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curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.firma.dev/functions/v1/signing-request-api/documents \
  --header 'Authorization: <api-key>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "name": "Sales Agreement 2024",
  "recipients": [
    {
      "name": "John Doe",
      "email": "john@example.com"
    }
  ]
}
'
import requests

url = "https://api.firma.dev/functions/v1/signing-request-api/documents"

payload = {
"name": "Sales Agreement 2024",
"recipients": [
{
"name": "John Doe",
"email": "john@example.com"
}
]
}
headers = {
"Authorization": "<api-key>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)
const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {Authorization: '<api-key>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({
name: 'Sales Agreement 2024',
recipients: [{name: 'John Doe', email: 'john@example.com'}]
})
};

fetch('https://api.firma.dev/functions/v1/signing-request-api/documents', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));
<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.firma.dev/functions/v1/signing-request-api/documents",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'name' => 'Sales Agreement 2024',
'recipients' => [
[
'name' => 'John Doe',
'email' => 'john@example.com'
]
]
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: <api-key>",
"Content-Type: application/json"
],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}
package main

import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)

func main() {

url := "https://api.firma.dev/functions/v1/signing-request-api/documents"

payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"name\": \"Sales Agreement 2024\",\n \"recipients\": [\n {\n \"name\": \"John Doe\",\n \"email\": \"john@example.com\"\n }\n ]\n}")

req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

req.Header.Add("Authorization", "<api-key>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

fmt.Println(string(body))

}
HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.firma.dev/functions/v1/signing-request-api/documents")
.header("Authorization", "<api-key>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"name\": \"Sales Agreement 2024\",\n \"recipients\": [\n {\n \"name\": \"John Doe\",\n \"email\": \"john@example.com\"\n }\n ]\n}")
.asString();
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.firma.dev/functions/v1/signing-request-api/documents")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = '<api-key>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"name\": \"Sales Agreement 2024\",\n \"recipients\": [\n {\n \"name\": \"John Doe\",\n \"email\": \"john@example.com\"\n }\n ]\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
{
  "id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
  "name": "<string>",
  "description": "<string>",
  "status": "draft",
  "document_url": "<string>",
  "page_count": 2,
  "expiration_hours": 168,
  "template_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
  "settings": {
    "allow_download": true,
    "attach_pdf_on_finish": true,
    "allow_editing_before_sending": false,
    "use_signing_order": true,
    "hand_drawn_only": false,
    "send_signing_email": true,
    "send_finish_email": true,
    "send_expiration_email": true,
    "send_cancellation_email": true,
    "require_otp_verification": null,
    "disable_guided_navigation": true
  },
  "created_date": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
  "updated_date": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
  "sent_date": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
  "finished_date": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
  "cancelled_date": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
  "recipients": [
    {
      "id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
      "first_name": "<string>",
      "last_name": "<string>",
      "name": "<string>",
      "email": "jsmith@example.com",
      "order": 2,
      "phone_number": "<string>",
      "street_address": "<string>",
      "city": "<string>",
      "state_province": "<string>",
      "postal_code": "<string>",
      "country": "<string>",
      "title": "<string>",
      "company": "<string>",
      "custom_fields": {},
      "finished_date": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z"
    }
  ],
  "fields": [
    {
      "id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
      "recipient_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
      "page_number": 2,
      "x_position": 123,
      "y_position": 123,
      "width": 123,
      "height": 123,
      "required": true,
      "read_only": true,
      "read_only_value": "<string>",
      "variable_name": "<string>",
      "variable_defined_name": "<string>",
      "dropdown_options": [
        "<string>"
      ],
      "format_rules": {},
      "validation_rules": {},
      "date_signing_default": true,
      "final_value": "<string>"
    }
  ],
  "warnings": [
    "<string>"
  ]
}
{
"error": "Validation Error",
"message": "Invalid input data",
"details": {
"name": "Name is required",
"email": "Invalid email format"
}
}
{
"error": "Unauthorized",
"message": "Invalid API key"
}
{
"error": "Rate Limit Exceeded",
"message": "Too many requests. Please wait before retrying.",
"details": {
"retry_after": 45
}
}

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

Document name

Maximum string length: 255
recipients
object[]

Response

Document created successfully

Signing request as returned by CREATE endpoints (POST /signing-requests, POST /documents)

id
string<uuid>

Unique identifier for the signing request

name
string

Signing request name

Maximum string length: 255
description
string | null

Signing request description

status
enum<string>

Status is always 'draft' for newly created signing requests

Available options:
draft
document_url
string<uri>

Pre-signed URL to the PDF document

page_count
integer

Number of pages in the document

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

Hours until signing request expires (default: 168 = 7 days)

Required range: x >= 1
template_id
string<uuid> | null

Template ID if created from a template

settings
object

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

created_date
string<date-time>

Creation timestamp

updated_date
string<date-time>

Last update timestamp

sent_date
string<date-time> | null

When the signing request was sent

finished_date
string<date-time> | null

When all signatures were completed

cancelled_date
string<date-time> | null

When the signing request was cancelled

recipients
object[]

Signing request recipients

fields
object[]

Signing request fields with flat position values

warnings
string[]

Optional email format validation warnings. Only present when recipient emails have unusual formats.