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Welcome to the Anvil API! This is the same API that powers Anvil, giving you the ability to access all of the features available in the Anvil UI.

Webhooks Handling a webhook Response & Retries Per-Object Webhook URLs EtchPacket Webhook URL WeldData Webhook URL Test Actions webhookTest Workflow Actions weldCreate forgeComplete weldComplete E-Signature Actions signerComplete signerUpdateStatus etchPacketComplete Webhook IP addresses

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Webhooks

Anvil can POST to an endpoint on your server with a webhook. Enable webhooks on your Organization Settings -> API Settings page. You do not need to set a static URL if you plan to only use per-object webhook URLs.

Handling a webhook

When an action happens on Anvil's side, Anvil will POST JSON to the URL you specify (either static or per-object). The payload will look like the following:

{
  action: 'actionName',
  token: '38Gp2vP47zdj2WbP1sWdkO2pA7ySmjBk',
  data: 'RIaPFMKCP1Lqf8djqhG0uiN3UvrqQ5HgLxTBnigvSoQGwUeeRu...',
}

action is the name of the action that happened.
token is generated when you enable webhooks on your Organization Settings page. It is a way for your server to make sure Anvil is making the request. Treat this as you would an API key. It is up to you to check that these match in your webhook handler.
data is the actual payload of the webhook. It is encrypted with your organization's RSA key if you choose to create a keypair. Create a keypair on your Organization Settings -> API Settings page. If no keypair exists, data will be sent as unencrypted JSON.
- See our notes on encryption for information on creating a keypair and using it to decrypt data.

Response & Retries

Your server should respond to the POST with a 204 No Content or 200 OK status code. Anvil will ignore the response body.

If your server responds with a status code >= 400 or times out, Anvil will consider the call a failure and the request will be retried. It will attempt a total of 5 times.

The webhook will be retried in these rough intervals until it sees a successful code or gives up:

Immediately, 5 seconds, 1 min, 3 min, 7 min (i.e. the last call will happen about 11 min from initial call)

Per-Object Webhook URLs

There are two ways to specify webhook URLs.

A static URL. When you enable webhooks, you can specify a URL. This URL will receive all webhook messages.
Set a specific webhookURL when creating or updating an object in the system.

If you have both a static URL set and an object-specific URL set, the object-specific URL will override the static URL.

`EtchPacket` Webhook URL

// The webhookURL will receive all webhooks on related
// objects. e.g. etchPacketComplete and signerComplete on
// the packet's signers.
createEtchPacket({
  ...,
  webhookURL: 'https://specific.com/url',
  ...
})
updateEtchPacket({
  eid: '...',
  webhookURL: 'https://specific.com/url',
  ...
})

`WeldData` Webhook URL

// The webhookURL will receive all webhooks on related
// objects. e.g. weldComplete and signerComplete on the
// weldData's signers
forgeSubmit({
  weldDataEid: null,
  webhookURL: 'https://specific.com/url',
  ...
})
createWeldData({
  weldEid: '...',
  webhookURL: 'https://specific.com/url',
  ...
})
updateWeldData({
  eid: '...',
  webhookURL: 'https://specific.com/url',
  ...
})

Test Actions

`webhookTest`

Called when the test button is clicked from the webhook settings UI. This is only available for static webhook URLs.

{
  action: 'webhookTest',
  data: {...},
  token: '38Gp2vP47zdj2WbP1sWdkO2pA7ySmjBk'
}

Workflow Actions

`weldCreate`

Called when a Workflow is created in the Workflow builder.

{
  action: 'weldCreate',
  data: 'RIaPFMKCP1Lqf8djqhG0uiN3UvrqQ5HgLxTBnigvSoQGwUeeRu...',
  token: '38Gp2vP47zdj2WbP1sWdkO2pA7ySmjBk'
}

Once decrypted, it will have the following structure:

{
  eid: 'KtHa4IhKyoZO6hbQaQJK', // new Weld eid
  name: 'New Office',
  slug: 'new-office',
  forges: [{
    eid: 'v9vlkzYU0e6IKpeYimIP',
    name: 'Virtual Office Setup'
    slug: 'new-office-admin'
  }, {
    eid: '0ZTRyrIlfcYsAo6A95Qk',
    name: 'Client Details',
    slug: 'new-office'
  }]
}

`forgeComplete`

When a single webform within a Workflow is finished, it will call your webhook with the forgeComplete action.

Note: the forgeComplete action is called on both live and test submissions. There will be an weldData.isTest field in the payload indicating test vs live submissions.

{
  action: 'forgeComplete',
  data: 'RIaPFMKCP1Lqf8djqhG0uiN3UvrqQ5HgLxTBnigvSoQGwUeeRu...',
  token: '38Gp2vP47zdj2WbP1sWdkO2pA7ySmjBk'
}

Once decrypted, data will have the following structure:

{
  weld: {
    eid: "KtHa4IhKyoZO6hbQaQJK",
    slug: "new-office",
    name: 'New office'
  },
  forge: {
    eid: "v9vlkzYU0e6IKpeYimIP",
    slug: "new-office-admin",
    name: "Virtual Office Setup"
  },
  weldData: {
    eid: "GHEJsCVWsR1vtCx3WtUI",
    isTest: false,
    status: "ready-to-sign"
  },
  submission: {
    eid: "ctsisXiigsqIAqnhKoaZ",
    completedAt: "2026-05-04T20:19:39.164Z",
    status: "completed",
    resolvedPayload: {
      customerName: {
        type: "shortText",
        value: "SomeCo LLC",
        id: "genId123456",
        label: "Customer name",
        aliasId: "customerName",
      }
      // ...
    }
  }
}

`weldComplete`

When an entire Workflow is finished, it will call the webhook with the weldComplete action. It will only call this after all web forms in the Workflow have been completed and all signers have signed their documents.

