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DocuSign Send a Draft Envelope

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Demonstrates how to send a DocuSign draft envelope.

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Dim success As Boolean = False

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

Dim http As ChilkatHttp
http.Initialize("http")

'  Load a previously obtained OAuth2 access token.
Dim jsonToken As ChilkatJsonObject
jsonToken.Initialize
success = jsonToken.LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/docusign.json")
If success = False Then
    Log(jsonToken.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


'  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"
'  }

Dim json As ChilkatJsonObject
json.Initialize
json.UpdateString("status", "sent")

Dim sbJson As ChilkatStringBuilder
sbJson.Initialize
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")

Dim url As String = "https://demo.docusign.net/restapi/v2.1/accounts/{$accountId}/envelopes/{$envelopeId}"

Dim resp As ChilkatHttpResponse
resp.Initialize
success = http.HttpSb("PUT", url, sbJson, "utf-8", "application/json", resp)
If success = False Then
    Log(http.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


Dim jResp As ChilkatJsonObject
jResp.Initialize
jResp.Load(resp.BodyStr)
jResp.EmitCompact = False

Log("Response Body:")
Log(jResp.Emit)

'  If you get a 401 response status code, it's likely you need to refresh the DocuSign OAuth2 token).
Dim respStatusCode As Int = resp.StatusCode
Log("Response Status Code = " & respStatusCode)
If respStatusCode >= 400 Then
    Log("Response Header:")
    Log(resp.Header)
    Log("Failed.")
    Return
End If


'  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