Documenso

Documenso Recipients API

Manage the recipients (signers, approvers, viewers) of a document.

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Operations 3

POST /documents/{id}/recipients Create a recipient for a document #

PATCH /documents/{id}/recipients/{recipientId} Update a recipient #

DELETE /documents/{id}/recipients/{recipientId} Delete a recipient #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Documenso Public Documents Recipients API
  description: Public REST API (v1) for Documenso, the open-source DocuSign alternative. Programmatically create, upload, send, retrieve, and delete documents, manage recipients (signers) and signature fields, and work with reusable templates. Authentication uses a per-account API token passed in the Authorization header.
  termsOfService: https://documenso.com/legal/terms
  contact:
    name: Documenso Support
    email: support@documenso.com
    url: https://documenso.com
  license:
    name: AGPL-3.0
    url: https://github.com/documenso/documenso/blob/main/LICENSE
  version: '1.0'
servers:
- url: https://app.documenso.com/api/v1
  description: Documenso Cloud (production)
security:
- apiToken: []
tags:
- name: Recipients
  description: Manage the recipients (signers, approvers, viewers) of a document.
paths:
  /documents/{id}/recipients:
    post:
      operationId: createRecipient
      tags:
      - Recipients
      summary: Create a recipient for a document
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/DocumentId'
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/CreateRecipientRequest'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Recipient created.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Recipient'
  /documents/{id}/recipients/{recipientId}:
    patch:
      operationId: updateRecipient
      tags:
      - Recipients
      summary: Update a recipient
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/DocumentId'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/RecipientId'
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/CreateRecipientRequest'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Recipient updated.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Recipient'
    delete:
      operationId: deleteRecipient
      tags:
      - Recipients
      summary: Delete a recipient
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/DocumentId'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/RecipientId'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Recipient deleted.
components:
  schemas:
    CreateRecipientRequest:
      type: object
      required:
      - name
      - email
      properties:
        name:
          type: string
          minLength: 1
        email:
          type: string
          format: email
        role:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/RecipientRole'
        signingOrder:
          type:
          - integer
          - 'null'
    RecipientRole:
      type: string
      default: SIGNER
      enum:
      - CC
      - SIGNER
      - VIEWER
      - APPROVER
      - ASSISTANT
    Recipient:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: integer
        documentId:
          type: integer
        email:
          type: string
          format: email
        name:
          type: string
        role:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/RecipientRole'
        signingOrder:
          type:
          - integer
          - 'null'
        token:
          type: string
        signingStatus:
          type: string
          enum:
          - NOT_SIGNED
          - SIGNED
          - REJECTED
        readStatus:
          type: string
          enum:
          - NOT_OPENED
          - OPENED
        sendStatus:
          type: string
          enum:
          - NOT_SENT
          - SENT
  parameters:
    RecipientId:
      name: recipientId
      in: path
      required: true
      schema:
        type: integer
    DocumentId:
      name: id
      in: path
      required: true
      schema:
        type: integer
  securitySchemes:
    apiToken:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: Authorization
      description: API token issued from the Documenso dashboard, sent in the Authorization header (format `api_xxxxxxxx`).