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Configuring Document Visibility
- Updated on 11 Oct 2024
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Java SDK
To download the full code sample see our Code Share site. You can also see this feature in our Interactive Demo.
During a Signer Experience, by default all recipients can view all documents in a transaction. However, you can configure your transactions so that certain documents can only be seen by specific recipients. This can save recipients from having to process documents they don’t need to see, and it can ensure that documents with sensitive information are viewed only by their intended recipients.
By default, adding a recipient to a transaction will give that recipient visibility to all documents. As a best practice, we recommend that you set document visibility after all documents and recipients have been added to the transaction. If you need to add a recipient after you have set document visibility, be sure to verify the document visibility of the recipient you have just added.
Defining Document Signing By Recipient
For this example, a transaction is setup such that Signer1 is only required to sign Document 1 and Signer2 is only required to sign Document 2, as shown below:
DocumentPackage superDuperPackage = PackageBuilder.newPackageNamed(
"DocumentVisibilityExample " + new SimpleDateFormat("HH:mm:ss").format(new Date()))
.describedAs("This is a package created using the OneSpan Sign SDK")
.withSigner(SignerBuilder.newSignerWithEmail("mail31@example.com")
.withCustomId(SIGNER1_ID)
.withFirstName("John1")
.withLastName("Smith1"))
.withSigner(SignerBuilder.newSignerWithEmail("mail32@example.com")
.withCustomId(SIGNER2_ID)
.withFirstName("John2")
.withLastName("Smith2"))
.withDocument(DocumentBuilder.newDocumentWithName("Document1")
.withId(DOC1_ID)
.fromFile(DOC_FILE_PATH_1)
.withSignature(SignatureBuilder.signatureFor("mail31@example.com")
.onPage(0)
.atPosition(100, 100)))
.withDocument(DocumentBuilder.newDocumentWithName("Document2")
.withId(DOC2_ID)
.fromFile(DOC_FILE_PATH_2)
.withSignature(SignatureBuilder.signatureFor("mail32@example.com")
.onPage(0)
.atPosition(100, 100)))
.build();
Defining Document Visibility By Recipient
You can configure each document so that only a specified signer can see that document.This can ensure that documents with sensitive information are viewed only by their intended recipients.
After you have created your transaction, you will need to create your DocumentVisibility object and add configurations for the visibility of each
After you've created your transaction, you will need to create your DocumentVisibility object using the OneSpan Sign DocumentVisibilityBuilder.Then you add configurations for the visibility of each document using the custom ids set in the previous section.For example, withId(DOC1_ID).
com.silanis.esl.sdk.DocumentVisibility visibility = DocumentVisibilityBuilder.newDocumentVisibility()
.addConfiguration(
DocumentVisibilityConfigurationBuilder.newDocumentVisibilityConfiguration(DOC1_ID)
.withSignerIds(signerIdsList1)
)
.addConfiguration(
DocumentVisibilityConfigurationBuilder.newDocumentVisibilityConfiguration(DOC2_ID)
.withSignerIds(signerIdsList2)
)
.build();
You can also configure document visibility based on specific signers:
com.silanis.esl.sdk.DocumentVisibility visibility = newDocumentVisibilityBasedOnSigner()
.addConfiguration(
newDocumentVisibilityConfigurationBasedOnSigner(SIGNER1_ID)
.withDocumentIds(Arrays.asList(DOC1_ID))
)
.addConfiguration(
newDocumentVisibilityConfigurationBasedOnSigner(SIGNER2_ID)
.withDocumentIds(Arrays.asList(DOC2_ID))
)
.build();
Retrieving a List of Signers Per Document
Once you have set these configurations, you can then retrieve a list of signers who can view a document:
List<Signer> signersForDocument1 = eslClient.getSigners(packageId, DOC1_ID);
Similarly, you can retrieve a list of documents for which a signer can view:
List<Document> documentsForSigner1 = eslClient.getDocuments(packageId, SIGNER1_ID);
Setting Visibility and Sending the Transaction
Finally, you set the visibility of your documents and send your transaction using the OneSpan Sign client:
eslClient.configureDocumentVisibility(packageId, visibility);
eslClient.sendPackage(packageId);
Results
Each recipient will only see the document assigned to them.
