Docusign - Get template action
The Get template action retrieves the details of a single template. Refer to the Docusign Templates: get API reference for the full field reference.
Input
| Input field | Description |
|---|---|
| Template | Select the template to retrieve. |
Output
| Output field | Description |
|---|---|
| Template ID | The unique identifier of the template. |
| Name | The name of the template. |
| Description | The description of the template. |
| Status | The current status of the template. |
| Email subject | The subject line of the email sent to all recipients. |
| Email blurb | The email message body sent to all recipients. |
| Signing location | The physical location where signing takes place. Valid values are InPerson and Online. The default value is Online. |
| Page count | The number of document pages in the template. |
| Shared | Indicates whether the template is shared with other users. |
| Password protected | Indicates whether the template is password protected. |
| Authoritative copy | Indicates whether the documents are marked as authoritative copies. |
| Enforce signer visibility | Indicates whether document visibility settings are enforced for the envelope. |
| Enable wet sign | Indicates whether the signer can print the document and sign it on paper. |
| Allow markup | Indicates whether the Document Markup feature is enabled. |
| Allow reassign | Indicates whether the recipient can redirect the envelope to a more appropriate recipient. |
| Disable responsive document | Indicates whether responsive documents are disabled. |
| Auto match | Indicates whether the template is included in auto-matching. |
| Auto match specified by user | Indicates whether the template has been explicitly included in or excluded from auto-matching. |
| Any signer | Deprecated. This feature has been replaced by signing groups. |
| Envelope location | Reserved for Docusign. |
| Folder ID | The ID of the folder that contains the template. |
| Folder name | The name of the folder that contains the template. |
| Folder ids | The IDs of the folders where the template exists, either directly or through template sharing. |
| Value (Folder ids) | A folder ID. |
| URI | The URI for retrieving the template. |
| Created | The date and time the template was created. |
| Last modified | The date and time the template was last modified. |
| Last used | The date and time the template was last used. |
| Owner | Information about the user who owns the template. |
| User ID (Owner) | The ID of the user who owns the template. |
| User name (Owner) | The name of the user who owns the template. |
| Email (Owner) | The email address of the user who owns the template. |
| Account ID (Owner) | The ID of the account that owns the template. |
| Last modified by | Information about the user who last modified the template. |
| User name (Last modified by) | The name of the user who last modified the template. |
| User ID (Last modified by) | The ID of the user who last modified the template. |
| Email (Last modified by) | The email address of the user who last modified the template. |
| URI (Last modified by) | The URI for retrieving the user who last modified the template. |
| Documents | The documents in the template. See Documents. |
| Notification | The reminder and expiration settings for the template. See Notification. |
| Custom fields | The custom fields defined on the template. See Custom fields. |
| Envelope ID stamping | Indicates whether the envelope ID is stamped on the documents. |
| Auto navigation | Indicates whether auto-navigation is set for the recipient. |
| U sig state | Reserved for Docusign. |
| Recipients | The recipients defined on the template. See Recipients. |
| Recipient roles | The recipient roles defined on the template. |
| Role name (Recipient roles) | The name of the role. |
| Recipient type (Recipient roles) | The type of recipient for the role. |
| Prefill tabs | The prefill tabs defined on the template. See Tab fields. |
Documents
The Documents field lists the documents included in the template. Each document contains the following fields.
| Output field | Description |
|---|---|
| Document ID | The ID of the document. |
| URI | The URI for retrieving the document. |
| Name | The name of the document. |
| Order | The order in which the document appears in the template. |
| Pages | The number of pages in the document. |
| Display | How the document is displayed to recipients. |
| Include in download | Indicates whether the document is included when documents are downloaded. |
| Signer must acknowledge | Specifies how the recipient must acknowledge the document. |
| Template locked | Indicates whether the document is locked in the template. |
| Template required | Indicates whether the document is required in the template. |
| Tabs | The tabs defined on the document, grouped by type. See Tab fields. |
Notification
The Notification field contains the reminder and expiration settings applied to envelopes created from the template.
| Output field | Description |
|---|---|
| Reminders | The reminder settings. |
| Reminder enabled (Reminders) | Indicates whether reminders are enabled. |
| Reminder delay (Reminders) | The number of days before the first reminder is sent. |
| Reminder frequency (Reminders) | The number of days between reminders. |
| Expirations | The expiration settings. |
| Expire enabled (Expirations) | Indicates whether the envelope expires. |
| Expire after (Expirations) | The number of days before the envelope expires. |
| Expire warn (Expirations) | The number of days before expiration that a warning is sent. |
Custom fields
The Custom fields field contains the custom fields defined on the template. Text custom fields and list custom fields share the following fields. List custom fields also include List items.
| Output field | Description |
|---|---|
| Field ID | The ID of the custom field. |
| Name | The name of the custom field. |
| Show | Indicates whether the custom field is displayed in the Docusign UI. |
| Required | Indicates whether the custom field is required. |
| Value | The value of the custom field. |
| List items (List custom fields) | The available values for a list custom field. |
Recipients
The Recipients field groups recipients by type (such as Signers, In person signers, and Witnesses), the same structure used by the Get envelope action. Refer to Recipient fields for the fields each recipient contains.
Tab fields
Prefill tabs let senders add read-only values to a template. They appear at the template level and under each document's Tabs, grouped by type: Text tabs, Number tabs, Date tabs, Checkbox tabs, and Radio group tabs. Each prefill tab contains the following fields.
| Output field | Description |
|---|---|
| Tab ID | The unique identifier for the tab. |
| Tab label | The label assigned to the tab. |
| Tab type | The type of tab. |
| Document ID | The ID of the document the tab appears on. |
| Page number | The page number where the tab appears. |
| Required | Indicates whether the recipient must complete the tab. |
| Validation pattern | A regular expression used to validate the tab's value. |
| Validation message | The message shown when the tab's value fails validation. |
| Max length | The maximum number of characters allowed in the tab. |
| Selected | Indicates whether the tab is selected. |
| Radios | The radio buttons in a radio group tab. |
| Group name | The name of the group the tab belongs to. |
Document tabs can also be organized into tab groups. Each tab group has a Tab ID, Tab type, Group label, Group rule, Page number, and Status.
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