Skip to main content
Basic placeholders are text placeholders that can be used to fill in HTML and PDF contracts. Additionally, they can be linked to any recipient afterward. Before placing placeholders in a PDF, you need to create them in advance.

​
Body parameters

​
action
string
required
Action type.
​
contractKey
string
required
ID of the contract.
​
placeholders
required
Array of placeholders.

​
Response

​
placeholder
string
Placeholder structure.
​
code
string
The code of the answer.
​
message
string
The message of the answer.
curl -X POST 'https://api.sendforsign.com/api/placeholder' \
     -H 'Authorization: Bearer 123456789' \
     -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
     -d '{
    "data": {
        "action": "update",
        "contractKey": "CONTRACT_KEY",
        "placeholders": [
            {
                "placeholderKey": "PLACEHOLDER_KEY",
                "insertion": [
                    {
                        "action": "update",
                        "id": 0,
                        "pageId": 0,
                        "width": 100,
                        "height": 100,
                        "positionX": 1,
                        "positionY": 1
                    }
                ]
            }
        ]
    }
}'

{
    "code": 201,
    "message": "Placeholder updated"
}
⌘I