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DocuSign Create Empty Envelope Draft

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Creates an empty envelope draft. The JSON response includes the envelope ID which can be used to add documents, recipients, etc. until the envelope is ready to send.

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Objective-C
#import <CkoHttp.h>
#import <CkoJsonObject.h>
#import <CkoHttpResponse.h>
#import <NSString.h>

BOOL success = NO;

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

CkoHttp *http = [[CkoHttp alloc] init];

// Load a previously obtained OAuth2 access token.
CkoJsonObject *jsonToken = [[CkoJsonObject alloc] init];
success = [jsonToken LoadFile: @"qa_data/tokens/docusign.json"];
if (success == NO) {
    NSLog(@"%@",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)

// POST https://demo.docusign.net/restapi/v2.1/accounts/7f3f65ed-5e87-418d-94c1-92499ddc8252/envelopes HTTP/1.1
// Accept: application/json
// Cache-Control: no-cache
// Authorization: Bearer eyJ0eX...
// Content-Length: ...
// Content-Type: application/json
// 
// {
//   "emailSubject": "Sign for Project XYZ Approval"
// }

CkoJsonObject *json = [[CkoJsonObject alloc] init];
[json UpdateString: @"emailSubject" value: @"Sign for Project XYZ Approval"];

[http SetRequestHeader: @"Cache-Control" value: @"no-cache"];
[http SetRequestHeader: @"Accept" value: @"application/json"];

// Use your own account ID here.
[http SetUrlVar: @"accountId" value: @"7f3f65ed-5e87-418d-94c1-92499ddc8252"];

CkoHttpResponse *resp = [[CkoHttpResponse alloc] init];
success = [http HttpJson: @"POST" url: @"https://demo.docusign.net/restapi/v2.1/accounts/{$accountId}/envelopes" json: json contentType: @"application/json" response: resp];
if (success == NO) {
    NSLog(@"%@",http.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

CkoJsonObject *jResp = [[CkoJsonObject alloc] init];
[jResp Load: resp.BodyStr];
jResp.EmitCompact = NO;

NSLog(@"%@",@"Response Body:");
NSLog(@"%@",[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 intValue];
NSLog(@"%@%d",@"Response Status Code = ",respStatusCode);
if (respStatusCode >= 400) {
    NSLog(@"%@",@"Response Header:");
    NSLog(@"%@",resp.Header);
    NSLog(@"%@",@"Failed.");
    return;
}

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

// {
//   "envelopeId": "4943126a-a6e0-40ca-8707-50f22bf3888c",
//   "uri": "/envelopes/4943126a-a6e0-40ca-8707-50f22bf3888c",
//   "statusDateTime": "2021-01-23T20:21:42.1400000Z",
//   "status": "created"
// }

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

NSString *envelopeId = [jResp StringOf: @"envelopeId"];
NSString *uri = [jResp StringOf: @"uri"];
NSString *statusDateTime = [jResp StringOf: @"statusDateTime"];
NSString *status = [jResp StringOf: @"status"];