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Visual Basic 6.0

DocuSign Add One Document to a Draft Envelope

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Demonstrates how to add one document to a DocuSign draft envelope.

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Visual Basic 6.0
Dim success As Long
success = 0

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

Dim http As New ChilkatHttp

' Load a previously obtained OAuth2 access token.
Dim jsonToken As New ChilkatJsonObject
success = jsonToken.LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/docusign.json")
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print jsonToken.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

' Adds the "Authorization: Bearer eyJ0eXAi.....UE8Kl_V8KroQ" header.
http.AuthToken = jsonToken.StringOf("access_token")

' 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>/documents HTTP/1.1
' Expect: 100-continue
' Accept: application/json
' Cache-Control: no-cache
' Authorization: Bearer eyJ0eX...
' Content-Length: ...
' Content-Type: application/json
' 
' {
' 	"documents": [
' 		{
' 		"documentId": "1",
' 		"name": "project_xyz.pdf",
' 		"pages": "1",
' 		"documentBase64": "<insert base64 content here>"
' 		}
' 	]
' }

Dim bd1 As New ChilkatBinData
success = bd1.LoadFile("qa_data/pdf/project_xyz.pdf")

Dim json As New ChilkatJsonObject
success = json.UpdateString("documents[0].documentId","1")
success = json.UpdateString("documents[0].name","project_xyz.pdf")
success = json.UpdateString("documents[0].pages","1")
success = json.UpdateString("documents[0].documentBase64",bd1.GetEncoded("base64"))

Dim sbJson As New ChilkatStringBuilder
json.EmitCompact = 0
success = json.EmitSb(sbJson)

http.SetRequestHeader "Expect","100-continue"
http.SetRequestHeader "Cache-Control","no-cache"
http.SetRequestHeader "Accept","application/json"

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

Dim url As String
url = "https://demo.docusign.net/restapi/v2.1/accounts/{$accountId}/envelopes/{$envelopeId}/documents"
Dim resp As New ChilkatHttpResponse
success = http.HttpSb("PUT",url,sbJson,"utf-8","application/json",resp)
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print http.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

Dim jResp As New ChilkatJsonObject
success = jResp.Load(resp.BodyStr)
jResp.EmitCompact = 0

Debug.Print "Response Body:"
Debug.Print jResp.Emit()

' If you get a 401 response status code, it's likely you need to refresh the DocuSign OAuth2 token).
Dim respStatusCode As Long
respStatusCode = resp.StatusCode
Debug.Print "Response Status Code = " & respStatusCode
If (respStatusCode >= 400) Then
    Debug.Print "Response Header:"
    Debug.Print resp.Header
    Debug.Print "Failed."
    Exit Sub
End If

' Sample JSON response:
' (Sample code for parsing the JSON response is shown below)

' {
'   "envelopeId": "da9fb811-e6a4-48c0-a9fb-81ed18b989af",
'   "envelopeDocuments": [
'     {
'       "documentId": "1",
'       "documentIdGuid": "38e919fc-0a77-4b0c-9da0-e3530f4e6fc7",
'       "name": "project_xyz.pdf",
'       "type": "content",
'       "uri": "/envelopes/da9fb811-e6a4-48c0-a9fb-81ed18b989af/documents/1",
'       "order": "3",
'       "containsPdfFormFields": "false",
'       "templateRequired": "false",
'       "authoritativeCopy": "false"
'     }
'   ]
' }

' Sample code for parsing the JSON response...
' Use the following online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON:
' Generate Parsing Code from JSON

Dim documentId As String
Dim documentIdGuid As String
Dim name As String
Dim v_type As String
Dim uri As String
Dim order As String
Dim containsPdfFormFields As String
Dim templateRequired As String
Dim authoritativeCopy As String

Dim envelopeId As String
envelopeId = jResp.StringOf("envelopeId")
Dim i As Long
i = 0
Dim count_i As Long
count_i = jResp.SizeOfArray("envelopeDocuments")
Do While i < count_i
    jResp.I = i
    documentId = jResp.StringOf("envelopeDocuments[i].documentId")
    documentIdGuid = jResp.StringOf("envelopeDocuments[i].documentIdGuid")
    name = jResp.StringOf("envelopeDocuments[i].name")
    v_type = jResp.StringOf("envelopeDocuments[i].type")
    uri = jResp.StringOf("envelopeDocuments[i].uri")
    order = jResp.StringOf("envelopeDocuments[i].order")
    containsPdfFormFields = jResp.StringOf("envelopeDocuments[i].containsPdfFormFields")
    templateRequired = jResp.StringOf("envelopeDocuments[i].templateRequired")
    authoritativeCopy = jResp.StringOf("envelopeDocuments[i].authoritativeCopy")
    i = i + 1
Loop