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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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-- Important: See this note about string length limitations for strings returned by sp_OAMethod calls.
--
CREATE PROCEDURE ChilkatSample
AS
BEGIN
    DECLARE @hr int
    -- Important: Do not use nvarchar(max).  See the warning about using nvarchar(max).
    DECLARE @sTmp0 nvarchar(4000)
    DECLARE @success int
    SELECT @success = 0

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

    DECLARE @http int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.Http', @http OUT
    IF @hr <> 0
    BEGIN
        PRINT 'Failed to create ActiveX component'
        RETURN
    END

    -- Load a previously obtained OAuth2 access token.
    DECLARE @jsonToken int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.JsonObject', @jsonToken OUT

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @jsonToken, 'LoadFile', @success OUT, 'qa_data/tokens/docusign.json'
    IF @success = 0
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @jsonToken, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @http
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @jsonToken
        RETURN
      END

    -- Adds the "Authorization: Bearer eyJ0eXAi.....UE8Kl_V8KroQ" header.
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @jsonToken, 'StringOf', @sTmp0 OUT, 'access_token'
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @http, 'AuthToken', @sTmp0

    -- 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"
    -- }

    DECLARE @json int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.JsonObject', @json OUT

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'UpdateString', @success OUT, 'status', 'sent'

    DECLARE @sbJson int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.StringBuilder', @sbJson OUT

    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @json, 'EmitCompact', 0
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'EmitSb', @success OUT, @sbJson

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @http, 'SetRequestHeader', NULL, 'Cache-Control', 'no-cache'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @http, 'SetRequestHeader', NULL, 'Accept', 'application/json'

    -- Use your own account ID here.
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @http, 'SetUrlVar', @success OUT, 'accountId', '7f3f65ed-5e87-418d-94c1-92499ddc8252'
    -- Use the envelope ID returned by DocuSign when creating the draft envelope).
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @http, 'SetUrlVar', @success OUT, 'envelopeId', 'cee4191c-f94e-4089-9d7c-8033685cbc1a'

    DECLARE @url nvarchar(4000)
    SELECT @url = 'https://demo.docusign.net/restapi/v2.1/accounts/{$accountId}/envelopes/{$envelopeId}'

    DECLARE @resp int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.HttpResponse', @resp OUT

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @http, 'HttpSb', @success OUT, 'PUT', @url, @sbJson, 'utf-8', 'application/json', @resp
    IF @success = 0
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @http, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @http
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @jsonToken
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @json
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @sbJson
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @resp
        RETURN
      END

    DECLARE @jResp int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.JsonObject', @jResp OUT

    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @resp, 'BodyStr', @sTmp0 OUT
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @jResp, 'Load', @success OUT, @sTmp0
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @jResp, 'EmitCompact', 0


    PRINT 'Response Body:'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @jResp, 'Emit', @sTmp0 OUT
    PRINT @sTmp0

    -- If you get a 401 response status code, it's likely you need to refresh the DocuSign OAuth2 token).
    DECLARE @respStatusCode int
    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @resp, 'StatusCode', @respStatusCode OUT

    PRINT 'Response Status Code = ' + @respStatusCode
    IF @respStatusCode >= 400
      BEGIN

        PRINT 'Response Header:'
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @resp, 'Header', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0

        PRINT 'Failed.'
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @http
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @jsonToken
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @json
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @sbJson
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @resp
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @jResp
        RETURN
      END

    -- 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

    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @http
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @jsonToken
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @json
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @sbJson
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @resp
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @jResp


END
GO