Using the API
Finding the parameters for the API
All Documotor API calls require a unit ID and an API secret for basic authentication, and a recipe ID to identify a specific recipe. This page will guide you through finding them.
Authentication
The authentication for API calls consists of username
and password
. username
is the unit ID of the unit you want to access, and password
is its API secret.
Finding the unit ID
- Enter the unit that you want to access inside the Documotor UI.
- Go to Management in the left side bar.
- Under Details, you will find the unit ID.

Unit management screen.
Finding the API secret
- Enter the unit that you want to access inside the Documotor UI.
- Go to Management in the left side bar.
- Under API Secrets, you will find the API secret.

API Secrets tab of Unit management.
Finding the recipe ID
- Open the recipe that you want to use.
- In the URL, after the last slash
/
, you will find the recipe ID.
Updated 9 months ago