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E-signature API and CLI

Autessa Document Signing has an e-signature API. The Poweruser API exposes envelopes, templates and folders over HTTPS at https://api.autessa.com/autessa_poweruser/e-signature, and the Autessa CLI lists, inspects, downloads and files envelopes from a terminal. Envelopes made either way are identical to ones made in the app.

A core e-signature capability, done carefully

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Poweruser API and CLISAMPLE

curl https://api.autessa.com/autessa_poweruser/e-signature/envelope/send \
  -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{ "envelopeId": "3f1c…", "linkTtlDays": 14 }'

$ autessa e-signature envelope-list --statusFilter '["SENT"]'
$ autessa e-signature envelope-download --envelopeId 3f1c…

The problem it solves

Contracts start in other systems

Deals close in a CRM, hires are approved in an HR system, and orders land in a billing tool. Making someone copy details into a signing tool by hand is slow and error-prone. The API lets those systems send the envelope themselves.

What you get

Every request is a POST with a JSON body.
Envelopes: generate an upload link, create, set recipients, set fields, prefill, send (with an optional link expiry in days), remind, resend link, void, seal, view, download, direct links and inbox.
Templates: create, roles, documents, fields, create an envelope from a template, and share.
Folders: create, nest, file and un-file envelopes, and share.
Envelope get returns full state, every recipient’s status and the whole audit trail.
The signing inbox lists envelopes where you are a recipient, for a documents-awaiting-signature panel.
CLI: envelope-list, envelope-get, envelope-view, envelope-download, envelope-direct-links, inbox-list, folder commands, contacts and company-members.
Check completion by reading the envelope or listing envelopes by status.

How it works

E-signature API and CLI, step by step

Get an upload URL
And PUT your document bytes to it.
Create the draft
Reference the uploaded file.
Recipients, fields, prefill
Decide order, completion policy and viewers; bind fields to recipients; fill static content.
Send
Optionally with a link expiry.
Watch and download
Poll until Completed, then download the sealed PDF.

Every option

API surface

Option	What it does
Base URL	https://api.autessa.com/autessa_poweruser/e-signature
Envelopes	create, get, list, recipients, fields, prefill, set-message, send, remind, resend-link, void, seal, view, download, direct-links, transfer-ownership.
Templates	create, update, get, list, roles, document add / replace / remove / reorder / rename, fields, create-envelope.
Folders	create, list, rename, delete, add-envelopes, remove-envelopes.
Inbox	Envelopes where you are a recipient.
CLI (read and file)	Listing, inspecting, viewing, downloading, direct links, folders and contacts; sending stays in the app and the API.

Permissions

Who can do what?

Who	Can
API key or script	Acts with the access of the person or key it runs as, inside your company only.
Template READ	Enough to create envelopes from a shared template from automation.
Envelope PUBLISH	Needed to remind, void or mark as executed from code, the same as in the app.
Company admin	Controls which roles can use Document Signing at all.

Connected

How it connects to the rest of Document Signing

Document Signing feature

Scripts and automations

The same operations inside Autessa.

Document Signing feature

Embedded signing

Let people sign inside your app.

Autessa platform

CLI and APIs

Keys, the CLI and the rest of the Autessa API.

FAQ

E-signature API and CLI: questions and answers

Does Autessa have an e-signature API?

Yes. The Poweruser API exposes envelopes, templates and folders over HTTPS, and the AutessaScript SDK offers the same inside Autessa.

How do I act when an envelope completes?

Read the envelope or list envelopes by status from a scheduled script, then file, notify or update records automatically.

Can I send envelopes from the CLI?

The CLI lists, inspects, downloads, reveals direct links and files envelopes into folders. Sending and editing happen in the web app, the API or scripts.

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The Poweruser API exposes envelopes, templates and folders over HTTP, and the Autessa CLI lists, inspects, downloads and files envelopes from a terminal.

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