Create User

by Maryia Yermakovich

As an organization admin, you can now create a user via API and assign them a role, a license, and a workspace or several.

Recipient Verification

by Maryia Yermakovich

After a document is created, you can set up verification for the document recipient, either via passcode or a one-time password delivered via SMS. Learn more: Enable recipient verification.

Update Quote

by Maryia Yermakovich

With the new Update Quote endpoint, you can use data from any external catalog to update a quote in your PandaDoc document. Watch the demo: Update Quotes.

Track Template Changes

by Maryia Yermakovich

You can now track template changes in an effective way with these enhancements:

  1. The template_created webhook triggers on template creation.
  2. The template_updated webhook triggers on these changes to a template:
    1. A role added or deleted.
    2. Template renamed.
    3. A section added to a content bundle.
      See the full webhook events list: Webhook Payload.
  3. An optional fields=content_date_modified query parameter for List Templates shows the timestamp for the latest change to template content.

Now Document Details reflects whether a quote section or an entire quote is optional or selected.

Look for these groups in the responses: "quotes" -> "settings" and "quotes" -> "sections" -> "settings":

"settings": {
              "optional": true,
              "selected": true,
              "selection_type": "custom"
            }

There are three selection types available:

  1. Single: You can only select one item. Applied to all items in a section or a quote.
  2. Multiple: You can select several items. Applied to all items in a section or a quote.
  3. Custom: Applied to several (but not all) items inside a section or a quote.

Now, you can send PandaDoc documents, collect signatures, gather customer data, and manage your document workflow via text (SMS) messaging.

This update introduces two significant enhancements to PandaDoc API:

  1. Delivery Options: With the introduction of the delivery_methods parameter, you have the power to choose how your recipients receive their documents.
  2. Optional Email Field: We've made the email field optional when creating or updating contacts and recipients, giving you more flexibility in your workflows.

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Important

If you're considering SMS delivery, review your setup. Changes may affect your workflow, especially if you rely on email as a required field. If the email is not set for a recipient or contact, the email field returns null in the webhook response, potentially affecting your workflow.

If you don't plan on using recipients or contacts without an email, your workflow will remain unchanged.

Delivery Methods

To update the delivery method for any recipient, use the Update Recipient endpoint. Specify the delivery_methods parameter by choosing between email, sms, or both.

{
  ...,
  "delivery_methods": {
    "sms": true,
    "email": false,
  }
}

If you plan to send a document via SMS, provide the recipient's phone number in an international format with the country code (for example, +12025551234).

If you haven't provided a phone number or have provided it in the wrong format, you will receive a 400 Bad Request error when trying to send a document via the Send Document endpoint.

You can retrieve the existing delivery methods for each recipient via the Document Details endpoint.

Non-mandatory email

The email field is now not required to create and update contacts and recipients.

Changes by API endpoint

MethodEndpointChanges
POSTCreate ContactAccepts none or null in the email field.
GETList ContactsReturns email: null for contacts without email.
GETContact DetailsReturns email: null for contacts without email. Returnsdelivery_methods field for each recipient.
PATCHUpdate ContactAccepts none or null in the email field.
PATCHUpdate RecipientAccepts none or null in the email field. You can specify optional phone and delivery_methods fields for each recipient.
POSTSend DocumentValidates phone field for recipients with sms delivery mthod.
POSTCreate Document from TemplateAccepts none or null in the email field.
POSTCreate Document from File UploadAccepts none or null in the email field.
POSTCreate Document Section from TemplateAccepts none or null in the email field.
POSTCreate Document Section from FileAccepts none or null in the email field.
PATCHUpdate DocumentAccepts none or null in the email field.

Create Workspace

by Maryia Yermakovich

As an organization admin, you can now provision workspaces programmatically with the new endpoint: Create Workspace.

Column Mapping for Quotes

by Maryia Yermakovich

We have added a section that reflects column structure and mapping for quotes in the Documents Details and Template Details endpoints, as well as webhooks. You'll find the column mapping schema in the Pricing -> Quotes -> Sections -> Columns part of the response JSON.