DocSpring.Client 4.0.0

DocSpring C# SDK

The official C# client for the DocSpring API. DocSpring fills PDF templates with your data, generates PDFs from HTML templates, combines PDFs and collects e-signatures.

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The code in this repository is generated from DocSpring's OpenAPI spec (About this SDK). Issues and pull requests are welcome.

Version 4.0.0. Requires .NET Standard 2.0 (.NET 6 or later, or .NET Framework 4.6.2 or later).

Install and configure

Install from NuGet:

Package Manager

PM> Install-Package DocSpring.Client

.NET CLI

dotnet add package DocSpring.Client

Paket CLI

paket add DocSpring.Client

Configure authentication via environment variables:

export DOCSPRING_TOKEN_ID="API_TOKEN_ID"
export DOCSPRING_TOKEN_SECRET="API_TOKEN_SECRET"

You can also configure the region or host. The host takes priority over the region:

export DOCSPRING_REGION="US" # US or EU (defaults to US)
export DOCSPRING_HOST="docspring.yourcompany.com" # For on-premise deployments

Initialize the client:

var api = DocSpring.Client.Client.EnvClientFactory.NewClient();

Or provide credentials directly:

var api = DocSpring.Client.Client.EnvClientFactory.NewClient("API_TOKEN_ID", "API_TOKEN_SECRET");

Generate a PDF

Fill a template with data (use your template's ID in place of tpl_1234567890abcdef01):

var templateId = "tpl_1234567890abcdef01";
var body = new DocSpring.Client.Model.CreateSubmissionRequest() {
  Data = new Dictionary<string, object> {
    { "first_name", "John" },
    { "last_name", "Smith" },
    { "phone_number", "+11234567890" }
  },
  Metadata = new Dictionary<string, object> {
    { "user_id", 42 }
  },
  Test = true
};

var response = await api.CreateSubmissionAsync(templateId, body: body);
var result = response.Created();
Console.WriteLine(result);

By default the call waits for the PDF, for up to 95 seconds, and the submission in the response has a link to download it (files.pdf.download_url). Set wait to false to get a pending submission straight away. Sync vs. async processing covers the time limit, status checks and webhooks.

Methods

docs/apis/Client.md has each method's parameters and return type, and docs/models/ has the models. The API reference has C# code for every method.

Errors

Methods return a response object rather than throwing for an error status. IsCreated, IsUnprocessableContent and the other Is... properties say which documented response came back, and Created() or TryCreated(out var result) give you its body.

The client checks each request against the API's request schemas before sending it. A request the API would reject throws a DocSpring.Client.Client.ValidationException (an ArgumentException), whose Details are ErrorDetails with a Code, a Message and a Pointer into the body (or a Parameter). Turn the check off with client.ValidateRequests = false. The details are the ones the API's 422 response would have, so you get them without a round trip.

API changes

DocSpring adds fields and enum values to API v2 without releasing a new API version. Changes that would break existing code, such as removing or renaming a field, go in a new API version (API changes). So this SDK keeps working with responses that are newer than it is:

• The model leaves out a response field added to the API after this release (models have an AdditionalProperties dictionary, but the generated JSON converters don't fill it).
• Enum values in responses are strings, so a value added to the API after this release comes back as it is: handle values you don't recognize.

Upgrade the SDK to read new fields and enum values. The changelog lists what each release adds.

About this SDK

This SDK is generated from DocSpring's OpenAPI spec with DocSpring's fork of OpenAPI Generator 7.26.0. The fork changes the C# generator:

• Enum types are readonly structs rather than C# enums, so an enum value added to the API after this release comes back as the API sent it (ToString()), with IsKnown false. The static properties are the values this release knows, and Values lists them.
• Nullable and optional enums write null, or leave the property out, without throwing.
• Model constructors assign required properties, and optional object and list properties serialize their value rather than the Option<T> wrapper.
• A union whose discriminator has several values for one model (TemplateFieldDependencyConditionInput) compiles.

On top of the generated code, we add:

• A client constructor that reads your credentials, region and host from the environment.
• DocSpring.Sdk.NewClient(...) and DocSpring.Sdk.NewClientFromEnv(), which build a client without a .NET host builder.

Each release regenerates every file, so a change made only here would be lost in the next one. Issues and pull requests are welcome all the same: open an issue or a pull request, or email support@docspring.com, and we'll make the fix in the generator so that every release keeps it. AGENTS.md is a guide for AI coding agents that integrate this SDK.

License

MIT. See LICENSE.