How to Generate Text Tags on a Document

SignNow Simple Text Tags (Anchor Tags) are specially formatted text that can be placed anywhere within the content of your document specifying the location, size, type of fields such as  signature, text, initial fields. Upload a file that contains SignNow Simple Text Tags. This endpoint accepts .pdf, .doc, or .docx  files. There are two tag-types, one for simple text tags, and one for more complex text tags.

Simple Text Tags

Example 1. Example Request.

curl -X POST -H "Authorization: Bearer "  "https://api-eval.SignNow.com/document/fieldextract" -F file=@//FILE_NAME.pdf

Table 1. Order for Adding Tags.

The full set looks like:

"{{t:[s/i/t/d/c];r:[y/n];o:"Role";l:"date";w:width;l:length;v:"validator_id";}}

Table 2. Examples.

Adjusting the size of the SignNow fields is as simple as adjusting the text tag font size; a larger font results in a larger field and vice versa.

Create invite text tags in a document:

Upload the text tags from the document to SignNow:

Complex Text Tags

For complex text tags, the form data accepts the "Tags" Key which must have a tag_name and SignNow Field creation information as described in the call PUT /document/. For more information, refer to REST Endpoints API.

Example 2. Example Request.

curl -X POST -H 'Authorization: Bearer ' -H 'Content-Type: multipart/form-data' -F 'file=@/Users/SignNow/Desktop/SignNowtags/dualsignform1.pdf' --form 'Tags=[{"tag_name":"yourcompanyname","role":"signer1","label":"Client Signature Date","required":true,"type":"text","height":15,"width":100},{"tag_name":"mysignature","role":"CTO","label":"CTO Signature","required":true,"type":"signature","height":15,"width":100},{"tag_name":"yoursignature","role":"signer1","label":"you can sign here","required":true,"type":"signature","height":15,"width":100},{"tag_name":"myname","role":"CTO","label":"Myname","required":true,"type":"text","height":15,"width":100},{"tag_name":"yourname","role":"signer1","label":"My name","required":true,"type":"text","height":15,"width":100},{"tag_name":"mytitle","role":"CTO","label":"Myname","required":true,"type":"text","height":15,"width":100},{"tag_name":"yourtitle","role":"signer1","label":"My name","required":true,"type":"text","height":15,"width":100},{"tag_name":"mydate","role":"CTO","label":"date","required":true,"type":"text","height":15,"width":100},{"tag_name":"yourdate","role":"signer1","label":"Todaydate","required":true,"type":"text","height":15,"width":100}]' ' https://api-eval.SignNow.com/document/fieldextract '

Example 3. Example Request.

curl -X POST -H 'Authorization: Bearer ' -H 'Content-Type: multipart/form-data’ -F 'file=@/Users/SignNow/Desktop/SignNowtags/complex.pdf' --form 'Tags=[{"tag_name":"ClientSignatureDate","role":"CLIENT","label":"Client Signature Date","required":true,"type":"text","height":15,"width":100,"validator_id":"13435fa6c2a17f83177fcbb5c4a9376ce85befeb"},{"tag_name":"DateofBirth","role":"COAPP","label":"Date_of_Birth","required":true,"type":"text","height":15,"width":100,"validator_id":"13435fa6c2a17f83177fcbb5c4a9376ce85befeb"},{"tag_name":"DropDown","role":"COAPP","label":"Options","required":true,"type":"enumeration","height":15,"width":100,"custom_defined_option":false,"enumeration_options":["All"]},{"tag_name":"Text","role":"COAPP","label":"CaLifornia","required":true,"type":"text","height":15,"width":100},{"tag_name":"Initials","role":"CLIENT","required":true,"type":"initials","height":15,"width":40},{"tag_name":"Signature","role":"CLIENT","required":true,"type":"signature","height":15,"width":200},{tag_name:"Attachment",role:"Role2","label":"Attach Here","required":true,"type":"attachment",width:100,height:20}]' ' https://api-eval.SignNow.com/document/fieldextract '

Table 3. Add Field Tags.

SignNow Document Field Tags are specially formatted text that can be placed anywhere within the content of your document specifying the size, type of fields, and file attachments such as signature, text, initial fields.

Table 4. Examples.

The Complex Tag format must appear in the format {{}} such as {{my signature}} or {{ClientSignatureDate}}. For more information, see Data Validators.

Invite Text Tags

You can add invite tags in a document to specify the role and email address to send out to for signing.

The emails are sent out in the order specified for signatures:

{{t:e;o:"Role1";e:"siri@mailinator.com";}}
{{t:e;o:"Client";e:"siri2@mailinator.com";}}
{{t:e;o:"Manager";e:"siri3@mailinator.com";}}

To specify a signing order:

{{t:e;o:"Role1";e:"siri@mailinator.com";order:1;}}
{{t:e;o:"Client";e:"siri2@mailinator.com";order:2;}}
{{t:e;o:"Manager";e:"siri3@mailinator.com";order:3;}}

Template Tag

If you have an existing template with roles and email addresses defined, you can direct SignNow to use this routing information by adding a Template Tag to your document.

Example 4. Example Request.

{{template:"templateID"}}

{template:"templateID"}

[template:"templateID"]

The template tag only needs to be specified once; any one of the three formats above can be used. Open the template in SignNow and examine the URL to determine the Template ID.

Example 5. Example Request.

https://SignNow.com/app/document?document_id=1af8ba18ab7ab1944bb39fdf692f9351dcbab144&menu=template-fields

In this example the Template ID is 1af8ba18ab7ab1944bb39fdf692f9351dcbab144