Folders and document placement (folder_id) (API)

You can place a document into a folder in the workspace right when creating it. Folders and labels are a single system in Signi — a folder is a label with "is_folder": true.

Creating a folder

curl -X POST -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY" -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  https://api.signi.com/api/v1/tags/create \
  -d '{ "name": "Orders 2026", "is_folder": true }'

The ID of the new folder (a number) is returned. You can find existing folders in the list of labels — folders have "is_folder": true.

Placing a document into a folder

When creating a document, add folder_id:

{
    "people": [
        { "is_proposer": true, "email": "your@email.com", "contract_role": "approve" },
        { "is_proposer": false, "email": "counterparty@email.com", "contract_role": "sign",
          "first_name": "Jan", "last_name": "Novák", "person_type": "nature",
          "positions": [ { "x": 50, "y": 80, "page": 0 } ] }
    ],
    "folder_id": 123,
    "file": "uploaded_file_key"
}

Caution: a non-existent folder_id does not return an error — the document is created and the placement is silently skipped. Verify the folder ID in the list of labels.

Where to go next

• Labels
• JSON for creating a document — overview of all items