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Etch E-sign

Collect legally binding e-signatures within your app.

A flexible, embeddable, and customizable e-signature solution that just works. Used for contracts, affidavits, financial agreements, legal documents, and more.
View Etch E-sign docs
mutation {
  createEtchPacket (
    signatureEmailSubject: "HR Docs",
    files:  [{
      "id": "templateIRSW4",
      "castEid": "XnuTZKVNA1Mljsu999od",
    }],
    data: {
      // Fill PDFs with data before signing
    },
    signers: [{
      "id": "employee",
      "name": "Sally Example",
      "email": "sally@example.com",
      "fields": [{
        "fileId": "templateIRSW4",
        "fieldId": "employeeSignature",
      }],
    }],
  ) {
    eid
    name
    status
  }
}

PDF Filling

Fill templatized PDFs with your JSON data.

The simplest solution to programmatically filling in PDFs. Used for IRS, immigration, and medical forms.
View PDF Fill docs
POST https://app.useanvil.com/api/v1/fill/{id}.pdf
{
  "title": "IRS W-4",
  "textColor": "#333333",
  "data": {
    "name": "Sally Example",
    "birthDate": "1984-10-31",
    "address": {
      "street1": "123 Main St",
      "city": "San Francisco",
      "state": "CA",
      "zip": "94106"
    }
  }
}

PDF Generation

Dynamically create new PDFs from your own data.

An endpoint for creating proposals, invoices, contracts, and itineraries. Generate PDFs from either HTML & CSS or markdown in a structured format.
View PDF Gen docs
POST https://app.useanvil.com/api/v1/generate-pdf
{
  "title": "Widget Invoice",
  "data": {
    "html": `
      <h1>Invoice #1234</h1>
      <div class="client">Client: Acme co.</div>
      <div class="address">123 Main St.</div>
    `,
    "css": `
      h1 {
        font-size: 24px;
        margin: 30px 0;
      }
      .client { color: blue; }
    `,
  }
}

Workflows

String together webforms, PDF fill, and e-signatures in one automated flow.

A robust solution to create Workflows and business applications with delightful customer experiences. Embed online Workflows into your product without building them from scratch.
View Workflows docs
query {
  weld(eid: "XnuTZKVZg1Mljsu999od") {
    eid
    title
    weldDatas {
      eid
      status
      createdAt
      displayTitle
      completionPercentage
    }
  }
}

Webhooks

Get notified when something happens in Anvil.

Webhooks allow you to respond to actions taken by your users such as when a user has finished signing or has completed filling a Webform.
View Webhooks docs
{
  action: 'weldComplete',
  data: {
    isComplete: true,
    isTest: false,
    eid: 'GHEJsCVWsR1vtCx3WtUI', // WeldData eid
    documents: [{
      type: 'application/zip',
      url: 'https://app.useanvil.com/download/GHEJsCVWsR1vtCx3WtUI.zip',
    }],
    weld: {
      eid: 'KtHa4IhKyoZO6hbQaQJK',
      slug: 'new-office'
    },
    forges: {
      'new-office-admin': {
        eid: 'v9vlkzYU0e6IKpeYimIP',
        name: 'Virtual Office Setup'
      },
    },
    submissions: {
      'new-office-admin': {
        eid: 'sZXFCa4EF3cVRo0Qipqc',
        resolvedPayload: {
          customerName: {
            type: "shortText",
            value: "SomeCo LLC",
            label: "Customer name",
          }
          // ...
        },
      },
    },
  }
}

iFrame Events

Embed Workflows in an iframe on your app.

Give your users a pixel perfect experience by reactively using their input as they fill out a Webform.
View iFrame Events docs
{
  action: 'weldComplete',
  organizationSlug: 'my-org'
  organizationEid: 'BzldgdELyfX5TUizL2Lw',
  weldEid: 'ELyfX5TUizL2LBzldgdw',
  weldDataEid: 'bdwIX5TUiLBzldgdwzL2',
  forgeEid: 'wIX5TUiLBzldgdwzL2bd',
  submissionEid: 'X5TUiLBzldgdwzL2bdwI',
}

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Understand Anvil’s GraphQL types, queries, mutations, and more.
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