.NET SDK
To download the full code sample see our Code Share site. You can also see this feature in our Interactive Demo.
During a Signer Experience, by default all recipients can view all documents in a transaction. However, you can configure your transactions so that certain documents can only be seen by specific recipients. This can save recipients from having to process documents they don’t need to see, and it can ensure that documents with sensitive information are viewed only by their intended recipients.
By default, adding a recipient to a transaction will give that recipient visibility to all documents. As a best practice, we recommend that you set document visibility after all documents and recipients have been added to the transaction. If you need to add a recipient after you have set document visibility, be sure to verify the document visibility of the recipient you have just added.
Defining Document Signing By Recipient
For this example, a transaction is setup such that Signer1 is only required to sign Document 1 and Signer2 is only required to sign Document 2, as shown below:
DocumentPackage superDuperPackage = PackageBuilder.NewPackageNamed("DocumentVisibilityExample " + DateTime.Now)
.DescribedAs("This is a package created using the OneSpan Sign SDK")
.WithSigner(SignerBuilder.NewSignerWithEmail("mail31@example.com")
.WithCustomId(SIGNER1_ID)
.WithFirstName("John1")
.WithLastName("Smith1"))
.WithSigner(SignerBuilder.NewSignerWithEmail("mail32@example.com")
.WithCustomId(SIGNER2_ID)
.WithFirstName("John2")
.WithLastName("Smith2"))
.WithDocument(DocumentBuilder.NewDocumentNamed("Document1")
.WithId(DOC1_ID)
.FromFile("C:/Users/hhaidary/Desktop/PDFs/sample_contract.pdf")
.WithSignature(SignatureBuilder.SignatureFor("mail31@example.com")
.OnPage(0)
.AtPosition(100, 100)))
.WithDocument(DocumentBuilder.NewDocumentNamed("Document2")
.WithId(DOC2_ID)
.FromFile("C:/Users/hhaidary/Desktop/PDFs/cleaning_contract.pdf")
.WithSignature(SignatureBuilder.SignatureFor("mail32@example.com")
.OnPage(0)
.AtPosition(100, 100)))
.Build();
Defining Document Visibility By Recipient
You can configure each document so that only a specified signer can see that document.This can ensure that documents with sensitive information are viewed only by their intended recipients.
After you've created your transaction, you will need to create your DocumentVisibility object using the OneSpan Sign DocumentVisibilityBuilder.Then you would set the visibility for each document using the custom ids set in the previous section.For example, withId(DOC1_ID).
Silanis.ESL.SDK.DocumentVisibility visibility = DocumentVisibilityBuilder.NewDocumentVisibility()
.AddConfiguration(
DocumentVisibilityConfigurationBuilder.NewDocumentVisibilityConfiguration(DOC1_ID)
.WithSignerIds(signerIdsList1)
)
.AddConfiguration(
DocumentVisibilityConfigurationBuilder.NewDocumentVisibilityConfiguration(DOC2_ID)
.WithSignerIds(signerIdsList2)
)
.Build();
You can also configure document visibility based on specific signers:
Silanis.ESL.SDK.DocumentVisibility visibility = DocumentVisibilityBuilder.newDocumentVisibilityBasedOnSigner()
.AddConfiguration(
DocumentVisibilityConfigurationBasedOnSignerBuilder.NewDocumentVisibilityConfigurationBasedOnSigner(SIGNER1_ID)
.WithDocumentIds(new List { DOC1_ID })
)
.AddConfiguration(
DocumentVisibilityConfigurationBasedOnSignerBuilder.NewDocumentVisibilityConfigurationBasedOnSigner(SIGNER2_ID)
.WithDocumentIds(new List { DOC2_ID })
)
.Build();
Retrieving a List of Signers Per Document
Once you have set these configurations, you can then retrieve a list of signers who can view a document:
IList<Signer> signersForDocument1 = eslClient.GetSigners(packageId, DOC1_ID);
Similarly, you can retrieve a list of documents for which a signer can view:
IList<Document> documentsForSigner1 = eslClient.GetDocuments(packageId, SIGNER1_ID);
Setting Visibility and Sending the Transaction
Finally, you set the visibility of your documents and send your transaction using the OneSpan Sign client:
eslClient.ConfigureDocumentVisibility(packageId, visibility);
eslClient.SendPackage(packageId);
Results
Each recipient will only see the document assigned to them.