Note: the weldComplete action is called on both live and test submissions. There will be an isTest field in the payload.

{
  action: 'weldComplete',
  data: 'RIaPFMKCP1Lqf8djqhG0uiN3UvrqQ5HgLxTBnigvSoQGwUeeRu...',
  token: '38Gp2vP47zdj2WbP1sWdkO2pA7ySmjBk'
}

Once decrypted, data will have the following structure:

{
  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'
    },
    'new-office': {
      eid: '0ZTRyrIlfcYsAo6A95Qk',
      name: 'Client Details'
    },
  },
  submissions: {
    'new-office-admin': {
      eid: 'sZXFCa4EF3cVRo0Qipqc',
      resolvedPayload: {
        customerName: {
          type: "shortText",
          value: "SomeCo LLC",
          id: "genId123456",
          label: "Customer name",
          aliasId: "customerName",
        }
        // ...
      },
    },
    'new-office': {
      eid: 'xdwoukKDmOzLd5xbkApw',
      resolvedPayload: {
        name: {
          value: 'Bobby Joe',
          type: 'shortText',
          id: "genIdabc123",
          label: "Name Example",
          aliasId: "name",
        },
        // ...
      },
    },
  },
}

E-Signature Actions

`signerComplete`

Called when a signer has finished signing their respective documents.

{
  action: 'signerComplete',
  data: 'RIaPFMKCP1Lqf8djqhG0uiN3UvrqQ5HgLxTBnigvSoQGwUeeRu...',
  token: '38Gp2vP47zdj2WbP1sWdkO2pA7ySmjBk'
}

Once decrypted, it will have the following structure:

{
  // Root information is the signer who triggered the action
  name: 'Sally Jones',
  email: 'sally@jones.net',
  status: 'completed',
  eid: '0ZTRyrIlfcYsAo6A95Qk',
  routingOrder: 1,

  // If this signer was part of a Workflow, the weldData key will be present
  weldData: {
    eid: '47zdj2WbP1sWdkO2pA7y',
  },

  // If this signer was part of an etch signature packet, the etchPacket key will be present
  etchPacket: {
    eid: '47zdj2WbP1sWdkO2pA7y',
  },

  documentGroup: {
    eid: '8jJ9yrIlfcYsAo6A95Qk',
    status: 'partial',
  },
  signers: [{
    name: 'Sally Jones',
    email: 'sally@jones.net',
    status: 'completed',
    eid: '0ZTRyrIlfcYsAo6A95Qk',
    routingOrder: 1,
  }, {
    name: 'Roscoe Jones',
    email: 'roscoe@jones.net',
    status: 'sent',
    eid: 'F6h77rIlfcYsAo6A95Qk',
    routingOrder: 2,
  }],
}

`signerUpdateStatus`

The signerUpdateStatus action is similar to signerComplete, but it is called on signer status changes other than completed. See the Signer object for all possible values of status.

{
  action: 'signerUpdateStatus',
  data: 'RIaPFMKCP1Lqf8djqhG0uiN3UvrqQ5HgLxTBnigvSoQGwUeeRu...',
  token: '38Gp2vP47zdj2WbP1sWdkO2pA7ySmjBk'
}

Once decrypted, it will have the following structure:

{
  // Root information is the signer who triggered the action
  name: 'Sally Jones',
  email: 'sally@jones.net',
  status: 'viewed',
  eid: '0ZTRyrIlfcYsAo6A95Qk',
  routingOrder: 1,

  // If this signer was part of a Workflow, the weldData key will be present
  weldData: {
    eid: '47zdj2WbP1sWdkO2pA7y',
  },

  // If this signer was part of an etch signature packet, the etchPacket key will be present
  etchPacket: {
    eid: '47zdj2WbP1sWdkO2pA7y',
  },

  documentGroup: {
    eid: '8jJ9yrIlfcYsAo6A95Qk',
    status: 'partial',
  },
  signers: [{
    name: 'Sally Jones',
    email: 'sally@jones.net',
    status: 'viewed',
    eid: '0ZTRyrIlfcYsAo6A95Qk',
    routingOrder: 1,
  }, {
    name: 'Roscoe Jones',
    email: 'roscoe@jones.net',
    status: 'sent',
    eid: 'F6h77rIlfcYsAo6A95Qk',
    routingOrder: 2,
  }],
}

`etchPacketComplete`

When an Etch signature packet is completed, the etchPacketComplete action will be called. This webhook action will only be called after all signers have signed.

Note: the etchPacketComplete webhook is called on test submissions. There will be an isTest field in the payload.

Once decrypted, it will be the structure:

{
  name: 'NDA Packet',
  eid: 'DEtCx3WtJsCIVWGsR1vU',
  isTest: true,
  status: 'completed',
  detailsURL: 'https://app.useanvil.com/org/my-org/etch/DEtCx3WtJsCIVWGsR1vU',
  downloadZipURL: 'https://app.useanvil.com/api/document-group/FhrKzFgrN5vZ4mwzy.zip',
  documentGroup: {
    eid: 'FhrKzFgrN5vZ4mwzy',
    status: 'completed',
  },
  signers: [
    {
      name: 'Sally Signer',
      email: 'sally@example.org',
      aliasId: 'Sally',
      eid: 'wAoklfcF67rI6A95Q7Yh',
      status: 'completed',
      routingOrder: 1,
    },
    // ...
  ],
  etchTemplate: {
    eid: 'fdwopwkKuxbkADmOzLx',
  },
}

Webhook IP addresses

Our servers will call your webhook URLs from a couple different IP addresses. You can whitelist these IP addresses in order to only accept traffic from our webhook servers.

35.233.165.3
34.148.239.131

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