(PowerBuilder) 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.

For more information, see https://developers.docusign.com/docs/esign-rest-api/reference/envelopes/envelopes/create/

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integer li_rc
oleobject loo_Http
oleobject loo_JsonToken
integer li_Success
oleobject loo_Json
oleobject loo_Resp
oleobject loo_JResp
integer li_RespStatusCode
string ls_EnvelopeId
string ls_Uri
string ls_StatusDateTime
string ls_Status

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

loo_Http = create oleobject
// Use "Chilkat_9_5_0.Http" for versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0
li_rc = loo_Http.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.Http")
if li_rc < 0 then
    destroy loo_Http
    MessageBox("Error","Connecting to COM object failed")
    return
end if

// Load a previously obtained OAuth2 access token.
loo_JsonToken = create oleobject
// Use "Chilkat_9_5_0.JsonObject" for versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0
li_rc = loo_JsonToken.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")

li_Success = loo_JsonToken.LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/docusign.json")
if li_Success = 0 then
    Write-Debug loo_JsonToken.LastErrorText
    destroy loo_Http
    destroy loo_JsonToken
    return
end if

// Adds the "Authorization: Bearer eyJ0eXAi.....UE8Kl_V8KroQ" header.
loo_Http.AuthToken = loo_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"
// }

loo_Json = create oleobject
// Use "Chilkat_9_5_0.JsonObject" for versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0
li_rc = loo_Json.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")

loo_Json.UpdateString("emailSubject","Sign for Project XYZ Approval")

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

// Use your own account ID here.
loo_Http.SetUrlVar("accountId","7f3f65ed-5e87-418d-94c1-92499ddc8252")

// PostJson automatically sets the Content-Type header to "application/json"
loo_Resp = loo_Http.PostJson("https://demo.docusign.net/restapi/v2.1/accounts/{$accountId}/envelopes",loo_Json.Emit())
if loo_Http.LastMethodSuccess = 0 then
    Write-Debug loo_Http.LastErrorText
    destroy loo_Http
    destroy loo_JsonToken
    destroy loo_Json
    return
end if

loo_JResp = create oleobject
// Use "Chilkat_9_5_0.JsonObject" for versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0
li_rc = loo_JResp.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")

loo_JResp.Load(loo_Resp.BodyStr)
loo_JResp.EmitCompact = 0

Write-Debug "Response Body:"
Write-Debug loo_JResp.Emit()

// If you get a 401 response status code, it's likely you need to refresh the DocuSign OAuth2 token).
li_RespStatusCode = loo_Resp.StatusCode
Write-Debug "Response Status Code = " + string(li_RespStatusCode)
if li_RespStatusCode >= 400 then
    Write-Debug "Response Header:"
    Write-Debug loo_Resp.Header
    Write-Debug "Failed."
    destroy loo_Resp
    destroy loo_Http
    destroy loo_JsonToken
    destroy loo_Json
    destroy loo_JResp
    return
end if

destroy loo_Resp

// 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

ls_EnvelopeId = loo_JResp.StringOf("envelopeId")
ls_Uri = loo_JResp.StringOf("uri")
ls_StatusDateTime = loo_JResp.StringOf("statusDateTime")
ls_Status = loo_JResp.StringOf("status")


destroy loo_Http
destroy loo_JsonToken
destroy loo_Json
destroy loo_JResp