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DocuSign Add One Document to a Draft Envelope

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Demonstrates how to add one document to a DocuSign draft envelope.

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bool success = false;

//  This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
//  See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

Chilkat.Http http = new Chilkat.Http();

//  Load a previously obtained OAuth2 access token.
Chilkat.JsonObject jsonToken = new Chilkat.JsonObject();
success = jsonToken.LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/docusign.json");
if (success == false) {
    Debug.WriteLine(jsonToken.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

//  Adds the "Authorization: Bearer eyJ0eXAi.....UE8Kl_V8KroQ" header.
http.AuthToken = jsonToken.StringOf("access_token");

//  Send the following request.
//  Make sure to use your own account ID (obtained from Get Docusign User Account Information)

//  PUT https://demo.docusign.net/restapi/v2.1/accounts/<account ID>/envelopes/<envelope ID>/documents HTTP/1.1
//  Expect: 100-continue
//  Accept: application/json
//  Cache-Control: no-cache
//  Authorization: Bearer eyJ0eX...
//  Content-Length: ...
//  Content-Type: application/json
//  
//  {
//  	"documents": [
//  		{
//  		"documentId": "1",
//  		"name": "project_xyz.pdf",
//  		"pages": "1",
//  		"documentBase64": "<insert base64 content here>"
//  		}
//  	]
//  }

Chilkat.BinData bd1 = new Chilkat.BinData();
success = bd1.LoadFile("qa_data/pdf/project_xyz.pdf");

Chilkat.JsonObject json = new Chilkat.JsonObject();
json.UpdateString("documents[0].documentId","1");
json.UpdateString("documents[0].name","project_xyz.pdf");
json.UpdateString("documents[0].pages","1");
json.UpdateString("documents[0].documentBase64",bd1.GetEncoded("base64"));

Chilkat.StringBuilder sbJson = new Chilkat.StringBuilder();
json.EmitCompact = false;
json.EmitSb(sbJson);

http.SetRequestHeader("Expect","100-continue");
http.SetRequestHeader("Cache-Control","no-cache");
http.SetRequestHeader("Accept","application/json");

//  Use your own account ID here.
http.SetUrlVar("accountId","7f3f65ed-5e87-418d-94c1-92499ddc8252");
//  Use the envelope ID returned by DocuSign when creating the draft envelope).
http.SetUrlVar("envelopeId","cee4191c-f94e-4089-9d7c-8033685cbc1a");

string url = "https://demo.docusign.net/restapi/v2.1/accounts/{$accountId}/envelopes/{$envelopeId}/documents";
Chilkat.HttpResponse resp = new Chilkat.HttpResponse();
success = http.HttpSb("PUT",url,sbJson,"utf-8","application/json",resp);
if (success == false) {
    Debug.WriteLine(http.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

Chilkat.JsonObject jResp = new Chilkat.JsonObject();
jResp.Load(resp.BodyStr);
jResp.EmitCompact = false;

Debug.WriteLine("Response Body:");
Debug.WriteLine(jResp.Emit());

//  If you get a 401 response status code, it's likely you need to refresh the DocuSign OAuth2 token).
int respStatusCode = resp.StatusCode;
Debug.WriteLine("Response Status Code = " + Convert.ToString(respStatusCode));
if (respStatusCode >= 400) {
    Debug.WriteLine("Response Header:");
    Debug.WriteLine(resp.Header);
    Debug.WriteLine("Failed.");
    return;
}

//  Sample JSON response:
//  (Sample code for parsing the JSON response is shown below)

//  {
//    "envelopeId": "da9fb811-e6a4-48c0-a9fb-81ed18b989af",
//    "envelopeDocuments": [
//      {
//        "documentId": "1",
//        "documentIdGuid": "38e919fc-0a77-4b0c-9da0-e3530f4e6fc7",
//        "name": "project_xyz.pdf",
//        "type": "content",
//        "uri": "/envelopes/da9fb811-e6a4-48c0-a9fb-81ed18b989af/documents/1",
//        "order": "3",
//        "containsPdfFormFields": "false",
//        "templateRequired": "false",
//        "authoritativeCopy": "false"
//      }
//    ]
//  }

//  Sample code for parsing the JSON response...
//  Use the following online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON:
//  Generate Parsing Code from JSON

string documentId;
string documentIdGuid;
string name;
string v_type;
string uri;
string order;
string containsPdfFormFields;
string templateRequired;
string authoritativeCopy;

string envelopeId = jResp.StringOf("envelopeId");
int i = 0;
int count_i = jResp.SizeOfArray("envelopeDocuments");
while (i < count_i) {
    jResp.I = i;
    documentId = jResp.StringOf("envelopeDocuments[i].documentId");
    documentIdGuid = jResp.StringOf("envelopeDocuments[i].documentIdGuid");
    name = jResp.StringOf("envelopeDocuments[i].name");
    v_type = jResp.StringOf("envelopeDocuments[i].type");
    uri = jResp.StringOf("envelopeDocuments[i].uri");
    order = jResp.StringOf("envelopeDocuments[i].order");
    containsPdfFormFields = jResp.StringOf("envelopeDocuments[i].containsPdfFormFields");
    templateRequired = jResp.StringOf("envelopeDocuments[i].templateRequired");
    authoritativeCopy = jResp.StringOf("envelopeDocuments[i].authoritativeCopy");
    i = i + 1;
}