Adding documents to envelopes using composite templates in DocuSign - docusignapi

Question

I'm trying to add documents to a composite template using the docusign api and the documents aren't loading into the envelope the way I would expect it to. I currently have my code working with a test json where I add documents without using composite templates and it works perfectly. It seems the composite templates skip right over the documents however. Here's how I'm creating it:
{
"emailSubject": "Test Email Subject_FA",
"emailBlurb": "Test Email Body_FA",
"status": "created",
"compositeTemplates": [
{
"inlineTemplates": [
{
"sequence": "1",
"recipients": {
"signers": [
{
"email": "test1#yahoo.com",
"name": "test1",
"recipientId": "1",
"routingOrder": "1",
"roleName": "Client 1"
},
{
"email": "test2#gmail.com",
"name": "test2",
"recipientId": "2",
"routingOrder": "2",
"roleName": "Client 2"
}
],
"documents": [
{
"transformPdfFields": "false",
"name": "test0.pdf",
"documentId": "1"
}
]
}
}
]
},
{
"inlineTemplates": [
{
"sequence": "1",
"recipients": {
"signers": [
{
"email": "test1#yahoo.com",
"name": "test1",
"recipientId": "1",
"routingOrder": "1",
"roleName": "Client 1"
},
{
"email": "test2#gmail.com",
"name": "test2",
"recipientId": "2",
"routingOrder": "2",
"roleName": "Client 2"
}
],
"documents": [
{
"transformPdfFields": "false",
"name": "test1.pdf",
"documentId": "2"
}
]
}
}
]
}
]
}
This is a little test I'm doing so I understand this is impractical. But what I'm trying to understand is why this wouldn't add documents to the envelope. The request below does what I'm trying to do above.
{
"emailSubject": "Test Email Subject_FA",
"emailBlurb": "Test Email Body_FA",
"status": "created",
"documents": [
{
"name": "test0.pdf",
"documentId": "1"
},
{
"name": "test1.pdf",
"documentId": "2"
},
{
"name": "test2.pdf",
"documentId": "3"
}
],
"recipients": {
"signers": [
{
"email": "test1#yahoo.com",
"name": "test1",
"recipientId": "1",
"clientUserId": "1",
"signerName": "test1",
"defaultRecipient": "true",
"defaultRecipientSpecified": "true",
"routingOrder": "1"
},
{
"email": "test2#gmail.com",
"name": "test2",
"recipientId": "2",
"clientUserId": "2",
"signerName": "test2",
"routingOrder": "2"
}
]
}
}
Does anybody know why my envelope for the composite template won't load the documents?
Thank you in advance!
UPDATE:
Here's my request for the composite template:
--MY_BOUNDARY
Content-Type: application/json
Content-Disposition: form-data
{
"emailSubject": "Test Email Subject_FA",
"emailBlurb": "Test Email Body_FA",
"status" : "created",
"compositeTemplates": [
{
"inlineTemplates": [
{
"sequence": "1",
"recipients":
{
"signers": [
{
"email": "test1#yahoo.com",
"name": "test1",
"recipientId": "1"
},
{
"email": "test2#gmail.com",
"name": "test2",
"recipientId": "2"
}
],
"document":
{
"name": "test0",
"documentId": "1",
"fileExtension": "pdf"
}
}
}
]
},
{
"inlineTemplates": [
{
"sequence": "2",
"recipients": {
"signers": [
{
"email": "test1#yahoo.com",
"name": "test1",
"recipientId": "1"
},
{
"email": "test3#yahoo.com",
"name": "test3",
"recipientId": "2"
}
],
"document":
{
"name": "test1",
"documentId": "2",
"fileExtension": "pdf"
}
}
}
]
}
]
}
--MY_BOUNDARY
Content-Type: application/pdf
Content-Disposition: file; filename="test0.pdf"; documentid="1"
--MY_BOUNDARY
Content-Type: application/pdf
Content-Disposition: file; filename="test1.pdf"; documentid="2"
--MY_BOUNDARY--
I've adjusted my document to use name and fileDxtension, so I left out the .pdf extension on the fileName as that seems to be another method of implementing this. I've tried it both ways and had no luck.

Answer 1

In the request JSON you posted, you're specifying "documents" (plural) as a collection/array of document objects -- which isn't correct. Each Composite Template item within the compositeTemplates array can only contain, at most, a single document. This means that the JSON syntax for specifying the document within a Composite Template is as follows:
"document": {
"documentId": 1,
"name": "test1.pdf"
}
i.e., document is singular, and it's an object (not an array of objects). Full request syntax of the 'composite templates' JSON request is shown in the answer of your prior question:
How do I apply a template to a document using Docusign REST API.
RE the "UPDATE" to your question:
In the JSON portion of the request that you've posted under "UPDATE", I notice that you have included document inside of the recipients object (which is contained within the inlineTemplates object) -- this is not the correct location for document. Compare your JSON structure closely with the following (correct) structure, and adjust your request accordingly. Essentially, document must be a peer of inlineTemplates -- not located within inlineTemplates.
POST https://demo.docusign.net/restapi/v2/accounts/ACCOUNTNBR/envelopes HTTP/1.1
X-DocuSign-Authentication: {"Username":"USERNAME","Password":"PASSWORD","IntegratorKey":"INTEGRATORKEY"}
Content-Type: multipart/form-data; boundary=MY_BOUNDARY
Accept: application/json
Host: demo.docusign.net
Content-Length: 162100
--MY_BOUNDARY
Content-Type: application/json
Content-Disposition: form-data
{
"status" : "sent",
"emailSubject" : "Test Envelope Subject",
"emailBlurb" : "Test Envelope Blurb",
"compositeTemplates": [
{
"inlineTemplates": [
{
"sequence" : 1,
"recipients": {
"signers" : [{
"email": "abbysemail#outlook.com",
"name": "Abby Abbott",
"recipientId": "1"
}]
}
}],
"document": {
"documentId": 1,
"name": "CustomerAgreement",
"fileExtension": "pdf"
}
}]
}
--MY_BOUNDARY
Content-Type: application/pdf
Content-Disposition: file; filename="CustomerAgreement.pdf"; documentid="1"
<document bytes removed>
--MY_BOUNDARY
Content-Type: application/pdf
Content-Disposition: file; filename="Invoice.pdf"; documentid="2"
<document bytes removed>
--MY_BOUNDARY--