docusign-esign

The Official DocuSign Node Client

NPM module that wraps the DocuSign API

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Requirements

Node 4 or later.

Installation

NPM Package Manager

Install the client locally: npm install docusign-esign --save --save-exact (note you may have to use sudo based on your permissions)

Alternatively you can just copy the source code directly into your project.

Dependencies

This client has the following external dependencies:

• jsonwebtoken@8.2.0
• passport-oauth2@1.4.0
• superagent@3.8.2

Usage

To initialize the client, make the Login API Call and send a template for signature:

SDK version 3.x.x

Using DocuSign passport-based Oauth Client for Express

run node test/OAuthClientTests.js and then open http://localhost:3000/auth.

const express = require('express');
const passport = require('passport');
var session = require('express-session');
var docusign = require('../src/index');

const app = express();
const port = process.env.PORT || 3000;
const host = process.env.HOST || 'localhost';

app.use(session({
  secret: 'secret token',
  resave: true,
  saveUninitialized: true
}));

app.use(passport.initialize());
app.use(passport.session());

var hostUrl = 'http://' + host + ':' + port;

// Configure Passport
passport.use(new docusign.OAuthClient({
  sandbox: true,
  clientID: 'YOUR_CLIENT_ID',
  clientSecret: 'YOUR_CLIENT_SECRET',
  callbackURL: hostUrl + '/auth/callback'
},
  function (accessToken, refreshToken, user, done) {
    // Here we're just assigning the tokens to the user profile object but we
    // could be using session storage or any other form of transient-ish storage
    user.accessToken = accessToken;
    user.refreshToken = refreshToken;
    return done(null, user);
  }
));

app.get('/auth', function (req, res) {
  passport.authenticate('docusign'/*, {state: 'optional state'}*/)(req, res);
});

app.get('/auth/callback', function (req, res) {
  passport.authenticate('docusign'/*, {state: 'optional state'}*/, function (err, user) {
    if (err) {
      return res.send(err);
    }
    if (!user) {
      return res.redirect('/auth');
    }

    // getting the API client ready
    var apiClient = new docusign.ApiClient();
    // for production environment update to "www.docusign.net/restapi"
    var BaseUrl = 'https://demo.docusign.net/restapi';
    apiClient.setBasePath(BaseUrl);
    apiClient.addDefaultHeader('Authorization', 'Bearer ' + user.accessToken);

    // creating an instance of the authentication API
    var authApi = new docusign.AuthenticationApi(apiClient);
    var loginOps = {};
    loginOps.apiPassword = 'true';
    loginOps.includeAccountIdGuid = 'true';
    // making login call. we could also use DocuSign OAuth userinfo call
    authApi.login(loginOps, function (error, loginInfo, response) {
      if (error) {
        return res.send(error);
      }
      if (loginInfo) {
        // list of user account(s)
        // note that a given user may be a member of multiple accounts
        var loginAccounts = loginInfo.loginAccounts;
        var loginAccount = loginAccounts[0];
        var baseUrl = loginAccount.baseUrl;
        var accountDomain = baseUrl.split('/v2');

        // below code required for production, no effect in demo (same domain)
        apiClient.setBasePath(accountDomain[0]);
        docusign.Configuration.default.setDefaultApiClient(apiClient);

        // return the list of accounts to the browser
        return res.send(loginAccounts);
      }
    });
  })(req, res);
});

app.listen(port, host, function (err) {
  if (err) {
    throw err;
  }

  console.log('Your server is running on http://' + host + ':' + port + '.');
});

Using 2-legged authentication

Run this script using node command

var docusign = require('docusign-esign');
var async = require('async');
var path = require('path');

var integratorKey = '***';                    // Integrator Key associated with your DocuSign Integration
var email = 'YOUR_EMAIL';                     // Email for your DocuSign Account
var password = 'YOUR_PASSWORD';               // Password for your DocuSign Account
var docusignEnv = 'demo';                     // DocuSign Environment generally demo for testing purposes
var fullName = 'Joan Jett';                   // Recipient's Full Name
var recipientEmail = '[e-mail]'; // Recipient's Email
var templateId = '***';                       // ID of the Template you want to create the Envelope with
var templateRoleName = '***';                 // Role Name of the Template

var baseUrl = 'https://' + docusignEnv + '.docusign.net/restapi';
var userId = 'YOUR_USER_ID';
var oAuthBaseUrl = 'account-d.docusign.com'; // use account.docusign.com for Live/Production
var redirectURI = 'https://www.docusign.com/api';
var privateKeyFilename = 'keys/docusign_private_key.txt';

var apiClient = new docusign.ApiClient();

async.waterfall([
  function initApiClient (next) {
    apiClient.setBasePath(baseUrl);
    // assign the api client to the Configuration object
    docusign.Configuration.default.setDefaultApiClient(apiClient);
    
