Managing Documents
When you create a new Transaction, you are required to include at least one Document, one Participant, and one Task per Document/Participant. However, after the Transaction is created, you can add new Documents or update existing Documents via the API at any point as long as the transaction is still in the Pending
status.
Insert a Document
In order to insert a new Document into an existing Transaction, you'll need provide Transaction ID along with the new Document's details. At least one Task is required in the newly inserted Document, as well.
var req = new DocumentInsertRequestModel() {
Documents = new List<object> {
new DocumentInsertModel() {
TransactionID = 1234567890,
Title = "Web Services Insert Test Document",
Source = new SourceModel() {
FilePath = @ "c:\myDocument.pdf"
},
Tasks = new List<object> {
new TaskInsertModel() {
ParticipantID = 1987654320
}
}
}
}
};
var api = new DocumentsApi(myRestEndpointUrl);
var results = api.InsertDocuments(req, apiKey, apiSecret, apiUsername, apiPassword);;
if (results.IsSuccessful.Value) {
//do work...
} else {
//handle error
}
Update a Document
In order to update an existing Document, you'll need to retrieve an existing "Updateable" Document first. Once you have the DocumentUpdateModel
you can add/update/delete any properties you wish from that object and then all the UpdateDocuments()
method to commit the update.
var req = new DocumentUpdateableRequestModel() {
IDs = new List<object> {
1234567890
}
};
var api = new DocumentsUpdateableApi(myRestEndpointUrl);
var results = api.GetDocumentsUpdateable(req, apiKey, apiSecret, apiUsername, apiPassword);
if (results.IsSuccessful.Value) {
results.UpdateableDocuments[0].Title = "UPDATED!";
var updateModel = new DocumentUpdateRequestModel() {
Documents = results.UpdateableDocuments
};
var api = new DocumentsApi(myRestEndpointUrl);
var updateResults = api.UpdateDocuments(req, apiKey, apiSecret, apiUsername, apiPassword);
if (updateResults.IsSuccessful) {
//do work...
} else {
//handle error
}
} else {
//handle error
}
Update a Completed Document
var req = new DocumentCompletedUpdateableRequestModel()
{
IDs = new List<object> { 1234567890 }
};
var api = new DocumentsUpdateableApi(myRestEndpointUrl);
var results = api.GetDocumentsCompletedUpdateable(req, apiKey, apiSecret, apiUsername, apiPassword);
if (results.IsSuccessful.Value)
{
results.UpdateableDocuments[0].Title = "UPDATED!";
var updateModel = new DocumentCompletedUpdateRequestModel()
{
Documents = results.UpdateableDocuments
};
var api = new DocumentsUpdateableApi(myRestEndpointUrl);
var updateResults = api.UpdateDocumentsCompleted(req, apiKey, apiSecret, apiUsername, apiPassword);
if (updateResults.IsSuccessful)
{
//do work...
}
else
{
//handle error
}
}
else
{
//handle error
}
Update Form Fields
var req = new DocumentUpdateFormFieldsRequestModel() {
DocumentFormFields = new List<object> {
new DocumentFormFieldsModel() {
DocumentID = 1000435535,
FormFields = new FList<object> {
new FormFieldModel() {
Name = "City",
Value = "Dallas"
},
new FormFieldModel() {
Name = "State",
Value = "TX"
}
}
}
}
};
var api = new DocumentsApi(myRestEndpointUrl);
var results = api.UpdateDocumentFormFields(req, apiKey, apiSecret, apiUsername, apiPassword);
if (results.IsSuccessful.Value) {
//do work...
} else {
//handle error
}
Stamp Text in a Document
var req = new DocumentUpdateTextStampsRequestModel() {
DocumentTextStamps = new List<object> {
new DocumentTextStampsModel() {
DocumentID = 1234567890,
TextStamps = new List<object> {
new TextStampModel() {
TextToStamp = "THIS IS A TEST",
FontColor = TextStampModel.FontColorEnum.Black,
FontSize = 10,
PageCoordinatesPageNumber = 1,
XOffset = 50,
YOffset = 50
},
new TextStampModel() {
TextToStamp = "Another test!",
FontColor = TextStampModel.FontColorEnum.Blue,
FontSize = 8,
SearchTextText = "{{MyPlaceHolderText}}",
SearchTextStartPosition = TextStampModel.SearchTextStartPositionEnum.Bottom
},
new TextStampModel() {
TextToStamp = "Yes Another test!",
FontColor = TextStampModel.FontColorEnum.Red,
FontSize = 8,
SearchTextText = "{{MyPlaceHolderText}}",
SearchTextStartPosition = TextStampModel.SearchTextStartPositionEnum.Top,
SearchTextInstance = 2
},
new TextStampModel() {
TextToStamp = "FORM FIELD PLACEMENT",
FontColor = TextStampModel.FontColorEnum.Red,
FontSize = 8,
FormFieldFieldName = "Date",
XOffset = 20,
YOffset = 20
}
}
}
}
};
var result = serviceClient.UpdateDocumentTextStamps(req, apiKey, apiSecret, apiUsername, apiPassword);
if (result.IsSuccessful) {
// do work
} else {
// handle error
}
UTF-8 HTML Documents
AlphaTrust® e-Sign supports the use of HTML / XHTML documents encoded in UTF-8 format. UTF-8 is an encoding scheme for supporting Unicode text using 8 bit characters. This enables the full range of 16-bit Unicode characters to be used in HTML documents.
Retrieving Your Documents
Once all participants have successfully signed your document, you may want to retrieve this document to be saved in your own document repository server. To do this, you will use the GetDocumentFiles() API method. The main parameter in this method is the DocumentFileDetailsRequestModel. For more details, reference the API Reference documentation.