API Request Examples in C#.NET

Dropbox Forms API v3 contains several API calls for authentication and workflows. Here are examples of these API requests in C#.NET. These examples use the RestSharp request library.

For more information on these endpoints, please refer to the API Documentation.

Get Auth Token

public static String getAuthToken()
   {
      var client = new RestClient();
      client.BaseUrl = new Uri("https://api.helloworks.com/v3");

      var request = new RestRequest("https://api.helloworks.com/v3/token/[API_KEY_ID]", Method.GET)
          .AddHeader("Authorization", "Bearer[API KEY]");
            
      var response = client.Execute(request);
      var data = response.Content;

      Console.WriteLine(data);
     }

Create Workflow Instance

     {
      var client = new RestClient();
      client.BaseUrl = new Uri("https://api.helloworks.com/v3");

      String authToken = "Bearer: " + getAuthToken();

      var request = new RestRequest("https://api.helloworks.com/v3/workflow_instances",Method.POST)
          .AddHeader("Authorization", authToken)
          .AddParameter("workflow_id", [WORKFLOW ID])
          .AddParameter("participants[signer][type]", "email")
          .AddParameter("participants[signer][value]", "[e-mail]")
          .AddParameter("participants[signer][full_name]", "HelloWorks Signer");

      var response = client.Execute(request);

      Console.WriteLine(response.Content);
     }

Get Workflow Instance

     public static void getInstance()
     {
      var client = new RestClient();
      client.BaseUrl = new Uri("https://api.helloworks.com/v3");
      String authToken = "Bearer: " + getAuthToken();
     var request = new RestRequest("https://api.helloworks.com/v3/workflow_instances/[WORKFLOW INSTANCE ID]", Method.GET)
          .AddHeader("Authorization", authToken);

      var response = client.Execute(request);
      Console.WriteLine(response.Content);
     }

Get Workflow Instance Audit Trail

     public static void getAuditTrail()
     {
      var client = new RestClient();
      client.BaseUrl = new Uri("https://api.helloworks.com/v3");
      String authToken = "Bearer: " + getAuthToken();
     var request = new RestRequest("https://api.helloworks.com/v3/workflow_instances/[WORKFLOW INSTANCE ID/audit_trail", Method.GET)
          .AddHeader("Authorization", authToken)
          .AddHeader("Accept", "application/pdf");
            
      byte[] response = client.DownloadData(request);

      File.WriteAllBytes("HW-Audit-Trail.pdf", response);
     }

Get Workflow Instance Documents

     public static void getDocument()
     {
      var client = new RestClient();
      client.BaseUrl = new Uri("https://api.helloworks.com/v3");
      String authToken = "Bearer: " + getAuthToken();

     var request = new RestRequest("https://api.helloworks.com/v3/workflow_instances/[WORKFLOW INSTANCE ID/documents/[DOCUMENT ID]", Method.GET)
          .AddHeader("Authorization", authToken)
          .AddHeader("Accept", "application/pdf");

      byte[] response = client.DownloadData(request);

      File.WriteAllBytes("HW-Document.pdf", response);
     }