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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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llSuccess = .F.

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

loHttp = createobject("CkHttp")

// Load a previously obtained OAuth2 access token.
loJsonToken = createobject("CkJsonObject")
llSuccess = loJsonToken.LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/docusign.json")
if (llSuccess = .F.) then
    ? loJsonToken.LastErrorText
    release loHttp
    release loJsonToken
    return
endif

// Adds the "Authorization: Bearer eyJ0eXAi.....UE8Kl_V8KroQ" header.
loHttp.AuthToken = loJsonToken.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"
// }

loJson = createobject("CkJsonObject")
loJson.UpdateString("status","sent")

loSbJson = createobject("CkStringBuilder")
loJson.EmitCompact = .F.
loJson.EmitSb(loSbJson)

loHttp.SetRequestHeader("Cache-Control","no-cache")
loHttp.SetRequestHeader("Accept","application/json")

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

lcUrl = "https://demo.docusign.net/restapi/v2.1/accounts/{$accountId}/envelopes/{$envelopeId}"

loResp = createobject("CkHttpResponse")
llSuccess = loHttp.HttpSb("PUT",lcUrl,loSbJson,"utf-8","application/json",loResp)
if (llSuccess = .F.) then
    ? loHttp.LastErrorText
    release loHttp
    release loJsonToken
    release loJson
    release loSbJson
    release loResp
    return
endif

loJResp = createobject("CkJsonObject")
loJResp.Load(loResp.BodyStr)
loJResp.EmitCompact = .F.

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

// If you get a 401 response status code, it's likely you need to refresh the DocuSign OAuth2 token).
lnRespStatusCode = loResp.StatusCode
? "Response Status Code = " + str(lnRespStatusCode)
if (lnRespStatusCode >= 400) then
    ? "Response Header:"
    ? loResp.Header
    ? "Failed."
    release loHttp
    release loJsonToken
    release loJson
    release loSbJson
    release loResp
    release loJResp
    return
endif

// 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


release loHttp
release loJsonToken
release loJson
release loSbJson
release loResp
release loJResp