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Documents Sharing

Create Document Share Link

Creates a new share link on the provided document with the provided settings. The linkSecurity parameter is configurable only for enterprise license accounts but remains required for team accounts.

post/v1/documents/{id}/shares/shareLinks

Path parameters

idstring uuid required

ID of the document.

Request body

role'editandshare' | 'edit' | 'comment' | 'view' required

Roles determine what actions an invitation will grant on a document. Invitations to a document only grant the specified level of access to just that one document. If a link's role is changed, the new role applies immediately to all users who accessed via that link.

  • editandshare: View, comment on, edit, and control which users can access the document.
  • edit: View, comment on, and edit the document.
  • comment: View the document. Leave comments on the document.
  • view: View the document.

Example request

{
  "linkSecurity": {
    "restrictToAccount": false,
    "expires": "2023-12-11T21:48:35.293Z",
    "passcode": "password",
    "allowAnonymous": false
  }
}

Response

Created with a Document Share Link resource containing information about the created share link.

shareLinkIdstring required

Id of the share link.

documentIdstring uuid required

Id of the document the share link belongs to.

role'editandshare' | 'edit' | 'comment' | 'view' required

Roles determine what actions an invitation will grant on a document. Invitations to a document only grant the specified level of access to just that one document. If a link's role is changed, the new role applies immediately to all users who accessed via that link.

  • editandshare: View, comment on, edit, and control which users can access the document.
  • edit: View, comment on, and edit the document.
  • comment: View the document. Leave comments on the document.
  • view: View the document.
createdstring date-time required

The date and time the share link was created.

createdBynumber required

User Id of the user that created the share link.

lastModifiedstring date-time required

The date and time the share link was last modified.

acceptUrlstring uri required

Link to accept the share link invitation.

Example response

{
  "shareLinkId": "inv_8a38797a-e5fc-4479-8492-e000dc93cb60",
  "documentId": "f6bf19b5-d109-4ef5-92b2-cdaf0de43001",
  "linkSecurity": {
    "restrictToAccount": false,
    "expires": "2023-12-11T21:48:35.293Z",
    "passcode": "password",
    "allowAnonymous": false
  },
  "created": "2022-11-11T21:48:35.293Z",
  "createdBy": 1280,
  "lastModified": "2022-11-11T21:48:35.293Z",
  "acceptUrl": "https://lucid.app/lucidchart/f6bf19b5-d109-4ef5-92b2-cdaf0de43001/edit?invitationId=inv_8a38797a-e5fc-4479-8492-e000dc93cb60"
}