I want to get recipient_signing_uri from the Docusign API response but it returns null - laravel-8

Question

Here is the code
public function send(Request $request): object
{
$apiClient = new ApiClient();
$apiClient->getOAuth()->setOAuthBasePath(env('DS_AUTH_SERVER'));
try {
$accessToken = $this->getToken($apiClient);
} catch (\Throwable $th) {
return back()->withError($th->getMessage())->withInput();
}
$userInfo = $apiClient->getUserInfo($accessToken);
$accountInfo = $userInfo[0]->getAccounts();
$apiClient->getConfig()->setHost($accountInfo[0]->getBaseUri() . env('DS_ESIGN_URI_SUFFIX'));
$envelopeDefenition = $this->buildEnvelope($request);
try {
$envelopeApi = new EnvelopesApi($apiClient);
$result = $envelopeApi->createEnvelope($accountInfo[0]->getAccountId(), $envelopeDefenition);
dd($result);
} catch (\Throwable $th) {
return back()->withError($th->getMessage())->withInput();
}
return view('backend.response')->with('result', $result);
}
When I print $result variable it returns a response like this
container: array:8 [
"bulk_envelope_status" => null
"envelope_id" => "b634f8c5-96c5-4a18-947f-59418d8c4e03"
"error_details" => null
"recipient_signing_uri" => null
"recipient_signing_uri_error" => null
"status" => "sent"
"status_date_time" => "2023-02-16T07:24:39.1570000Z"
"uri" => "/envelopes/b634f8`your text`c5-96c5-4a18-947f-59418d8c4e03"
]
I want to get the value of recipient signing uri in response but in my case it returns null
How I can achieve this? Will anyone suggests?

Answer 1

createEnvelope creates the envelope. It does not give you an URL for an embedded recipient view (signing ceremony). In order to get that URL, you need to make an additional call to
EnvelopeViews:createRecipient/
See this page for more info.
Also
$apiClient->getConfig()->setHost($accountInfo[0]->getBaseUri() . env('DS_ESIGN_URI_SUFFIX'));
You are using the first entry in the UserInfo returned data's accountInfo array. That's not a good idea. Instead, look for the entry that is the user's default account.
Or if your application is designed to work with a specific eSign account, then make sure the user has access to that account.
It is very common for DocuSign customers to have access to more than one account.