Docusign nodejs envelopes api returns exports {}

Question

I'm running the following code in my nodejs server

  // Create the recipient view, the Signing Ceremony
  
  let viewRequest: RecipientViewRequest = {
    returnUrl: "http://localhost:3000/fund/123?state=123",
    authenticationMethod: "none",
    email: "my_email",
    userName: "Ryan",
    clientUserId: "my client user id",
    pingFrequency: "600",
    pingUrl: "http://localhost:3000"
  };

  // Call the CreateRecipientView API
  // Exceptions will be caught by the calling function

  const dsApiClient = new ApiClient();
  dsApiClient.setBasePath("https://account-d.docusign.com");

  const api = new EnvelopesApi(dsApiClient);
  const results = await api.createRecipientView(
    "1234",
    "5678",
    { recipientViewRequest: viewRequest }
  );

and it keeps giving me the output of exports {} no errors or anything. this is pretty painful to debug. has anyone else ran into a similar problem? and how did you fix it?

Answer 1

When you use embedded signing you must set the clientUserId .

But, the clientUserId has to be set when the envelope is created, or when the recipient is added to an a draft envelope and must match the value you later pass in a request for a recipient View.

You cannot make a request for recipient view for an envelope that was created via the web app, unless your code modified that envelope to set the clientUserId for the recipient you want.