Delivering Signed Documents

Java SDK .NET SDK REST API APEX SDK

Java SDK

// Create a new document package with a specified name
DocumentPackage superDuperPackage = newPackageNamed(getPackageName())
    // Add a signer with email, first name, and last name, and set to deliver signed documents by email
    .withSigner(newSignerWithEmail("john.smith@example.com")
        .withFirstName("John")
        .withLastName("Smith")
        .deliverSignedDocumentsByEmail())
    // Add a document with a name, input stream, and signature details
    .withDocument(newDocumentWithName("First Document")
        .fromStream(documentInputStream1, DocumentType.PDF)
        .withSignature(signatureFor("john.smith@example.com")
            .onPage(0)
            .atPosition(100, 100)))
    // Build the document package
    .build();

.NET SDK

 // Create a new document package with a specified name and description
DocumentPackage package = PackageBuilder.NewPackageNamed(PackageName)
    .DescribedAs("This is a new package")
    // Add a signer with email, first name, last name, and set to deliver signed documents by email
    .WithSigner(SignerBuilder.NewSignerWithEmail(email1)
        .WithFirstName("John")
        .WithLastName("Smith")
        .DeliverSignedDocumentsByEmail())
    // Add a document with a name, input stream, and signature details
    .WithDocument(DocumentBuilder.NewDocumentNamed("My Document")
        .FromStream(fileStream1, DocumentType.PDF)
        .WithSignature(SignatureBuilder.SignatureFor(email1)
            .OnPage(0)
            .AtPosition(100, 100)))
    // Build the document package
    .Build();

REST API

To download the full code sample see our Code Share site.

Once a transaction has been completed, you can automatically deliver the signed documents to your signers. The following code will do this:

HTTP Request

POST /api/packages/{packageId}/roles

HTTP Headers

Accept: application/json   
Content-Type: application/json   
Authorization: Basic api_key 

Request Payload

{
  "id": "Signer5",
  "reassign": true,
  "type": "SIGNER",
  "signers": [
    {
      "email": "mail32@example.com",
      "firstName": "John",
      "lastName": "Smith",
      "id": "Signer5",
      "delivery": {
        "email": true,
        "download": true,
        "provider": true
      }
    }
  ],
  "name": "Signer5"
}

For a complete description of each field, see the Request Payload table below.

Response Payload

{
  "id": "Signer5",
  "data": null,
  "specialTypes": [],
  "emailMessage": null,
  "attachmentRequirements": [],
  "locked": false,
  "reassign": true,
  "index": 0,
  "signers": [
    {
      "group": null,
      "language": "en",
      "signature": null,
      "id": "Signer5",
      "delivery": {
        "provider": true,
        "email": true,
        "download": true
      },
      "auth": {
        "scheme": "NONE",
        "challenges": []
      },
      "knowledgeBasedAuthentication": null,
      "data": null,
      "title": "",
      "company": "",
      "email": "mail32@example.com",
      "firstName": "John",
      "lastName": "Smith",
      "external": null,
      "updated": "2017-11-16T16:53:01Z",
      "phone": "",
      "professionalIdentityFields": [],
      "userCustomFields": [],
      "address": null,
      "created": "2017-11-16T16:53:01Z",
      "name": "",
      "specialTypes": []
    }
  ],
  "name": "Signer5",
  "type": "SIGNER"
}

Results

Once you've sent your package for signing and the transaction, each of your signers will receive an emails with a link to the signed documents.

Request Payload Table

APEX SDK

// Create a new role object
ESignLiveAPIObjects.Role role = new ESignLiveAPIObjects.Role();

// Create a new signer object
ESignLiveAPIObjects.Signer signer = new ESignLiveAPIObjects.Signer();
signer.firstName = 'firstName';
signer.lastName = 'lastName';
signer.email = 'signer@example.com';
signer.name = 'signer1';
signer.id = 'signer1';

// Set delivery options for the signer
signer.delivery = new ESignLiveAPIObjects.Delivery(true, true, true); // Boolean download, Boolean email, Boolean provider

// Assign the signer to the role
role.signers = new List<ESignLiveAPIObjects.Signer>{signer};
role.id = 'signer1';