code snippet that shows how to create and send an envelope from a document using the docusign-node client

CreateAndSendEnvelope.js

  function createAndSendEnvelope (loginAccounts, next) {

    var fileBytes = null;
    try {
        var fs = require('fs'),
            path = require('path');
        // read file from a local directory
        fileBytes = fs.readFileSync(path.resolve(__filename + '/..' + SignTest1File));

    } catch (ex) {
        // handle error
        console.log("Exception: " + ex);
    }

    // create a new envelope object that we will manage the signature request through
    var envDef = new docusign.EnvelopeDefinition();
    envDef.setEmailSubject("[DocuSign Node SDK] - Please sign this doc");

    // add a document to the envelope
    var doc = new docusign.Document();
    var base64Doc = new Buffer(fileBytes).toString('base64');
    doc.setDocumentBase64(base64Doc);
    doc.setName("TestFile.pdf");
    doc.setDocumentId("1");

    var docs = [];
    docs.push(doc);
    envDef.setDocuments(docs);

    // Add a recipient to sign the document
    var signer = new docusign.Signer();
    signer.setName("[RECIPIENT_NAME]");
    signer.setEmail("[RECIPIENT_EMAIL]");
    signer.setRecipientId("1");

    // create a signHere tab somewhere on the document for the signer to sign
    // default unit of measurement is pixels, can be mms, cms, inches also
    var signHere = new docusign.SignHere();
    signHere.setDocumentId("1");
    signHere.setPageNumber("1");
    signHere.setRecipientId("1");
    signHere.setXPosition("100");
    signHere.setYPosition("100");

    // can have multiple tabs, so need to add to envelope as a single element list
    var signHereTabs = [];
    signHereTabs.push(signHere);
    var tabs = new docusign.Tabs();
    tabs.setSignHereTabs(signHereTabs);
    signer.setTabs(tabs);

    // configure the envelope's recipient(s)
    envDef.setRecipients(new docusign.Recipients());    
    envDef.getRecipients().setSigners([]);
    envDef.getRecipients().getSigners().push(signer);

    // send the envelope (otherwise it will be "created" in the Draft folder)
    envDef.setStatus("sent");

    var envelopesApi = new docusign.EnvelopesApi();

    envelopesApi.createEnvelope(loginAccounts[0].accountId, envDef, null, function(error, envelopeSummary, response) {
        if (error) {
            return next(error);
        }

        if (envelopeSummary) {
            console.log("EnvelopeSummary: " + JSON.stringify(envelopeSummary));
            envelopeId = envelopeSummary.envelopeId;
            next();
        }
    });
  };