---
title: "Send a document for signing"
method: POST
path: "/api/v1/documents/{id}/send"
deprecated: true
---

# Send a document for signing

`POST /api/v1/documents/{id}/send`

> **Deprecated.**

This endpoint is deprecated, but will continue to be supported. For more details, see https://docs.documenso.com/developers/public-api. 

Notes

sendEmail - Whether to send an email to the recipients asking them to action the document. If you disable this, you will need to manually distribute the document to the recipients using the generated signing links. Defaults to true

## Path parameters

- `id` string, required

## Headers

- `authorization` string, required

## Request body

- union
  - object
    - `sendEmail` boolean — Whether to send an email to the recipients asking them to action the document. If you disable this, you will need to manually distribute the document to the recipients using the generated signing links.
    - `sendCompletionEmails` boolean — Whether to send completion emails when the document is fully signed. This will override the document email settings.
  - unknown

## Response `200`

200

- object
  - `message` string, required
  - `id` number, required
  - `externalId` string, nullable
  - `userId` number, required
  - `teamId` number, nullable
  - `title` string, required
  - `status` string, required
  - `createdAt` string, date-time, required
  - `updatedAt` string, date-time, required
  - `completedAt` string, date-time, nullable, required
  - `recipients` unknown, required

## Other responses

- `400` — 400
- `401` — 401
- `404` — 404
- `500` — 500

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