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

li_Success = 0

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

loo_Http = create oleobject
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
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
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")

loo_Resp = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_Resp.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.HttpResponse")

li_Success = loo_Http.HttpJson("POST","https://demo.docusign.net/restapi/v2.1/accounts/{$accountId}/envelopes",loo_Json,"application/json",loo_Resp)
if li_Success = 0 then
    Write-Debug loo_Http.LastErrorText
    destroy loo_Http
    destroy loo_JsonToken
    destroy loo_Json
    destroy loo_Resp
    return
end if

loo_JResp = create oleobject
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_Http
    destroy loo_JsonToken
    destroy loo_Json
    destroy loo_Resp
    destroy loo_JResp
    return
end if

// 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_Resp
destroy loo_JResp