    // IMPORTANT NOTE:
    // the first time you ask for a JWT access token, you should grant access by making the following call
    // get DocuSign OAuth authorization url:
    var oauthLoginUrl = apiClient.getJWTUri(integratorKey, redirectURI, oAuthBaseUrl);
    // open DocuSign OAuth authorization url in the browser, login and grant access
    console.log(oauthLoginUrl);
    // END OF NOTE
    
    // configure the ApiClient to asynchronously get an access to token and store it
    apiClient.configureJWTAuthorizationFlow(path.resolve(__dirname, privateKeyFilename), oAuthBaseUrl, integratorKey, userId, 3600, next);
  },
  
  function login (next) {
    // login call available off the AuthenticationApi
    var authApi = new docusign.AuthenticationApi();

    // login has some optional parameters we can set
    var loginOps = {};
    loginOps.apiPassword = 'true';
    loginOps.includeAccountIdGuid = 'true';
    authApi.login(loginOps, function (err, loginInfo, response) {
      if (err) {
        return next(err);
      }
      if (loginInfo) {
        // list of user account(s)
        // note that a given user may be a member of multiple accounts
        var loginAccounts = loginInfo.loginAccounts;
        console.log('LoginInformation: ' + JSON.stringify(loginAccounts));
        var loginAccount = loginAccounts[0];
        var accountId = loginAccount.accountId;
        var baseUrl = loginAccount.baseUrl;
        var accountDomain = baseUrl.split("/v2");

        // below code required for production, no effect in demo (same domain)
        apiClient.setBasePath(accountDomain[0]);
        docusign.Configuration.default.setDefaultApiClient(apiClient);
        next(null, loginAccount);
      }
    });
  },

  function sendTemplate (loginAccount, next) {
    // create a new envelope object that we will manage the signature request through
    var envDef = new docusign.EnvelopeDefinition();
    envDef.emailSubject = 'Please sign this document sent from Node SDK';
    envDef.templateId = templateId;

    // create a template role with a valid templateId and roleName and assign signer info
    var tRole = new docusign.TemplateRole();
    tRole.roleName = templateRoleName;
    tRole.name = fullName;
    tRole.email = recipientEmail;

    // create a list of template roles and add our newly created role
    var templateRolesList = [];
    templateRolesList.push(tRole);

    // assign template role(s) to the envelope
    envDef.templateRoles = templateRolesList;

    // send the envelope by setting |status| to 'sent'. To save as a draft set to 'created'
    envDef.status = 'sent';

    // use the |accountId| we retrieved through the Login API to create the Envelope
    var accountId = loginAccount.accountId;

    // instantiate a new EnvelopesApi object
    var envelopesApi = new docusign.EnvelopesApi();

    // call the createEnvelope() API
    envelopesApi.createEnvelope(accountId, {'envelopeDefinition': envDef}, function (err, envelopeSummary, response) {
      if (err) {
        return next(err);
      }
      console.log('EnvelopeSummary: ' + JSON.stringify(envelopeSummary));
      next(null);
    });
  }

], function end (error) {
  if (error) {
    console.log('Error: ', error);
    process.exit(1);
  }
  process.exit();
});

SDK version 2.x.x using 2-legged authentication only

Run this script using node command

var docusign = require('docusign-esign');
var async = require('async');

var integratorKey = '***';                    // Integrator Key associated with your DocuSign Integration
var email = 'YOUR_EMAIL';                     // Email for your DocuSign Account
var password = 'YOUR_PASSWORD';               // Password for your DocuSign Account
var docusignEnv = 'demo';                     // DocuSign Environment generally demo for testing purposes
var fullName = 'Joan Jett';                   // Recipient's Full Name
var recipientEmail = '[e-mail]'; // Recipient's Email
var templateId = '***';                       // ID of the Template you want to create the Envelope with
var templateRoleName = '***';                 // Role Name of the Template

var baseUrl = 'https://' + docusignEnv + '.docusign.net/restapi';

// initialize the api client
var apiClient = new docusign.ApiClient();
apiClient.setBasePath(baseUrl);

// create JSON formatted auth header
var creds = JSON.stringify({
  Username: email,
  Password: password,
  IntegratorKey: integratorKey
});
apiClient.addDefaultHeader('X-DocuSign-Authentication', creds);

// assign api client to the Configuration object
docusign.Configuration.default.setDefaultApiClient(apiClient);

async.waterfall([
  function login (next) {
    // login call available off the AuthenticationApi
    var authApi = new docusign.AuthenticationApi();

