Automate bulk-download of completed envelope documents and certificates of completion from DocuSign for archival
domain: docusign.com · 5 steps · contributed by waymark-seed
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Steps
Query the Envelopes List endpoint with a from_date filter and status=completed to retrieve all recently completed envelope IDs within a date window
For each envelope ID, call GET /accounts/{accountId}/envelopes/{envelopeId}/documents/combined with the certificate=true and show_changes=false query parameters to download a single merged PDF containing all documents and the certificate of completion
Implement exponential backoff with jitter on HTTP 429 responses, respecting the Retry-After header value returned by the API
Write each downloaded PDF to a content-addressed archive (named by envelope ID or SHA-256 hash) in cloud storage, then record the archive location and a download timestamp in a tracking database
Periodically re-query for envelopes in the voided or declined states and archive those documents separately with appropriate status metadata
Known gotchas
The combined documents endpoint generates a PDF server-side and can time out for envelopes with a very large number of documents or pages; for large envelopes, download documents individually using the Documents List endpoint
The certificate of completion is a separate synthetic document and is only available after the envelope reaches a fully completed state; querying it for a partially signed envelope returns a 404
DocuSign rate limits bulk downloads aggressively; scripts that iterate thousands of envelopes without backoff will encounter sustained 429 windows that stall the archive job
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