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DocuSign: Requesting a Signature via Email (Remote Signing)
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This code example demonstrates the simplest and quickest workflow for requesting a signature for a document via email. The email will contain a signing link the recipient can use to electronically sign a document from their mobile or desktop computer.Chilkat Xbase++ Downloads
LOCAL nSuccess
LOCAL oHttp
LOCAL oPdfData
LOCAL oJson
LOCAL oJsonToken
LOCAL oSbAuth
LOCAL oResp
LOCAL oSbResponseBody
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")
// Implements the following CURL command:
// curl --request POST https://demo.docusign.net/restapi/v2.1/accounts/${accountId}/envelopes \
// --header "Authorization: Bearer ${accessToken}" \
// --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
// --data '{
// "emailSubject": "Please sign this document",
// "documents": [
// {
// "documentBase64": "JVBERi0xLjMKMyAwIG9iag ... dGFydHhyZWYKNjk5CiUlRU9GCg==",
// "name": "Lorem Ipsum",
// "fileExtension": "pdf",
// "documentId": "1"
// }
// ],
// "recipients": {
// "signers": [
// {
// "email": "joe_sample@example.com",
// "name": "Joe Sample",
// "recipientId": "1",
// "routingOrder": "1",
// "tabs": {
// "signHereTabs": [
// {
// "documentId": "1", "pageNumber": "1",
// "recipientId": "1", "tabLabel": "SignHereTab",
// "xPosition": "195", "yPosition": "147"
// }
// ]
// }
// }
// ]
// },
// "status": "sent"
// }'
// Use this online tool to generate code from sample JSON:
// Generate Code to Create JSON
// The following JSON is sent in the request body.
// {
// "emailSubject": "Please sign this document",
// "documents": [
// {
// "documentBase64": "JVBERi0xLjMKMyAwIG9iag ... dGFydHhyZWYKNjk5CiUlRU9GCg==",
// "name": "Lorem Ipsum",
// "fileExtension": "pdf",
// "documentId": "1"
// }
// ],
// "recipients": {
// "signers": [
// {
// "email": "joe_sample@example.com",
// "name": "Joe Sample",
// "recipientId": "1",
// "routingOrder": "1",
// "tabs": {
// "signHereTabs": [
// {
// "documentId": "1",
// "pageNumber": "1",
// "recipientId": "1",
// "tabLabel": "SignHereTab",
// "xPosition": "195",
// "yPosition": "147"
// }
// ]
// }
// }
// ]
// },
// "status": "sent"
// }
// Load a PDF to be signed.
oPdfData := CreateObject("Chilkat.BinData")
nSuccess := oPdfData:LoadFile("qa_data/pdf/helloWorld.pdf")
IF (nSuccess == 0)
? "Failed to load local PDF file."
oHttp:destroy()
oPdfData:destroy()
RETURN
ENDIF
oJson := CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
oJson:UpdateString("emailSubject", "Please sign this document")
oJson:UpdateString("documents[0].documentBase64", oPdfData:GetEncoded("base64"))
oJson:UpdateString("documents[0].name", "Lorem Ipsum")
oJson:UpdateString("documents[0].fileExtension", "pdf")
oJson:UpdateString("documents[0].documentId", "1")
oJson:UpdateString("recipients.signers[0].email", "joe_sample@example.com")
oJson:UpdateString("recipients.signers[0].name", "Joe Sample")
oJson:UpdateString("recipients.signers[0].recipientId", "1")
oJson:UpdateString("recipients.signers[0].routingOrder", "1")
oJson:UpdateString("recipients.signers[0].tabs.signHereTabs[0].documentId", "1")
oJson:UpdateString("recipients.signers[0].tabs.signHereTabs[0].pageNumber", "1")
oJson:UpdateString("recipients.signers[0].tabs.signHereTabs[0].recipientId", "1")
oJson:UpdateString("recipients.signers[0].tabs.signHereTabs[0].tabLabel", "SignHereTab")
oJson:UpdateString("recipients.signers[0].tabs.signHereTabs[0].xPosition", "195")
oJson:UpdateString("recipients.signers[0].tabs.signHereTabs[0].yPosition", "147")
oJson:UpdateString("status", "sent")
// Get our previously obtained OAuth2 access token, which should contain JSON like this:
// {
// "access_token": "eyJ0eXA....YQyig",
// "token_type": "Bearer",
// "refresh_token": "eyJ0eXA....auE3eHKg",
// "expires_in": 28800
// }
oJsonToken := CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
nSuccess := oJsonToken:LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/docusign.json")
oSbAuth := CreateObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
oSbAuth:Append("Bearer ")
oSbAuth:Append(oJsonToken:StringOf("access_token"))
oHttp:SetRequestHeader("Authorization", oSbAuth:GetAsString())
oHttp:SetRequestHeader("Content-Type", "application/json")
// Don't forget to modify this line to use your account ID
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()
oPdfData:destroy()
oJson:destroy()
oJsonToken:destroy()
oSbAuth:destroy()
oResp:destroy()
RETURN
ENDIF
oSbResponseBody := CreateObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
oResp:GetBodySb(oSbResponseBody)
oJResp := CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
oJResp:LoadSb(oSbResponseBody)
oJResp:EmitCompact := 0
? "Response Body:"
? oJResp:Emit()
nRespStatusCode := oResp:StatusCode
? "Response Status Code = " + Str(nRespStatusCode)
IF (nRespStatusCode >= 400)
? "Response Header:"
? oResp:Header
? "Failed."
oHttp:destroy()
oPdfData:destroy()
oJson:destroy()
oJsonToken:destroy()
oSbAuth:destroy()
oResp:destroy()
oSbResponseBody:destroy()
oJResp:destroy()
RETURN
ENDIF
// Sample JSON response:
// (Sample code for parsing the JSON response is shown below)
// {
// "envelopeId": "d51cfdab-22ed-4832-bf68-446c44077ffc",
// "uri": "/envelopes/d51cfdab-22ed-4832-bf68-446c44077ffc",
// "statusDateTime": "2018-04-17T16:31:51.8830000Z",
// "status": "sent"
// }
// 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()
oPdfData:destroy()
oJson:destroy()
oJsonToken:destroy()
oSbAuth:destroy()
oResp:destroy()
oSbResponseBody:destroy()
oJResp:destroy()