REST API
To download the full code sample see our Code Share site. You can also see this feature in our Interactive Demo.
During a Signer Experience, by default all recipients can view all documents in a transaction. However, you can configure your transactions so that certain documents can only be seen by specific recipients. This can save recipients from having to process documents they don’t need to see, and it can ensure that documents with sensitive information are viewed only by their intended recipients.
By default, adding a recipient to a transaction will give that recipient visibility to all documents. As a best practice, we recommend that you set document visibility after all documents and recipients have been added to the transaction. If you need to add a recipient after you have set document visibility, be sure to verify the document visibility of the recipient you have just added.
Defining Document Signing By Recipient
For this example, a transaction is setup such that Signer1 is only required to sign Document 1 and Signer2 is only required to sign Document 2, as shown below:
HTTP Request
POST /api/packages
HTTP Headers
Accept: application/json
Content-Type: multipart/form-data
Authorization: Basic api_key
Request Payload
------WebKitFormBoundary1bNO60n7FqP5WO4t
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="file"; filename="testDocumentExtraction.pdf"
Content-Type: application/pdf
%PDF-1.5
%µµµµ
1 0 obj
<>>>
endobj....
------WebKitFormBoundary1bNO60n7FqP5WO4t
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="payload"
{
"autocomplete": true,
"description": "This is a package created using the OneSpan Sign REST API",
"documents": [
{
"approvals": [
{
"fields": [
{
"extract": false,
"height": 50,
"left": 100,
"page": 0,
"subtype": "FULLNAME",
"top": 100,
"type": "SIGNATURE",
"width": 200
}
],
"role": "Signer1"
}
],
"extract": false,
"id": "doc1",
"index": 0,
"name": "DocumentA"
},
{
"approvals": [
{
"fields": [
{
"extract": false,
"height": 50,
"left": 100,
"page": 0,
"subtype": "FULLNAME",
"top": 100,
"type": "SIGNATURE",
"width": 200
}
],
"role": "Signer2"
}
],
"extract": false,
"fields": [],
"id": "doc2",
"index": 0,
"name": "DocumentB",
"pages": []
}
],
"name": "DocumentVisibilityExample REST API",
"roles": [
{
"id": "Signer1",
"index": 0,
"name": "Signer1",
"signers": [
{
"email": "mail31@example.com",
"firstName": "John1",
"id": "Signer1",
"lastName": "Smith1"
}
]
},
{
"id": "Signer2",
"index": 0,
"name": "Signer2",
"signers": [
{
"email": "mail32@example.com",
"firstName": "John2",
"id": "Signer2",
"lastName": "Smith2"
}
]
}
],
"type": "PACKAGE",
"visibility": "ACCOUNT"
}
------WebKitFormBoundary1bNO60n7FqP5WO4t--
For a complete description of each field, see the Request Payload table below.
Response Payload
{
"id": "9sKhW-h-qS9m6Ho3zRv3n2a-rkI="
}
Defining Document Visibility By Recipient
You can configure each document so that only a specified signer can see that document.This can ensure that documents with sensitive information are viewed only by their intended recipients.
After you've created your transaction, you will need to make a POST https://sandbox.esignlive.com/api/packages/{packageId}/documents/visibility
with the following JSON payload:
HTTP Headers
Accept: application/json
Content-Type: application/json
Authorization: Basic api_key
{
"configurations": [
{
"documentUid": "doc1",
"roleUids": ["Signer1"]
},
{
"documentUid": "doc2",
"roleUids": ["Signer2"]
}
]
}
You can add a configurations for each document's visibility using the custom ids set in the previous step (e.g. "id": "doc1").Once you've configured your document visibility, you can retrieve your document visibility as such:
GET https://sandbox.esignlive.com/api/packages/{packageId}/documents/visibility
Setting Visibility and Sending the Transaction
Finally, you set the visibility of your documents and send your transaction using the OneSpan Sign client:
{
"status": "SENT"
}
Results
Each recipient will only see the document assigned to them.
