Attachments

An attachment is a special type of documents that signers or applications can add to an envelope after it has been created. Unlike other documents, attachments cannot be signed.

The Docusign platform provides two kinds of attachments:

• Signer attachments
• Envelope attachments

Signer attachments are documents that a signer can add to an envelope. They are appended to the envelope’s existing documents and are visible to subsequent recipients in the routing order.

To define a field where a signer can include an attachment, add a signer attachment tab to a document in the envelope. Signer attachments can be required or optional. After a signer uploads an attachment, it is converted to PDF.

Envelope attachments are files that an application can include in an envelope. They are not visible to envelope senders or recipients, and they are not converted to PDF. Envelope attachments are available only through the eSignature REST API’s EnvelopeAttachments resource. There is no user interface in the Docusign web application for them.

Next steps

• See the MyHealthcare sample app for an example of a signer attachment tab.
• See Add Fields to Documents for information about adding signer attachments in the eSignature Admin application.