How can I add a witness to my envelope?
Zoho Sign offers users the option to add witnesses to their document signature workflow that require an additional witness's signature to be present.
How does this work?
- You upload a document using the create document call.
- The signer whose signature needs to be witnesses must have the action_type as "WITNESSSIGN" and the signer who is witnessing the document signature must have the action_type as "WITNESS".
Note:
- Unlike other recipient actions, "WITNESS" must be passed as sub_actions within "WITNESSSIGN".
- If you are unsure about the witness details, you have to additionally pass the parameter, recipient_specified = false, and your signer will add the witness details.
{
"requests": {
"actions": [
{
"recipient_name": "<recipient_name>",
"recipient_email": "<recipient_email>",
"action_type": "WITNESSSIGN",
"sub_actions": [
{
"recipient_name": "<witness 1_name>",
"recipient_email": "<witness 1_email>",
"action_type": "WITNESS"
},
{
"action_type": "WITNESS",
"recipient_specified": false
}
]
}
]
}
}