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# How-To Guides for SOAP API

The how-tos in this section demonstrate how common [eSignature SOAP](/docs/esign-soap-api/esign101) scenarios work and how you can implement them into your own apps.

All eSignature SOAP API how-tos assume you are developing against a Docusign developer account, sometimes referred to as demo. A developer account is not specific to ID Evidence. If you have a developer account that you are using with our eSignature API, it will also work with the ID Evidence API. If you need to create a free developer account, select Developer Account then Create account from the menu at the top of the page.

## Docs

- [Signature Request](https://developers.docusign.com/docs/esign-soap-api/how-to/request-signature.md)
- [RequestStatus and RequestStatuses](https://developers.docusign.com/docs/esign-soap-api/how-to/get-status.md)
- [Download Documents](https://developers.docusign.com/docs/esign-soap-api/how-to/download-documents.md)
- [How to Export an Authoritative Copy](https://developers.docusign.com/docs/esign-soap-api/how-to/authoritative-copy.md): Describes the Docusign Authoritative Copy feature, what you need to do to use it, and how to set it up using either Docusign WSDL or Visual Studio.