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GroupDocs Signature library provides ability to manipulate with different electronic signature types such as text, image, digital, barcode, QR-code, stamp, form field, metadata. These e-signatures could be added to document, updated, deleted, verified or searched inside already signed documents. Our product also provides information about document type and structure - file type, size, pages count, etc. and generates document pages preview based on provided options.

Here are main GroupDocs Signature API concepts:

• Signature is the main class that contains all required methods for manipulating with document e-signatures.
• Most part of methods expects different options to eSign document, verify and search electronic signatures inside document.
• Signature class implements IDisposable interface to correctly release used resources - like safely closing document streams when all operations completed.

The following code shows how to include required namespace for all code examples.

using GroupDocs.Signature;
using GroupDocs.Signature.Domain;
using GroupDocs.Signature.Options;
using GroupDocs.Signature.Domain.Extensions;

The following code shows most used code pattern to define Signature object and call its methods.

// Sign document with text signature.
using (Signature signature = new Signature("sample.docx"))
{
   TextSignOptions textSignOptions = new TextSignOptions("John Smith");
   signature.Sign("SampleSigned.docx", textSignOptions);
}

Please check detailed examples of how to eSign documents, search and verify document signatures in the following guides:

• Get supported file formats
• Get document information
• Electronic signature types
• Search for electronic signatures in document
• Verify document for signatures
• Generate document pages preview
• Generate signature preview
• Update signatures in documents
• Delete signatures from documents