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templates
Create Template
curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.firma.dev/functions/v1/signing-request-api/templates \
  --header 'Authorization: <api-key>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "name": "Employment Contract Template",
  "document": "JVBERi0xLjQKJeLjz9MKMyAwIG9iago8PC9UeXBlIC9QYWdlCi9QYXJlbnQgMSAwIFIKL1Jlc291c...",
  "description": "Standard employment contract for new hires",
  "expiration_hours": 168,
  "settings": {
    "allow_editing_before_sending": false,
    "attach_pdf_on_finish": true,
    "allow_download": true,
    "hand_drawn_only": false
  }
}
'
{
  "id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
  "name": "<string>",
  "description": "<string>",
  "document_url": "<string>",
  "document_url_expires_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
  "page_count": 2,
  "expiration_hours": 168,
  "credit_cost": 1,
  "settings": {
    "allow_download": true,
    "attach_pdf_on_finish": true,
    "allow_editing_before_sending": false,
    "use_signing_order": false,
    "hand_drawn_only": false,
    "send_signing_email": true,
    "send_finish_email": true,
    "send_expiration_email": true,
    "send_cancellation_email": true
  },
  "recipients": [
    {
      "id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
      "name": "<string>",
      "email": "jsmith@example.com",
      "first_name": "<string>",
      "last_name": "<string>",
      "designation": "Signer",
      "order": 2,
      "phone_number": "<string>",
      "street_address": "<string>",
      "city": "<string>",
      "state_province": "<string>",
      "postal_code": "<string>",
      "country": "<string>",
      "title": "<string>",
      "company": "<string>",
      "required_fields": [
        "<string>"
      ],
      "missing_fields": [
        "<string>"
      ],
      "required_read_only_fields": [
        {
          "variable_name": "<string>",
          "field_type": "<string>"
        }
      ],
      "ready_to_send": true
    }
  ],
  "fields": [
    {
      "id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
      "type": "text",
      "required": true,
      "recipient_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
      "variable_name": "<string>",
      "position": {
        "x": 50,
        "y": 50,
        "width": 50,
        "height": 50
      },
      "page_number": 2,
      "dropdown_options": [
        "<string>"
      ],
      "multi_group_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
      "date_default": "2023-12-25",
      "date_signing_default": true,
      "format_rules": {
        "dateFormat": "MMMM dd, yyyy"
      },
      "validation_rules": {},
      "read_only": false,
      "read_only_value": "<string>"
    }
  ],
  "created_date": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
  "updated_date": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z"
}

Authorizations

​
Authorization
string
header
required

API key for authentication. Use your API key directly without any prefix (e.g., 'your-api-key'). Bearer prefix is optional but not required.

Body

application/json
​
name
string
required

Template name

Maximum string length: 255
Example:

"Employment Contract Template"

​
document
string<byte>
required

Base64-encoded PDF document. Maximum size: 20MB. The API will automatically extract the page count from the document.

Example:

"JVBERi0xLjQKJeLjz9MKMyAwIG9iago8PC9UeXBlIC9QYWdlCi9QYXJlbnQgMSAwIFIKL1Jlc291c..."

​
description
string

Template description

Example:

"Standard employment contract for new hires"

​
expiration_hours
integer
default:168

Hours until signing request expires

Example:

168

​
settings
object

Response

Template created successfully

​
id
string<uuid>

Unique identifier for the template

​
name
string

Template name

Maximum string length: 255
​
description
string | null

Template description

​
document_url
string<uri>

Pre-signed URL to the PDF document. This is a time-limited signed URL for secure access - see document_url_expires_at for expiration time. Initial URLs are valid for 7 days; refreshed URLs are valid for 1 hour. Request a new template retrieval to get a fresh URL if expired.

​
document_url_expires_at
string<date-time> | null

ISO 8601 timestamp when the document_url will expire. After this time, the URL will return an access denied error. Fetch the template again to receive a fresh signed URL.

​
page_count
integer

Number of pages in the document

Required range: x >= 1
​
expiration_hours
integer
default:168

Hours until signing requests created from this template expire

Required range: x >= 1
​
credit_cost
integer
default:1

Number of credits consumed when a signing request is sent from this template. Minimum value is 1.

Required range: x >= 1
​
settings
object

Signing request and template settings. All 9 fields are returned by every endpoint that includes settings.

​
recipients
object[]

Template recipients (included in GET single template)

​
fields
object[]

Template fields (included in GET single template)

​
created_date
string<date-time>

Template creation timestamp

​
updated_date
string<date-time>

Template last update timestamp