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Box Sign

Box Sign

Programmatically harness the full functionality of the Box Sign web app experience by leveraging Box Sign’s API endpoints to create, list, resend, and cancel sign requests.

Enablement

The following account types support requests through the Box Sign API: Business, Business Plus, Enterprise, Enterprise Suites, and Enterprise Plus. To locate your account type, navigate to Account Settings and scroll down to the Account Details section of the Account tab. For Admin details on restricting access, please see our support article.

Required scopes

The following scopes must be enabled for an application before use of Box Sign's endpoints.

Depending on the selected authentication method and enterprise's settings, your application may require Admin authorization or re-authorization before successful use of any newly selected scopes.

Events

Please see our events guide for more information.

Webhooks

Please see our webhooks guide for more information.

Rate Limits

Please see our rate limit guide for more information.

Testing

Due to the feature parity, it may be useful to familiarize yourself with Box Sign functionality using the Box web app before leveraging the API. As with all API endpoints, we recommend testing via developer sandbox environment to eliminate the risk of impacting production content.