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How to send an agreement with merge fields using API | Adobe Sign
Last updated on
Apr 27, 2021
Objective
How to send an agreement using API that has prefilled values for the specific form fields ( mergefield )?
Prerequisite of this call is to first complete the "Transient Upload” step and obtain a "transientDocumentId" (using: secure.na1.echosign.com/public/docs/restapi/v5#!/transientDocuments/createTransientDocument) to use here.
This call includes the “mergeFieldInfo” section where default values for specific form fields are given.
This pre-fills the data from another system in the API call.
These fields in the agreement are either editable or read-only.
Environment
Adobe Sign REST API.
Steps
Pre-requisites:
- Transient Document id
- Field names and their values
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