    // login has some optional parameters we can set
    var loginOps = new authApi.LoginOptions();
    loginOps.setApiPassword('true');
    loginOps.setIncludeAccountIdGuid('true');
    authApi.login(loginOps, function (err, loginInfo, response) {
      if (err) {
        return next(err);
      }
      if (loginInfo) {
        // list of user account(s)
        // note that a given user may be a member of multiple accounts
        var loginAccounts = loginInfo.getLoginAccounts();
        console.log('LoginInformation: ' + JSON.stringify(loginAccounts));
        var loginAccount = loginAccounts[0];
        var accountId = loginAccount.accountId;
        var baseUrl = loginAccount.baseUrl;
        var accountDomain = baseUrl.split("/v2");

        // below code required for production, no effect in demo (same domain)
        apiClient.setBasePath(accountDomain[0]);
        docusign.Configuration.default.setDefaultApiClient(apiClient);
        next(null, loginAccount);
      }
    });
  },

  function sendTemplate (loginAccount, next) {
    // create a new envelope object that we will manage the signature request through
    var envDef = new docusign.EnvelopeDefinition();
    envDef.setEmailSubject('Please sign this document sent from Node SDK');
    envDef.setTemplateId(templateId);

    // create a template role with a valid templateId and roleName and assign signer info
    var tRole = new docusign.TemplateRole();
    tRole.setRoleName(templateRoleName);
    tRole.setName(fullName);
    tRole.setEmail(recipientEmail);

    // create a list of template roles and add our newly created role
    var templateRolesList = [];
    templateRolesList.push(tRole);

    // assign template role(s) to the envelope
    envDef.setTemplateRoles(templateRolesList);

    // send the envelope by setting |status| to 'sent'. To save as a draft set to 'created'
    envDef.setStatus('sent');

    // use the |accountId| we retrieved through the Login API to create the Envelope
    var accountId = loginAccount.accountId;

    // instantiate a new EnvelopesApi object
    var envelopesApi = new docusign.EnvelopesApi();

    // call the createEnvelope() API
    envelopesApi.createEnvelope(accountId, envDef, null, function (err, envelopeSummary, response) {
      if (err) {
        return next(err);
      }
      console.log('EnvelopeSummary: ' + JSON.stringify(envelopeSummary));
      next(null);
    });
  }

], function end (error) {
  if (error) {
    console.log('Error: ', error);
    process.exit(1);
  }
  process.exit();
});

See CoreRecipes.js for more examples.

Sample App

Check out the LoanCo sample app - an open source app that showcases the Node.js SDK and demonstrates several common DocuSign workflows and features:

Run the app: https://loancosample.docusign.com/

Get the code: https://github.com/docusign/sample-app-loanco-nodejs

Authentication

Service Integrations that use Legacy Header Authentication

(Legacy Header Authentication uses the X-DocuSign-Authentication header.)

1. Use the Authentication: login method to retrieve the account number and the baseUrl for the account. The url for the login method is www.docusign.net for production and demo.docusign.net for the developer sandbox. The baseUrl field is part of the loginAccount object. See the docs and the loginAccount object
2. The baseUrl for the selected account, in production, will start with na1, na2, na3, eu1, or something else. Use the baseUrl that is returned to create the basePath (see the next step.) Use the basePath for all of your subsequent API calls.
3. As returned by login method, the baseUrl includes the API version and account id. Split the string to obtain the basePath, just the server name and api name. Eg, you will receive https://na1.docusign.net/restapi/v2/accounts/123123123. You want just https://na1.docusign.net/restapi
4. Instantiate the SDK using the basePath. Eg ApiClient apiClient = new ApiClient(basePath);
5. Set the authentication header as shown in the examples by using Configuration.Default.AddDefaultHeader

User Applications that use OAuth Authentication

1. After obtaining a Bearer token, call the OAuth: Userinfo method. Obtain the selected account's base_uri (server name) field. The url for the Userinfo method is account-d.docusign.com for the demo/developer environment, and account.docusign.com for the production environment.
2. Combine the base_uri with "/restapi" to create the basePath. The base_uri will start with na1, na2, na3, eu1, or something else. Use the basePath for your subsequent API calls.
3. Instantiate the SDK using the basePath. Eg ApiClient apiClient = new ApiClient(basePath);
4. Create the authentication_value by combining the token_type and access_token fields you receive from either an Authorization Code Grant or Implicit Grant OAuth flow.
5. Set the authentication header by using Configuration.Default.AddDefaultHeader('Authorization', authentication_value)

Testing

Unit tests are available in the Test folder.

Contributing

This SDK is auto-generated from OpenAPI specification file. For that reason, we actually do NOT accept pull requests. If you find a bug or have an idea that you want to see in the SDK, please open a new issue.

Support

Feel free to log issues against this client through GitHub. We also have an active developer community on Stack Overflow, search the DocuSignAPI tag.

License

The DocuSign Node Client is licensed under the following License.