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DocuSign: Requesting a Signature via Email (Remote Signing)

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This code example demonstrates the simplest and quickest workflow for requesting a signature for a document via email. The email will contain a signing link the recipient can use to electronically sign a document from their mobile or desktop computer.

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LOCAL lnSuccess
LOCAL loHttp
LOCAL loPdfData
LOCAL loJson
LOCAL loJsonToken
LOCAL loSbAuth
LOCAL loResp
LOCAL loSbResponseBody
LOCAL loJResp
LOCAL lnRespStatusCode
LOCAL lcEnvelopeId
LOCAL lcUri
LOCAL lcStatusDateTime
LOCAL lcStatus

lnSuccess = 0

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

loHttp = CreateObject('Chilkat.Http')

* Implements the following CURL command:

* curl --request POST https://demo.docusign.net/restapi/v2.1/accounts/${accountId}/envelopes \
*      --header "Authorization: Bearer ${accessToken}" \
*      --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
*      --data '{
*     "emailSubject": "Please sign this document",
*     "documents": [
*         {
*             "documentBase64": "JVBERi0xLjMKMyAwIG9iag ... dGFydHhyZWYKNjk5CiUlRU9GCg==",
*             "name": "Lorem Ipsum",
*             "fileExtension": "pdf",
*             "documentId": "1"
*         }
*     ],
*     "recipients": {
*         "signers": [
*             {
*                 "email": "joe_sample@example.com",
*                 "name": "Joe Sample",
*                 "recipientId": "1",
*                 "routingOrder": "1",
*                 "tabs": {
*                     "signHereTabs": [
*                         {
*                             "documentId": "1", "pageNumber": "1",
*                             "recipientId": "1", "tabLabel": "SignHereTab",
*                             "xPosition": "195", "yPosition": "147"
*                         }
*                     ]
*                 }
*             }
*         ]
*     },
*     "status": "sent"
* }'

* Use this online tool to generate code from sample JSON:
* Generate Code to Create JSON

* The following JSON is sent in the request body.

* {
*   "emailSubject": "Please sign this document",
*   "documents": [
*     {
*       "documentBase64": "JVBERi0xLjMKMyAwIG9iag ... dGFydHhyZWYKNjk5CiUlRU9GCg==",
*       "name": "Lorem Ipsum",
*       "fileExtension": "pdf",
*       "documentId": "1"
*     }
*   ],
*   "recipients": {
*     "signers": [
*       {
*         "email": "joe_sample@example.com",
*         "name": "Joe Sample",
*         "recipientId": "1",
*         "routingOrder": "1",
*         "tabs": {
*           "signHereTabs": [
*             {
*               "documentId": "1",
*               "pageNumber": "1",
*               "recipientId": "1",
*               "tabLabel": "SignHereTab",
*               "xPosition": "195",
*               "yPosition": "147"
*             }
*           ]
*         }
*       }
*     ]
*   },
*   "status": "sent"
* }

* Load a PDF to be signed.
loPdfData = CreateObject('Chilkat.BinData')
lnSuccess = loPdfData.LoadFile("qa_data/pdf/helloWorld.pdf")
IF (lnSuccess = 0) THEN
    ? "Failed to load local PDF file."
    RELEASE loHttp
    RELEASE loPdfData
    CANCEL
ENDIF

loJson = CreateObject('Chilkat.JsonObject')
loJson.UpdateString("emailSubject","Please sign this document")
loJson.UpdateString("documents[0].documentBase64",loPdfData.GetEncoded("base64"))
loJson.UpdateString("documents[0].name","Lorem Ipsum")
loJson.UpdateString("documents[0].fileExtension","pdf")
loJson.UpdateString("documents[0].documentId","1")
loJson.UpdateString("recipients.signers[0].email","joe_sample@example.com")
loJson.UpdateString("recipients.signers[0].name","Joe Sample")
loJson.UpdateString("recipients.signers[0].recipientId","1")
loJson.UpdateString("recipients.signers[0].routingOrder","1")
loJson.UpdateString("recipients.signers[0].tabs.signHereTabs[0].documentId","1")
loJson.UpdateString("recipients.signers[0].tabs.signHereTabs[0].pageNumber","1")
loJson.UpdateString("recipients.signers[0].tabs.signHereTabs[0].recipientId","1")
loJson.UpdateString("recipients.signers[0].tabs.signHereTabs[0].tabLabel","SignHereTab")
loJson.UpdateString("recipients.signers[0].tabs.signHereTabs[0].xPosition","195")
loJson.UpdateString("recipients.signers[0].tabs.signHereTabs[0].yPosition","147")
loJson.UpdateString("status","sent")

* Get our previously obtained OAuth2 access token, which should contain JSON like this:
* {
*   "access_token": "eyJ0eXA....YQyig",
*   "token_type": "Bearer",
*   "refresh_token": "eyJ0eXA....auE3eHKg",
*   "expires_in": 28800
* }

loJsonToken = CreateObject('Chilkat.JsonObject')
lnSuccess = loJsonToken.LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/docusign.json")

loSbAuth = CreateObject('Chilkat.StringBuilder')
loSbAuth.Append("Bearer ")
loSbAuth.Append(loJsonToken.StringOf("access_token"))

loHttp.SetRequestHeader("Authorization",loSbAuth.GetAsString())
loHttp.SetRequestHeader("Content-Type","application/json")

* Don't forget to modify this line to use your account ID
loResp = CreateObject('Chilkat.HttpResponse')
lnSuccess = loHttp.HttpJson("POST","https://demo.docusign.net/restapi/v2.1/accounts/${accountId}/envelopes",loJson,"application/json",loResp)
IF (lnSuccess = 0) THEN
    ? loHttp.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loHttp
    RELEASE loPdfData
    RELEASE loJson
    RELEASE loJsonToken
    RELEASE loSbAuth
    RELEASE loResp
    CANCEL
ENDIF

loSbResponseBody = CreateObject('Chilkat.StringBuilder')
loResp.GetBodySb(loSbResponseBody)
loJResp = CreateObject('Chilkat.JsonObject')
loJResp.LoadSb(loSbResponseBody)
loJResp.EmitCompact = 0

? "Response Body:"
? loJResp.Emit()

lnRespStatusCode = loResp.StatusCode
? "Response Status Code = " + STR(lnRespStatusCode)
IF (lnRespStatusCode >= 400) THEN
    ? "Response Header:"
    ? loResp.Header
    ? "Failed."
    RELEASE loHttp
    RELEASE loPdfData
    RELEASE loJson
    RELEASE loJsonToken
    RELEASE loSbAuth
    RELEASE loResp
    RELEASE loSbResponseBody
    RELEASE loJResp
    CANCEL
ENDIF

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

* {
*   "envelopeId": "d51cfdab-22ed-4832-bf68-446c44077ffc",
*   "uri": "/envelopes/d51cfdab-22ed-4832-bf68-446c44077ffc",
*   "statusDateTime": "2018-04-17T16:31:51.8830000Z",
*   "status": "sent"
* }

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

lcEnvelopeId = loJResp.StringOf("envelopeId")
lcUri = loJResp.StringOf("uri")
lcStatusDateTime = loJResp.StringOf("statusDateTime")
lcStatus = loJResp.StringOf("status")

RELEASE loHttp
RELEASE loPdfData
RELEASE loJson
RELEASE loJsonToken
RELEASE loSbAuth
RELEASE loResp
RELEASE loSbResponseBody
RELEASE loJResp