docs: add externalId to send-for-signature workflow example (#3325)

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Catalin Pit
2026-09-10 14:41:05 +03:00
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parent 82918163c5
commit e1ad4a2c55
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ async function createAndSendDocument(
pdfBuffer: Buffer,
filename: string,
title: string,
externalId: string,
recipients: Recipient[],
): Promise<CreateAndSendResult> {
const recipientPayload = recipients.map((recipient, index) => ({
@@ -89,6 +90,7 @@ async function createAndSendDocument(
JSON.stringify({
type: 'DOCUMENT',
title,
externalId,
recipients: recipientPayload,
meta: {
subject: `Please sign: ${title}`,
@@ -145,6 +147,7 @@ const result = await createAndSendDocument(
pdfBuffer,
'contract.pdf',
'Service Agreement',
'nda-contract-ndac214',
[
{ email: 'client@example.com', name: 'John Smith', role: 'SIGNER' },
{ email: 'manager@company.com', name: 'Jane Doe', role: 'SIGNER' },
@@ -172,6 +175,7 @@ ENVELOPE_RESPONSE=$(curl -s -X POST "${BASE_URL}/envelope/create" \
-F 'payload={
"type": "DOCUMENT",
"title": "Service Agreement",
"externalId": "nda-contract-ndac214",
"recipients": [
{
"email": "client@example.com",
@@ -241,6 +245,8 @@ echo $DISTRIBUTE_RESPONSE | jq '.recipients[] | {email, signingUrl}'
</Tab>
</Tabs>
`externalId` is your application's own reference for this document, such as an invoice number or a database key. Documenso stores it on the envelope and repeats it in every webhook as `payload.externalId`, so your handler can match the event to your record without keeping a lookup table of Documenso IDs. To react when everyone has signed, see [Workflow 4](#workflow-4-wait-for-completion-with-webhooks). To fetch the finished PDF, see [Workflow 5](#workflow-5-download-signed-documents).
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## Workflow 2: Create Document from Template with Custom Data