PowerForms and its advantage

Question

Few questions about PowerForms

What is the real advantage of using PowerForms? In which case(s) it is most useful?

In Docusign Classic View >> PowerForms, there is an option to download Form Data as XML and CSV. Can we download this data using APIs? For this question, I referred this thread "Can We get a report for the values filled in radio button in DocuSign Envelope".

Answer 1

PowerForms are an easy way of referencing a DocuSign Template through the API without writing any code. They are intended for less technical end-users who want to quickly access a Template through either email delivery or through a direct link (URL) but don't know / want to code it up. Instead they manually initiate such requests through a created PowerForm.

With regards to the form data question- yes, you can programmatically retrieve the form data through the API. You need to keep in mind that DocuSign tabs (aka fields) are always with respect to recipients and not the document itself.

Therefore, you can make the Get Tab Information For Recipient API call (REST version linked).