(Java) 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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import com.chilkatsoft.*;

public class ChilkatExample {

  static {
    try {
        System.loadLibrary("chilkat");
    } catch (UnsatisfiedLinkError e) {
      System.err.println("Native code library failed to load.\n" + e);
      System.exit(1);
    }
  }

  public static void main(String argv[])
  {
    // This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    CkHttp http = new CkHttp();

    // Load a previously obtained OAuth2 access token.
    CkJsonObject jsonToken = new CkJsonObject();
    boolean success = jsonToken.LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/docusign.json");
    if (success == false) {
        System.out.println(jsonToken.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    // Adds the "Authorization: Bearer eyJ0eXAi.....UE8Kl_V8KroQ" header.
    http.put_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"
    // }

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

    CkStringBuilder sbJson = new CkStringBuilder();
    json.put_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}";
    CkHttpResponse resp = http.PTextSb("PUT",url,sbJson,"utf-8","application/json",false,false);
    if (http.get_LastMethodSuccess() == false) {
        System.out.println(http.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    CkJsonObject jResp = new CkJsonObject();
    jResp.Load(resp.bodyStr());
    jResp.put_EmitCompact(false);

    System.out.println("Response Body:");
    System.out.println(jResp.emit());

    // If you get a 401 response status code, it's likely you need to refresh the DocuSign OAuth2 token).
    int respStatusCode = resp.get_StatusCode();
    System.out.println("Response Status Code = " + respStatusCode);
    if (respStatusCode >= 400) {
        System.out.println("Response Header:");
        System.out.println(resp.header());
        System.out.println("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
  }
}