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Docusign eSignature REST APIEnvelopesEnvelopeViews

Get URL to recipient view UI

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Returns a URL that enables you to embed the recipient view of the DocuSign UI in your applications. If the recipient is a signer, then the view will provide the signing ceremony.

Note: Please redirect the client to the URL. iFrames should not be used, especially if the recipient is using a mobile or tablet.

This method is only used with envelopes in the sent status.

Your application is responsible for authenticating the identity of the recipient or signer when you use this method. Use the parameters assertionId, authenticationInstant, authenticationMethod, clientUserId, and securityDomain to record information on how the recipient was authenticated. At a minimum, authenticationMethod and clientUserId are required. The information that you provide is included in the envelope’s certificate of completion.

The event status parameter

After the signer completes or ends the signing ceremony, DocuSign will redirect the user’s browser back to your app via the returnUrl that you supply. DocuSIgn appends an event query parameter to the URL with the outcome of the signing ceremony. Your app should use the event parameter to determine the next step for the envelope. Don’t fetch the envelope’s status via Envelopes: get or a similar method; that could break the DocuSign rule against polling.

The URL is time-limited

The URL returned by this method is valid for one use. It must be used/displayed within a couple of minutes after being generated. Once the recipient is redirected to the recipient view, they must interact with the DocuSign system periodically or their session will time out.

Because the URL is time-limited, it should not be stored or sent via email. Immediately redirect the user’s browser to the URL after you receive it.

If you want to invite someone to an embedded signing session via email, the email invitation’s URL must be to your application. When invoked, your app should request a recipientView URL from DocuSign and then redirect the signer to that URL.

Maintaining State

After the recipient completes the recipient view (or signing ceremony), they are redirected to your application. Your application can recover state information about the transaction by storing information in a cookie, or by including query parameters in the returnUrl field. Eg, https://myapp.eg.com/docusign_return?myState=12345 When the user is redirected to your app, the event query parameter will be appended. In this example, prevent spoofing by not using a guessable value as the state value.

Authentication

Authorizationstring

OAuth 2.0 access token (JWT or auth-code grant). Sent as Authorization: Bearer <token>.

Path parameters

accountIdstringRequired

The external account number (int) or account id GUID.

envelopeIdstringRequired

The envelope’s GUID. Eg 93be49ab-afa0-4adf-933c-f752070d71ec

Request

This endpoint expects an object: recipientViewRequest

assertionIdstringOptional
A unique identifier of the authentication event executed by the client application.
authenticationInstantstringOptional

A sender generated value that indicates the date/time that the signer was authenticated.

authenticationMethodstringOptional

Required. Choose a value that most closely matches the technique your application used to authenticate the recipient / signer.

Choose a value from this list:

  • Biometric
  • Email
  • HTTPBasicAuth
  • Kerberos
  • KnowledgeBasedAuth
  • None
  • PaperDocuments
  • Password
  • RSASecureID
  • SingleSignOn_CASiteminder
  • SingleSignOn_InfoCard
  • SingleSignOn_MicrosoftActiveDirectory
  • SingleSignOn_Other
  • SingleSignOn_Passport
  • SingleSignOn_SAML
  • Smartcard
  • SSLMutualAuth
  • X509Certificate

This information is included in the Certificate of Completion.

clientUserIdstringOptional

A sender created value. If provided, the recipient is treated as an embedded (captive) recipient or signer.

Use your application’s client ID (user ID) for the recipient. Doing so enables the details of your application’s authentication of the recipient to be connected to the recipient’s signature if the signature is disputed or repudiated.

Maximum length: 100 characters.

emailstringOptional
Specifies the email of the recipient. You can use either email and userName or userId to identify the recipient.
frameAncestorslist of stringsOptional
messageOriginslist of stringsOptional
pingFrequencystringOptional

Only used if pingUrl is specified. This is the interval, in seconds, between pings on the pingUrl. The default is 300 seconds. Valid values are 60-1200 seconds.

pingUrlstringOptional
A client Url to be pinged by the DocuSign Signing experience to indicate to the client that Signing is active. An HTTP Get is executed against the client. The response from the client is ignored. The intent is for the client to reset it's session timer when the request is received.
recipientIdstringOptional
Unique for the recipient. It is used by the tab element to indicate which recipient is to sign the Document.
returnUrlstringOptional

The URL that the recipient is redirected to after the signing session has ended. DocuSign redirects to the URL and includes an event query parameter that can be used by your application.

Possible event parameter values include:

  • access_code_failed
    Recipient used incorrect access code.
  • cancel
    Recipient canceled the signing operation, possibly by using the Finish Later option.
  • decline
    Recipient declined to sign.
  • exception
    A system error occurred during the signing process.
  • fax_pending
    Recipient has a fax pending.
  • id_check_failed
    Recipient failed an ID check.
  • session_timeout
    The session timed out. An account can control this timeout using the Signer Session Timeout option.
  • signing_complete
    Recipient completed the signing ceremony.
  • ttl_expired
    The Time To Live token for the envelope has expired. After being successfully invoked, these tokens expire after 5 minutes or if the envelope is voided.
  • viewing_complete
    The recipient completed viewing an envelope that is in a read-only/terminal state such as completed, declined, or voided.

Be sure to include https:// in the URL or the redirect may fail on certain browsers.

securityDomainstringOptional
The domain in which the user authenticated.
userIdstringOptional

Specifies the user ID of the recipient. You can use with user ID or email and user name to identify the recipient.

If userId is used and a clientUserId is provided, the value in the userId property must match a recipientId (which can be retrieved with a GET recipients call) for the envelope.

If a userId is used and a clientUserId is not provided, the userId must match the user ID of the authenticating user.

userNamestringOptional
Specifies the username of the recipient. You can use either email and userName or userId to identify the recipient.
xFrameOptionsstringOptional

Specifies whether a browser should be allowed to render a page in a frame or IFrame. Setting this property ensures that your content is not embedded into unauthorized pages or frames.

Valid values are:

  • deny: The page cannot be displayed in a frame.
  • same_origin: The page can only be displayed in a frame on the same origin as the page itself.
  • allow_from: The page can only be displayed in a frame on the origin specified by the xFrameOptionsAllowFromUrl property.
xFrameOptionsAllowFromUrlstringOptional

When the value of xFrameOptions is allow_from, this property specifies the origin on which the page is allowed to display in a frame. If the value of xFrameOptions is allow_from, you must include a value for this property.

Response

Successful response.
urlstringOptional
The view URL to be navigated to.

Errors

400
Bad Request Error