# Packaging Service V4
# Introduction
Packaging Service is a service with a SOAP web service interface. It is used for packaging one or more native Signed Data Objects (SDOs) into a richer PDF of different types. It may i.e. be used to package one or more LTV-SDOs into a PAdES SDO.
The service may be used from any platform capable of making a SOAP web service call.
The service relies on Signicat's SDS service for uploading and downloading binary document data.
# Differences from PackagingService v3
PackagingService v4 adds the possibility to send the packaged result directly to Signicat Archive. If you specify send-result-to-archive in the createrequest call and set it to true, the return value will be a valid archive reference.
# Location
The WSDL for the service is available at:
Infrastructure | Location |
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Pre-prod | https://preprod.signicat.com/ws/packagingservice-v4?wsdl (opens new window) |
Production | https://id.signicat.com/ws/packagingservice-v4?wsdl (opens new window) |
The only difference between the WSDL in preprod and production is the soap address location attribute.
# List of methods
Method | Description |
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createPackage | Creates a PAdES as specified in the request |
# createPackage
# Purpose
This method is used for creating a PAdES PDF from one or many SDO package(s). The file will be available for download in the SDS system when this method returns.
# Parameters
Name | Data type | Description |
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service | String | The name of the customer service (the customer account). |
password | String | The password for this service. This is different in preprod and production. |
validation-policy | String | The name of the validation policy to use for validating the SDOs |
packaging-method | String | The name of the method to use when creating the package. This method will define both the packaging format and graphical profiles (if relevant) |
sdo | List of DocumentId or SdoExtended | Specifies SDOs to be included in the package. Each element in the list is typically a reference to the SDO of type DocumentId. To specify the original document separately from the SDO, use SdoExtended. The two types DocumentId and SdoExtended may be mixed. |
send-result-to-archive | Boolean | Specifies if the packaging result will be archived or not. Default is false, meaning that the packaging result will be saved temporarily into SDS; the ID in the return value will be an SDS id. If specified and set to True, the packaging result will be archived in Signicat Archive and the return value will be an archive id. |
# Return value
Name | Data type | Description |
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id | String | URL to the document package in SDS, or to Signicat Archive if sendresulttoarchive is true |
error Error An error code and message |
# Data type: DocumentId
# Description
The DocumentId data type is a reference to a document in the SDS system. A DocumentId can be one of three data types that extend the general DocumentId data type.
Each extension provides field that identifies the document in each target system.
# Extensions
Extension | Description |
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OrderDocumentId | A document that was created recently by the signature portal and is still available there. |
ArchiveDocumentId | A document in the archive |
SdsDocumentId | A document located in the Session Data Storage. This is a temporary storage that is accessible via a REST interface. |
# Data type: SdoExtended
# Description
The SdoExtended data type contains references to an SDO and the corresponding original document in the SDS system.
# Fields
Name | Data type | Description |
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sdo | DocumentId | A reference to the SDO. |
supplementary-data | SupplementaryData | Contains a reference to the original document associated with this SDO |
# Data type: SupplementaryData
# Description
The SupplementaryData data type contains data that is associated with the SDO.
# Fields
Name | Data type | Description |
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original-document | DocumentId | Contains a reference to the original document |