Dropbox Sign API Changelog

2025-03-18

Features

• Signature Types section added with a NOM 151 Overview and how to sign with NOM 151.

2025-02-03

Documentation Improvements

• Updated documentation to reflect API app Self Publish documentation.

2025-01-27

Features

• Dropbox Fax API endpoints are now live and can be used in test mode or with a paid Fax API subscription.

2024-11-27

• Added boolean property is_signed to Signature Request response to indicate if a signature or initials field was signed.
• SDK version update.

2024-09-30

• Added SDK MIT license attention banner on Official Dropbox Sign SDKs page.
• Removed all references of JWT as the bearer format for OAuth access tokens. Bearer format is not JWT, but a base64 encoded string.

2024-09-04

Documentation Improvements

• Added warning banner for HTTPS requirement on the Events Walkthrough.

2024-06-15

Documentation Improvements

• Updated Embedded Testing Tool available.

2024-05-29

Features

• Document Status Report now includes a column with the Signer's name.

Documentation Improvements

• Updated documentation to reflect newer/missing endpoints.

2024-05-15

Features

• Compliance report now provides 3 separate reports when initiated:
  1. Account & API Key Details
  2. API Call Activity
  3. Log In Activity

Documentation Improvements

• Admin Console Reports updated to reflect the new report information generated by Compliance Reports.

2024-05-03

Documentation Improvements

• Added new guide on Admin Console Reports.
• Admin Console Compliance report option updated to provide Team Admins with API key information including API key: name, owner, created date, last updated date, last used date, and Primary key status.
• Added a Searching section to the API Dashboard overview page which provides guidance for enhanced filtering capabilities.

2024-04-15

Documentation Improvements

• Added behavior clarification for signature_request_email_bounce event callback.
• SDK version update due to new features added.
• Updated Java examples in Java Migration Guide to reflect Java SDK latest version's (v2) use of Jakarta vs v1's Javax.

2024-03-15

Documentation Improvements

• Team Admin Global View section added to the API Dashboard Overview.
• Additional details on callback failures and retries added to the Events Walkthrough.
• Added note in adding eID page clarifying eID is not supported in embedded signing.
• Published Migrate DocuSign templates into Dropbox Sign guide.
• Fixed general grammatical errors throughout the documentation.
• Linked Signature Request Expiration Date documentation to sidebar menu.

Fixes

• Navigation to and within users's API Settings page. This addresses previously reported issues with the buttons in the API apps section of the API Settings page.
• General bug fixes for unhandled type errors.

2024-02-01

Documentation Improvements

• Updated create template response docs for accuracy.

Features

• Added force_download parameter to the Get Template Files as File Url endpoint. This allows the requester to download the file locally or in-browser.
• Added allow_ccs parameter to the Create Embedded Unclaimed Draft with Template endpoint. This allows the requester to specify if the claiming user is allowed to provide email addresses to CC.

Fixes

• Fixed issue with the Node SDK error response handling.

2024-01-15

Fixes

• Fixed filtering logic for the List Signature Requests endpoint. The account_id parameter can now filter for any team member.

2023-12-01

Fixes

• General code and performance improvements

2023-11-01

Documentation Improvements

• Created documentation for adding pre-filled data to documents.

2023-10-10

Features

• eID Secure Sign is now available for all premium API customers on following endpoints
  • by using the new request parameter is_eid
    • /v3/signature_request/send
    • /v3/signature_request/send_with_template
  • by enabling eID during embedded draft claiming process
    • /v3/unclaimed_draft/create_embedded
    • /v3/unclaimed_draft/create_embedded_with_template
    • NOTE: Enable force_signer_roles when using template to see signer step

Documentation Improvements

• Added is_eid parameter and deprecated is_qualified_signature

2023-10-01

Features

• Added the Feature Set Testing Tool. This allows users to test the new Dropbox Prep and Send page for individual accounts. See the API Help article for more details.

Fixes

• General code and performance improvements

2023-09-15

Fixes

• General code and performance improvements

2023-09-01

Features

• List of IP addresses utilized for webhooks events is now available for download

Documentation Improvements

• Added Securing your Callback Handler section to Events and Callbacks Walkthrough page.
• Updated OAuth Walkthrough code samples to reference their latest SDK versions.

