(C#) DocuSign Send a Draft Envelope

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Demonstrates how to send a DocuSign draft envelope.

For more information, see https://developers.docusign.com/docs/esign-rest-api/reference/envelopes/envelopes/update/

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// 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();
bool 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> HTTP/1.1
// Accept: application/json
// Cache-Control: no-cache
// Authorization: Bearer eyJ0eX...
// Content-Length: ...
// Content-Type: application/json
// 
// {
//   "status": "sent"
// }

Chilkat.JsonObject json = new Chilkat.JsonObject();
json.UpdateString("status","sent");

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

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}";
Chilkat.HttpResponse resp = http.PTextSb("PUT",url,sbJson,"utf-8","application/json",false,false);
if (http.LastMethodSuccess == 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)

// If the envelope you're trying to send is not yet completed, you'll get an error such as this:
// {
//   "errorCode": "ENVELOPE_IS_INCOMPLETE",
//   "message": "The Envelope is not Complete. A Complete Envelope Requires Documents, Recipients, Tabs, and a Subject Line."
// }

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