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Documents

Create Document from File Upload

Create from an upload

See the Create from PDF tutorial for the usage specifics and sample PDF files.

Note: A file you upload is not stored in your PandaDoc account, so you have to upload it with every request.

post/public/v1/documents?upload

Query parameters

editor_verstring

Set this parameter as ev1 if you want to create a document from PDF with Classic Editor when both editors are enabled for the workspace.

use_form_field_propertiesstring

Set this parameter as yes or 1 or true (only when upload pdf with form fields) if you want to respect form fields properties, like required.

Response

OK

idstring
namestring
status'document.draft' | 'document.sent' | 'document.completed' | 'document.uploaded' | 'document.error' | 'document.viewed' | 'document.waiting_approval' | 'document.approved' | 'document.rejected' | 'document.waiting_pay' | 'document.paid' | 'document.voided' | 'document.declined' | 'document.external_review' | 'document.scheduled'
date_createdstring
date_modifiedstring
expiration_datestring nullable
versionstring nullable
uuidstring
info_messagestring

Example response

{
  "id": "cKbJ7uay3cEGtsKuGPwYGX",
  "name": "API Sample Document from PandaDoc Template",
  "status": "document.draft",
  "date_created": "2021-10-08T11:06:32.337395Z",
  "date_modified": "2021-10-08T11:06:32.337395Z",
  "expiration_date": "2021-10-08T11:06:32.337395Z",
  "version": "EV2",
  "uuid": "cKbJ7uay3cEGtsKuGPwYGX",
  "links": [
    {
      "rel": "status",
      "href": "https://api.pandadoc.com/public/v1/documents/jzjCfYgKQYm2u9ctwN6io4",
      "type": "GET"
    }
  ],
  "info_message": "You need to poll the Document Status method until the status will be changed to document.draft"
}