2023-08-15

Features

• Accessibility update for the Signer App
  • Improved tabbing
  • Better focus states
  • Improved screen reader support

Fixes

• Fixed premium branding text colors

2023-08-01

Documentation Improvements

• Updated premium branding documentation
  • Demo page
  • Documentation
• Updated signature request examples

2023-07-15

Documentation Improvements

• Added SMS Tools Walkthrough
• Removed beta tags from Team endpoints

2023-07-01

Features

• Signature Request Expiration Date is now available for all API customers.
• The Signature modal in the Signer App has been updated with improved visuals and drawing canvas.

2023-06-15

Fixes

• Test Mode Restrictions
  • Free users are now limited to 10 emails every 24 hours
  • Each signature request is now limited to 2 signers or CCs

2023-06-01

Fixes

• File download endpoints request rate reduced, please see Rate Limits for details.
• Signature Request Expiration Date (Beta) project
  • Fixed Date Picker bug in the embedded editor page

2023-05-15

Fixes

• General code and performance improvements

2023-05-01

Fixes

• Signature Request Expiration Date (Beta) fixes
  • Improved performance for expiring signature requests

Documentation Improvements

• Removed mention of two-dimensional array bug for form_fields_per_document parameter

Features

• Added Tool Tip for API Dashboard

2023-04-15

Fixes

• Fixed multipart/form-data PUT requests having form data dropped (JSON was unaffected)

Documentation Improvements

• Added section in Constants Doc clarifying behavior of new parameter populate_auto_fill_fields
• Added client_id on search query for List Signature Request
• Added additional API Errors to documentation:
  • ? - Error retrieving result. - 500
  • unknown - Unknown error. Please contact support@hellosign.com. - 500

2023-04-01

Documentation Improvements

• Updated the example console in the Event Payload section of the Events Walkthrough documentation.
• Updated code sample consoles in all Walkthroughs to reference new SDKs code snippets.
• Updated cURL code sample for embeddedEditUrl API reference doc to reference correct endpoint.

2023-03-15

SDKs

• Node SDK - remove limit on file upload size
• Node SDK - fixes incorrect instantiation of objects when not using the ::init() method

Fixes

• Prevent download for signature requests in an error state If files of signature requests are in error state and a consumer attempts to download them, previously http 409 “Still Process” status code was returned. This status has been changed to 422 “Unprocessable Content”.
• Signature Request Expiration Date (Beta) fixes
  • Fixed embedded requests not getting expired emails
  • Fixed expiration date not showing on Documents page for some signature requests
  • Fixed documentation of expires_at for /v3/signature_request/create_embedded
• Custom Field Names If custom field name is null, the API will substitute the API ID for the missing name. This patches a bug that used to return an error response.

2023-03-01

SDKs

• All SDKs bumped to 1.1.0
  • all
    • fixes template.document schema response
    • Adds invited_emails to Team endpoint responses
    • Adds page and page_size parameters Get Bulk Send Job endpoint
    • Removes beta tag for sms_phone_number_type in Signer request object
  • java - Support method overloading

Fixes

• Fixed bug where some PDF highlights would appear in front of text

Documentation Improvements

• Added pagination params to GET /bulk_send_job

2023-02-15

Features

• New and Improved API Dashboard
• SMS Signature Request Delivery is Out of Beta

SDKs

• All SDKs bumped to 1.0.1

2023-01-31

Features

2022-11-09

Announcements

• HelloSign is officially rebranded as Dropbox Sign. [October 25th]

Features

The following features are released in beta:

• Enable Dropbox Sign's Auto-Fill Fields in the API using populate_auto_fill_fields. [~ August]
• Manage your Team with these new endpoints [~ July]:
  • Get Team Info (/team/info)
  • List Team Members (/team/members/team_id)
  • List Sub Teams (/team/sub_teams/team_id)
• Use sms_phone_number_type to deliver signature requests via SMS. [~ September]

Fixes

• Resolved an issue where malformed queries on /signature_request/list and /template/list were throwing 500 errors instead of 400. [~ September]
• Numerous bug fixes released to new SDKs to improve interactions with files. [~ October]

Documentation

• Fully migrated to new documentation. [~ August]
• New doc section added for managing multiple API keys. [~ October]
• Fixed broken links on the Template schema page. [~ October]
• Added an Overview page for Dropbox Sign Events (webhooks) and OAuth. [~ June]
• Added a new section for App Approval to help customers get their apps approved for production. [~ July]
• Disabled url encoding in Try it console, which was preventing querying on list endpoints. [~ October]