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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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<?php

$success = 0;

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

$http = new COM("Chilkat.Http");

// Load a previously obtained OAuth2 access token.
$jsonToken = new COM("Chilkat.JsonObject");
$success = $jsonToken->LoadFile('qa_data/tokens/docusign.json');
if ($success == 0) {
    print $jsonToken->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

// 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"
// }

$json = new COM("Chilkat.JsonObject");
$json->UpdateString('status','sent');

$sbJson = new COM("Chilkat.StringBuilder");
$json->EmitCompact = 0;
$json->EmitSb($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');

$url = 'https://demo.docusign.net/restapi/v2.1/accounts/{$accountId}/envelopes/{$envelopeId}';

$resp = new COM("Chilkat.HttpResponse");
$success = $http->HttpSb('PUT',$url,$sbJson,'utf-8','application/json',$resp);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $http->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

$jResp = new COM("Chilkat.JsonObject");
$jResp->Load($resp->BodyStr);
$jResp->EmitCompact = 0;

print 'Response Body:' . "\n";
print $jResp->emit() . "\n";

// If you get a 401 response status code, it's likely you need to refresh the DocuSign OAuth2 token).
$respStatusCode = $resp->StatusCode;
print 'Response Status Code = ' . $respStatusCode . "\n";
if ($respStatusCode >= 400) {
    print 'Response Header:' . "\n";
    print $resp->Header . "\n";
    print 'Failed.' . "\n";
    exit;
}

// 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

?>