# Create sign URL: https://docs.hanzo.ai/docs/openapi/legal/post-legal-documents-by-id-sign > Opens an e-signature request over one document and moves it to out_for_signature, returning the provider's reference for the request. `POST /v1/legal/documents/{id}/sign` > [Legal →](https://docs.hanzo.ai/docs/openapi/legal) · [All API references →](https://docs.hanzo.ai/docs/openapi) · [Get started →](https://docs.hanzo.ai/docs/guides) | | | | ------------- | --------------------------------------------------- | | **Address** | `https://api.hanzo.ai/v1/legal/documents/{id}/sign` | | **Method** | `POST` | | **Operation** | `post_legal_documents_by_id_sign` | | **Auth** | `Authorization: Bearer $HANZO_API_KEY` | Opens an e-signature request over one document and moves it to out\_for\_signature, returning the provider's reference for the request. The provider is whatever this deployment has wired. The honest default is "manual": the request is recorded and the org fulfils it out of band — nothing here fabricates a signature, and the stub never reports itself complete. ## Request 5 fields, body `application/json` (required). | Field | In | Type | Required | Description | | ----------------- | ---- | -------------------- | -------- | -------------------------------------------------------- | | `id` | path | string | yes | ID is the document to send for signature, from the path. | | `id` | body | string | — | ID is the document to send for signature, from the path. | | `signers` | body | legal.legalSigner\[] | — | Signers are the people who must sign, by name and email. | | `signers[].email` | body | string | — | | | `signers[].name` | body | string | — | | ## Response | Status | Body | Meaning | | --------- | --------------- | ------- | | `200` | legal.signReply | ok | | `default` | problem-details | refused | `200` body — 13 fields. | Field | In | Type | Always | Description | | -------------------------- | ---- | --------------------- | ------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | `document` | body | legal.documentSummary | — | | | `document.category` | body | string | — | Category is the template's category: formation, equity, ops or sales. | | `document.createdAt` | body | integer (int64) | — | CreatedAt is when the document was generated, in unix seconds. | | `document.esignProvider` | body | string | — | EsignProvider names the e-signature provider handling it, absent until a signature has been requested. | | `document.id` | body | string | — | ID is the document's server-minted handle, "doc\_"-prefixed. | | `document.signedAt` | body | integer (int64) | — | SignedAt is when the provider reported completion, in unix seconds. | | `document.status` | body | string | — | Status is the lifecycle state: draft, out\_for\_signature, signed or voided. | | `document.templateId` | body | string | — | TemplateID is the template it was rendered from. | | `document.templateVersion` | body | integer (int64) | — | TemplateVersion is WHICH version of that template rendered it, so the document is reproducible and auditable. | | `document.title` | body | string | — | Title is the document's title, inherited from the template. | | `document.updatedAt` | body | integer (int64) | — | UpdatedAt is when it last changed, in unix seconds. | | `esignRef` | body | string | — | EsignRef is the provider's own reference for the request — what a webhook or a status poll quotes. | | `provider` | body | string | — | Provider names the e-signature provider that took the request. | Failure carries the platform error shape — see [Errors](https://docs.hanzo.ai/docs/errors). ## Examples **CLI** ```bash hanzo legal documents sign create ``` **SDK** **.ts** ```ts import { Configuration, LegalApi } from 'hanzoai'; const api = new LegalApi(new Configuration({ accessToken: process.env.HANZO_API_KEY })); const { data } = await api.postLegalDocumentsByIdSign({ id: 'id', id: "", signers: [{"email":"","name":""}] }); ``` **.py** ```python from hanzoai.cloud import ApiClient, Configuration from hanzoai.cloud.api import LegalApi client = ApiClient(Configuration(access_token=os.environ["HANZO_API_KEY"])) result = LegalApi(client).post_legal_documents_by_id_sign(id='id', id="", signers=[{"email":"","name":""}]) ``` **.go** ```go cfg := hanzoai.NewConfiguration() cfg.AddDefaultHeader("Authorization", "Bearer "+os.Getenv("HANZO_API_KEY")) client := hanzoai.NewAPIClient(cfg) resp, _, err := client.LegalAPI.PostLegalDocumentsByIdSign(context.Background()).Execute() if err != nil { return err } ``` **.rs** ```rust use hanzo_client::apis::{configuration::Configuration, legal_api}; let mut cfg = Configuration::new(); cfg.bearer_access_token = std::env::var("HANZO_API_KEY").ok(); let result = legal_api::post_legal_documents_by_id_sign(&cfg, Default::default()).await?; ``` **.java** ```java import ai.hanzo.cloud.ApiClient; import ai.hanzo.cloud.api.LegalApi; ApiClient client = new ApiClient(); client.setBearerToken(System.getenv("HANZO_API_KEY")); var result = new LegalApi(client).postLegalDocumentsByIdSign(); ``` **HTTP** ```bash curl -X POST https://api.hanzo.ai/v1/legal/documents//sign \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $HANZO_API_KEY" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "id": "", "signers": [ { "email": "", "name": "" } ] }' ``` **MCP** MCP reaches **legal** through the `legal` tool, which names its 10 operations with its own verbs — this one among them, under a name only MCP declares. `describe` explains any of them: ```bash curl -X POST https://api.hanzo.ai/v1/mcp \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": 1, "method": "tools/call", "params": { "name": "describe", "arguments": { "op": "list_legal_documents" } } }' ``` --- [Legal API](https://docs.hanzo.ai/docs/openapi/legal) · [All Hanzo APIs](https://docs.hanzo.ai/docs/openapi) · [Interactive reference](https://docs.hanzo.ai/docs/openapi/reference)