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Xbase++ Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

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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LOCAL nSuccess
LOCAL oHttp
LOCAL oJsonToken
LOCAL oJson
LOCAL oResp
LOCAL oJResp
LOCAL nRespStatusCode
LOCAL cEnvelopeId
LOCAL cUri
LOCAL cStatusDateTime
LOCAL cStatus

nSuccess := 0

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

oHttp := CreateObject("Chilkat.Http")

//  Load a previously obtained OAuth2 access token.
oJsonToken := CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
nSuccess := oJsonToken:LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/docusign.json")
IF (nSuccess == 0)
    ? oJsonToken:LastErrorText
    oHttp:destroy()
    oJsonToken:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

//  Adds the "Authorization: Bearer eyJ0eXAi.....UE8Kl_V8KroQ" header.
oHttp:AuthToken := oJsonToken: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"
//  }

oJson := CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
oJson:UpdateString("emailSubject", "Sign for Project XYZ Approval")

oHttp:SetRequestHeader("Cache-Control", "no-cache")
oHttp:SetRequestHeader("Accept", "application/json")

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

oResp := CreateObject("Chilkat.HttpResponse")
nSuccess := oHttp:HttpJson("POST", "https://demo.docusign.net/restapi/v2.1/accounts/{$accountId}/envelopes", oJson, "application/json", oResp)
IF (nSuccess == 0)
    ? oHttp:LastErrorText
    oHttp:destroy()
    oJsonToken:destroy()
    oJson:destroy()
    oResp:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

oJResp := CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
oJResp:Load(oResp:BodyStr)
oJResp:EmitCompact := 0

? "Response Body:"
? oJResp:Emit()

//  If you get a 401 response status code, it's likely you need to refresh the DocuSign OAuth2 token).
nRespStatusCode := oResp:StatusCode
? "Response Status Code = " + Str(nRespStatusCode)
IF (nRespStatusCode >= 400)
    ? "Response Header:"
    ? oResp:Header
    ? "Failed."
    oHttp:destroy()
    oJsonToken:destroy()
    oJson:destroy()
    oResp:destroy()
    oJResp:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

//  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

cEnvelopeId := oJResp:StringOf("envelopeId")
cUri := oJResp:StringOf("uri")
cStatusDateTime := oJResp:StringOf("statusDateTime")
cStatus := oJResp:StringOf("status")

oHttp:destroy()
oJsonToken:destroy()
oJson:destroy()
oResp:destroy()
oJResp:destroy()