click Add App and name the application. Click Add to save it. The Basic Authorization Token will be generated automatically.
Refer to airSlate SignNow API documentation. Use the instructions from airSlate SignNow API documentation to start making API requests.
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