Docusign Api: Why can't I select the template to send the envelope with?

Question

I have a problem sending envelopes with DocuSign. I specify the templateId that I want to use (lets say, template 2) with the envelope, but the recipient keeps getting template 1 instead of template 2 or template 3.

Here is my JSON object:

    {
  "emailSubject": "Test Email",
  "emailBlurb": "This is for testing docusign api",
  "templateId": "{2}",
  "templateRoles": [
    {
      "email": "email",
      "name": "Shawn Williams",
      "roleName": "Signee",
      "tabs": {
        "fullNameTabs": [
          {
            "tabLabel": "Name 67755b0d-2284-.....id",
            "value": "Shawn Williams"
          }
        ],
        "companyTabs": [
          {
            "tabLabel": "Company f9d5d265-9d97-....id",
            "value": "SDD"
          }
        ],
        "titleTabs": [
          {
            "tabLabel": "Title 35713ae4-3330-4....id",
            "value": "MR"
          }
        ],
        "ssnTabs": [
          {
            "tabLabel": "SSN",
            "value": "123456789"
          }
        ],
        "firstNameTabs": [
          {
            "tabLabel": "F_Name",
            "value": "Shawn"
          }
        ],
        "lastNameTabs": [
          {
            "tabLabel": "L_Name",
            "value": ""
          }
        ],
        "emailAddressTabs": [
          {
            "tabLabel": "Email",
            "value": "swi"
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  ],
  "transactionId": "test-2-id",
  "status": "sent"
}

I would really appreciate some help; I have been working on this for 3 days now.

Edit: I send a post to '/envelopes' and my account is in the demo stage right now in case that is important.

I'm using template Ids: 66b9f112-d135-4e74-9a30-1c0a2333ae5b, and cf5a9348-0d05-44ab-b0ac-8847303aa0ba. They are purely for testing reasons and have different fields attached.

Answer 1

You are specifying the transactionId in your CreateEnvelope request. This is preventing from a new envelope being sent using the new template.

Remove the property "transactionId": "test-2-id" and your envelope should be sent with the new template. Or use a new value for the transaction Id property for each envelope.

From Documentation : (expand the envelopeDefinition property)

transactionId : Used to identify an envelope. The id is a sender-generated value and is valid in the DocuSign system for 7 days. It is recommended that a transaction ID is used for offline signing to ensure that an envelope is not sent multiple times . The transactionId property can be used determine an envelope's status (ie was it created or not) in cases where the internet connection was lost before the envelope status was returned.