(JavaScript) Docusign JSON Web Token (JWT) Grant

Demonstrates how to obtain an access token using the JSON Web Token (JWT) Grant. This is good for service integrations where authorization and authentication is automated and cannot have interactive Docusign account owner interaction. Consent for the access is obtained beforehand in various ways. See Obtaining Consent.

For more information, see https://developers.docusign.com/esign-rest-api/guides/authentication/oauth2-jsonwebtoken

Note

This example is intended for running within a Chilkat.Js embedded JavaScript engine. All Chilkat JavaScript examples require Chilkat v11.4.0 or greater.

var success = false;

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

// 1. Assume we have already requested and obtained application consent.
//    (See Request Docusign Application Consent
// 
// 2. Create a JWT Token.
// 
var privKey = new CkPrivateKey();

// Load an RSA private key from a PEM file.
success = privKey.LoadPemFile("qa_data/pem/docusign_private_rsa_key.pem");
if (success == false) {
    console.log(privKey.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

var jwt = new CkJwt();

// Build the JOSE header
var jose = new CkJsonObject();
// Use RS256.  Pass the string "RS384" or "RS512" to use RSA with SHA-384 or SHA-512.
success = jose.AppendString("alg","RS256");
success = jose.AppendString("typ","JWT");

// Now build the JWT claims (also known as the payload)
var claims = new CkJsonObject();

// Replace these with actual values.
// The client ID is also known as the "integration key" in Docusign.
success = claims.AppendString("iss","MY_DOCUSIGN_CLIENT_ID");
// In your DocuSign Admin/Account/UserProfile, this is the API Username, such as 14612117-2530-4982-8c49-ba8766303272
success = claims.AppendString("sub","DOCUSIGN_USER_ID");
success = claims.AppendString("aud","account-d.docusign.com");
success = claims.AppendString("scope","signature");

// Set the timestamp of when the JWT was created to now.
var curDateTime = jwt.GenNumericDate(0);
success = claims.AddIntAt(-1,"iat",curDateTime);

// Set the "not process before" timestamp to now.
success = claims.AddIntAt(-1,"nbf",curDateTime);

// Set the timestamp defining an expiration time (end time) for the token
// to be now + 1 hour (3600 seconds)
success = claims.AddIntAt(-1,"exp",curDateTime+3600);

// Produce the smallest possible JWT:
jwt.AutoCompact = true;

// Create the JWT token.  This is where the RSA signature is created.
var token = jwt.CreateJwtPk(jose.Emit(),claims.Emit(),privKey);

console.log(token);

// Do the following CURL statement to get the response JSON which contains the access token.
// curl --data "grant_type=urn:ietf:params:oauth:grant-type:jwt-bearer&assertion=YOUR_JSON_WEB_TOKEN" 
//      --request POST https://account-d.docusign.com/oauth/token
var http = new CkHttp();

var req = new CkHttpRequest();
req.AddParam("grant_type","urn:ietf:params:oauth:grant-type:jwt-bearer");
req.AddParam("assertion",token);

req.HttpVerb = "POST";
req.ContentType = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded";

var resp = new CkHttpResponse();
success = http.HttpReq("https://account-d.docusign.com/oauth/token",req,resp);
if (success == false) {
    console.log(http.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

console.log("response status = " + resp.StatusCode);
if (resp.StatusCode !== 200) {
    console.log(resp.BodyStr);
    console.log("Failed.");
}
else {
    // Save the access token to a file for use in subsequent requests..
    // (Or you may simply persiste the access token in memory for your applicaton to use for subsequent REST API calls..)
    success = resp.SaveBodyText(true,"qa_data/tokens/docusign.json");
    console.log(resp.BodyStr);
    console.log("Success.");
}