Request Payload Table
Property | Type | Editable | Required | Default | Sample Values |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
status | string | Yes | No | DRAFT | DRAFT / SENT / COMPLETED / ARCHIVED / DECLINED / OPTED_OUT / EXPIRED |
autoComplete | boolean | Yes | No | true | true / false |
type | string | Yes | No | PACKAGE | PACKAGE / TEMPLATE / LAYOUT |
name | string | Yes | Yes | n/a | DocumentVisibilityExample REST API |
description | string | Yes | Yes | n/a | This is a package created using the OneSpan Sign REST API |
trashed | boolean | Yes | No | false | true / false |
visibility | string | Yes | No | ACCOUNT | ACCOUNT / SENDER |
documents | |||||
id | string | Yes | No | n/a | doc1 |
name | string | Yes | No | n/a | Document1 |
index | integer | Yes | No | 0 | 0 / 1 / 2 ... |
extract | boolean | Yes | No | false | false / true |
approvals | |||||
fields | |||||
subtype | string | Yes | No | n/a | FULLNAME / INITIALS / CAPTURE / MOBILE_CAPTURE / LABEL / TEXTFIELD / TEXTAREA / CHECKBOX / DATE / RADIO / LIST |
type | string | Yes | No | n/a | SIGNATURE / INPUT |
extract | boolean | Yes | No | false | true / false |
height | integer | Yes | No | 50 | 50 / 100 / 150 ... |
left | integer | Yes | No | 0 | 50 / 100 / 150 ... |
page | integer | Yes | No | 0 | 0 / 1 / 2 ... |
top | integer | Yes | No | 0 | 50 / 100 / 150 ... |
width | integer | Yes | No | 200 | 50 / 100 / 150 ... |
role | string | Yes | No | n/a | Signer1 |
roles | |||||
id | string | Yes | No | n/a | Signer1 |
index | integer | Yes | No | 0 | 0 / 1 / 2 ... |
name | string | Yes | No | n/a | Signer1 |
type | string | Yes | No | SIGNER | SIGNER / SENDER |
signers | |||||
string | Yes | Yes | n/a | mail31@example.com | |
firstName | string | Yes | Yes | n/a | John1 |
lastName | string | Yes | Yes | n/a | Smith1 |
phone | string | Yes | No | n/a | 514-555-8888 |
id | string | Yes | No | n/a | Signer1 |
company | string | Yes | No | n/a | Acme Inc. |
title | string | Yes | No | n/a | Managing Director |
APEX SDK
To download the full code sample see our Code Share site. You can also see this feature in our Interactive Demo.
During a Signer Experience, by default all recipients can view all documents in a transaction. However, you can configure your transactions so that certain documents can only be seen by specific recipients. This can save recipients from having to process documents they don’t need to see, and it can ensure that documents with sensitive information are viewed only by their intended recipients.
By default, adding a recipient to a transaction will give that recipient visibility to all documents. As a best practice, we recommend that you set document visibility after all documents and recipients have been added to the transaction. If you need to add a recipient after you have set document visibility, be sure to verify the document visibility of the recipient you have just added.
