Introducing New APIs in Zoho Contracts

Introducing New APIs in Zoho Contracts

We are excited to announce the release of new APIs in Zoho Contracts to help you automate and manage every stage of your contract lifecycle more efficiently. Here’s a quick overview of what’s new:

1. Complete Contract Draft

You can use this API to complete a contract draft and mark the status as Draft Completed.

To learn more, please refer to our Complete Contract Draft API documentation under the Contracts > Create and Manage folder.

2. Submit for Approval

You can use this API to submit your contract for approval once the draft is complete.

To learn more, please refer to our Submit for Approval API documentation under the Approval.

3. Send for Negotiation

You can use this API to add negotiators along with their permission, authentication type, and password, and to send the contract for negotiation.

To learn more, please refer to our Send for Negotiation API documentation under the Negotiation.

4. Add New Negotiators and Notify

You can use this API to add additional negotiators with their permissions, authentication type, and password, respectively, and notify them.

To learn more, please refer to our Add New Negotiators and Notify API documentation under the Negotiation.

5. Update Negotiators

You can use this API to update negotiators in a contract during Negotiation Review Pending status.

To learn more, please refer to our Update Negotiators API documentation under the Negotiation.

6. Delete Negotiator

You can use this API to delete a negotiator during Negotiation Review Pending status.

To learn more, please refer to our Delete Negotiators API documentation under the Negotiation.

7. Get Sign Settings

You can use this API to get the sign settings of a contract, including details such as the Zoho Sign integration status, reminder settings, sign paper type, days to complete the signing process, current signing cycle, and the current signing status.

To learn more, please refer to our Get Sign Settings API documentation under the Signature.

8. Add Signature Details

You can use this API to add and configure signature details, such as organization and counterparty representatives, receivers, in-person signer hosts, signing order, authentication type, language, stamp paper type, e-Stamp settings, completion duration, and reminders.

To learn more, please refer to our Add Signature Details API documentation under the Signature.

9. Send for Signature

You can use this API to send a contract for signature.

To learn more, please refer to our Send for Signature API documentation under the Signature. 

10. Edit Signature Details

You can use this API to edit the signature details, such as organization and counterparty representatives, receivers, in-person signer hosts, signing order, private message, authentication type, language, stamp paper type, e-Stamp settings, completion duration, and reminders.

To learn more, please refer to our Edit Signature Details API documentation under the Signature.

11. Get All Attachments

You can use this API to get all the attached files and links of a contract.

To learn more, please refer to our Get All Attachments API documentation under the Attachments.

12. Attach File

You can use this API to attach a file to your contract at any stage. 

To learn more, please refer to our Attach File API documentation under the Attachments.

13. Add Link

You can use this API to add a link to your contract at any stage.

To learn more, please refer to our Add Link API documentation under the Attachments.

14. Rename Attached File

You can use this API to rename an attached file of a contract.

To learn more, please refer to our Rename Attached File API documentation under the Attachments.

15. Edit Link

You can use this API to edit a link added to a contract.

To learn more, please refer to our Edit Link API documentation under the Attachments.

16. Download Attached File

You can use this API to download an attached file of a contract.

To learn more, please refer to our Download Attached File API documentation under the Attachments.

17. Delete Attachment 

You can use this API to delete an attached file or link from your contract.

To learn more, please refer to our Delete Attachments API documentation under the Attachments.


If you have any questions or need further assistance, please feel free to reach out to our support team at support@zohocontracts.com. We are happy to help.

Cheers,
Ragav
Zoho Contracts Team



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