Set up Your Account and Send Your First Document

Get your API key

To begin using Sendforsign and gain the capability to generate documents through our infrastructure, you need to create your SFS account. Creating a new account will automatically generate a unique API key for you.

Create your Client key

When the API is created, you need to generate a Сlient key for every account on your platform that will be using the SFS infrastructure. Use your unique API key for this purpose. Learn more here.

cURL

curl -X POST 'https://api.sendforsign.com/api/client' \
     -H 'X-Sendforsign-Key: YOUR_API_KEY' \
     -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
     -d '{ 
		  "data": {
				   "action": "create",
				   "client": {
							  "fullname": "John Johnson",
							  "email": "john_johnson@mail.com",
							  "organization": "Company Inc.",
							  "customKey": "YOUR_COMBINATION"
						     }
				  }
       }'

Create your first document

SFS provides you with two ways of creating documents: by using an API request (API way) or via our React UI (visual way). Let’s create a simple document using our Create API request. Learn more here.

cURL

curl -X POST 'https://api.sendforsign.com/api/contract' \
     -H 'X-Sendforsign-Key: YOUR_API_KEY' \
     -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
     -d '{ 
		  "data": {
				   "action": "create",
                   "clientKey": "YOUR_CLIENT_KEY",
				   "contract": {
							  "name": "New contract",
							  "value": "<p>Hello world</p>"
						     }
				  }
       }'

As a response, you will receive a unique contract key.

json

{
    "contract": {
        "createTime": "2024-03-07T15:18:41.000Z",
        "contractKey": "d29b3893-826c-47d0-abdd-c6ed2b691a5c"
    },
    "code": "201",
    "message": "Contract created"
}

Send your document

Now you’re ready to send your contract to recipients. You will need just one API call to do this. Learn more here.

cURL

curl -X POST 'https://api.sendforsign.com/api/recipient' \
     -H 'X-Sendforsign-Key: YOUR_API_KEY' \
     -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
     -d '{ 
		  "data": {
				   "action": "send",
				   "clientKey": "CLIENT_KEY",
				   "contractKey": "CONTRACT_KEY",
           "recipients":[
            {
                "action": "sign",
                "customMessage": "Custom message text",
                "fullname": "John Johnson", 
                "email": "john_johnson1@mail.com", 
                "position": 1
            },
            {
                "action": "view",
                "customMessage": "Custom message text",
                "fullname": "John Johnson", 
                "email": "john_johnson2@mail.com", 
                "position": 2
            }
               ], 
				  }
       }'

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Use cases

Set up Your Account and Send Your First Document

Get your API key

Create your Client key

Create your first document

Send your document

​Get your API key

​Create your Client key

​Create your first document

​Send your document

Get your API key

Create your Client key

Create your first document

Send your document