POST
/
createNewTemplate
Create a template (API key auth). Optionally instantiate and send to recipients.
curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.useinkless.com/createNewTemplate \
  --header 'Content-Type: multipart/form-data' \
  --header 'x-api-key: <api-key>' \
  --form 'templateName=<string>' \
  --form 'fields=[
  {
    "id": "sig-1",
    "x": 144,
    "y": 418,
    "page": 1,
    "type": "Signature",
    "recipient": 1
  }
]' \
  --form 'recipients={
  "name": "<string>",
  "email": "jsmith@example.com",
  "phone": "<string>"
}' \
  --form autoReleaseSignatures=true \
  --form document=@example-file
{
  "message": "Template created successfully",
  "template_id": "b4e2e25f-3a43-4e6c-9df9-3c6c1a2f13a1",
  "s3_url": "templates/final.pdf",
  "fields": [
    [
      {
        "id": "sig-1",
        "x": 144,
        "y": 418,
        "page": 1,
        "type": "Signature",
        "recipient": 1
      }
    ]
  ]
}

Authorizations

​
x-api-key
string
header
required

Body

multipart/form-data
​
templateName
string
required

Name for the template.

​
fields
object[][]
required

Template fields grouped by recipient index. Each inner array corresponds to the fields for a recipient. Sent as JSON within multipart.

Example:
{
  "id": "sig-1",
  "x": 144,
  "y": 418,
  "page": 1,
  "type": "Signature",
  "recipient": 1
}
​
document
file

The template PDF file to upload. Note that you can also upload a DOCX file here but will be converted to a PDF.

​
recipients
object[]

Optional. If provided, immediately creates a document instance and notifies recipients.

​
autoReleaseSignatures
boolean

Optional. Default false if omitted.

Response

Success

​
message
string
required
Example:

"Template created successfully"

​
template_id
string<uuid>
required
​
s3_url
string
required

S3 key/path for the uploaded template PDF.

​
fields
object[][]
required
Example:
{
  "id": "sig-1",
  "x": 144,
  "y": 418,
  "page": 1,
  "type": "Signature",
  "recipient": 1
}