Defining Document Signing By Recipient
For this example, a transaction is setup such that Signer1 is only required to sign Document 1 and Signer2 is only required to sign Document 2, as shown below:
ESignLiveSDK sdk = new ESignLiveSDK();
// Create package
ESignLiveAPIObjects.Package_x pkg = new ESignLiveAPIObjects.Package_x();
pkg.name = 'Test Document Visibility - ' + Datetime.now().format();
pkg.status = ESignLiveAPIObjects.PackageStatus.DRAFT;
// Create Roles
String roleId1 = 'Signer1';
ESignLiveAPIObjects.Role role1 = new ESignLiveAPIObjects.Role();
role1.signers = sdk.createRolesSigner('sigenr1_firstname', 'signer1_lastname', 'signer1@example.com', 'CEO', 'ABC Bank');
role1.id = roleId1;
role1.name = roleId1;
String roleId2 = 'Signer2';
ESignLiveAPIObjects.Role role2 = new ESignLiveAPIObjects.Role();
role2.signers = sdk.createRolesSigner('sigenr2_firstname', 'signer2_lastname', 'signer2@example.com', 'Applicant', 'ABC Company');
role2.id = roleId2;
role2.name = roleId2;
pkg.roles = new List<ESignLiveAPIObjects.Role>{role1, role2}; // add role
// Prepare Documents Blob
// use single document twice, just for test
String document1Name = 'documentA';
String document2Name = 'documentB';
StaticResource sr = [SELECT Id, Body FROM StaticResource WHERE Name = 'testdoc1' LIMIT 1];
Map<String, Blob> documentBlobMap = new Map<String, Blob>();
documentBlobMap.put(document1Name, sr.Body);
documentBlobMap.put(document2Name, sr.Body);
// Create Document Metadata
ESignLiveAPIObjects.Document document1 = new ESignLiveAPIObjects.Document();
document1.name = document1Name;
document1.id = document1Name;
ESignLiveAPIObjects.Document document2 = new ESignLiveAPIObjects.Document();
document2.name = document2Name;
document2.id = document2Name;
pkg.documents = new List<ESignLiveAPIObjects.Document>{document1, document2}; // add document
// Send package One Step
String packageId = sdk.createPackage(pkg, documentBlobMap);
System.debug('PackageId: ' + packageId);
Defining Document Visibility By Recipient
You can configure each document so that only a specified signer can see that document.This can ensure that documents with sensitive information are viewed only by their intended recipients.
After you have created your transaction, you will need to create your DocumentVisibility object and add configurations for the visibility of each using the Role IDs set in the previous section.For example, role1.id = roleId1.
// Configure documentVisibility
DocumentVisibility documentVisibility = new DocumentVisibility()
.addConfiguration(new DocumentVisibilityConfiguration('document1')
.addRole('Signer1'))
.addConfiguration(new DocumentVisibilityConfiguration('document2')
.addRole('Signer2'));
Retrieving a List of Signers Per Document
Once you have set these configurations, you can then retrieve a list of signers who can view a document:
public List<ESignLiveAPIObjects.Role> getSigners(String packageId, String documentId) {
// Initialize the list to hold the roles
List<ESignLiveAPIObjects.Role> signers = new List<ESignLiveAPIObjects.Role>();
// Fetch the package using the packageId
ESignLiveAPIObjects.Package_x pkg = sdk.getPackage(packageId);
// Iterate through the roles in the package
for (ESignLiveAPIObjects.Role role : pkg.roles) {
// Check if the role is associated with the specified document
for (ESignLiveAPIObjects.Document doc : role.documents) {
if (doc.id == documentId) {
signers.add(role);
break;
}
}
}
return signers;
}
Similarly, you can retrieve a list of documents for which a signer can view:
public List<ESignLiveAPIObjects.Document> getDocuments(String packageId, String roleId) {
// Initialize the list to hold the documents
List<ESignLiveAPIObjects.Document> documents = new List<ESignLiveAPIObjects.Document>();
// Fetch the package using the packageId
ESignLiveAPIObjects.Package_x pkg = sdk.getPackage(packageId);
// Iterate through the roles in the package
for (ESignLiveAPIObjects.Role role : pkg.roles) {
// Check if the role matches the specified roleId
if (role.id == roleId) {
// Add all documents associated with the role to the list
documents.addAll(role.documents);
break;
}
}
return documents;
}
Setting Visibility and Sending the Transaction
Finally, you set the visibility of your documents and send your transaction using the OneSpan Sign client:
// Configure document visibility
configureDocumentVisibility(packageId, documentVisibility);
// Set the package status to SENT
sdk.setStatus(packageId, ESignLiveAPIObjects.PackageStatus.SENT);
Results
Each recipient will only see the document assigned to them.