CarLife uses DocuSign to let photographers and video editors review and sign required onboarding agreements securely from inside their onboarding workflow.
Primary use case
Contractor agreements during photographer and editor onboarding.
How it works
The integration is intentionally narrow: connect an authorized sender, select templates, send the right paperwork, and confirm completion.
A CarLife administrator authorizes one organization-owned DocuSign account using DocuSign’s OAuth 2.0 Authorization Code Grant flow.
The administrator selects existing DocuSign templates and assigns them to the photographer or editor onboarding packet.
When a contractor reaches the paperwork step, CarLife creates an envelope from the selected template using the contractor’s name and email address.
The contractor opens a short-lived embedded signing session, completes the document in DocuSign, and returns directly to CarLife.
CarLife reads the envelope’s authoritative status from DocuSign and unlocks the next onboarding step after all required documents are complete.
Authorization
Only an authenticated CarLife administrator can initiate authorization. DocuSign redirects back to CarLife at the registered callback URL, where the authorization code is exchanged server-side.
Scope
signature
Send envelopes and manage the signing workflow.
Scope
extended
Maintain access through secure refresh tokens.
eSignature API activity
Data & security
CarLife requests only the scopes needed to run the onboarding signature workflow. Access can be revoked by the connected DocuSign account owner at any time.
OAuth access and refresh tokens are encrypted at rest and are never exposed to browser clients.
OAuth state is signed and time-limited. Envelope status is re-read from DocuSign instead of trusting a browser return parameter.
Embedded signing sessions are created only for the authenticated contractor and use short-lived recipient URLs.
CarLife stores envelope identifiers and status. Executed document PDFs remain in DocuSign and are not copied into CarLife storage.
Contact CarLife or review our policies for more information.