Docusign Authentication API
**Note:** This information is provided for legacy reference only. Please see our supported forms of authentication referenced below and use our [REST API Authentication Guides](https://developers.docusign.com/esign-rest-api/guides/authentication) for more information.The Authentication resource provides access to methods that allow you to authenticate user credentials and change a user's password.The methods in this resource are suitableonly for [service integrations](https://developers.docusign.com/esign-rest-api/guides/common-terms)that use [Legacy Header Authentication](https://developers.docusign.com/esign-rest-api/guides/authentication/legacy).For authentication methods for[user applications](https://developers.docusign.com/esign-rest-api/guides/common-terms)and to learn more aboutDocuSign authenticationsee [Authentication Overview](https://developers.docusign.com/esign-rest-api/guides/authentication).When accessing the API resourcesand Legacy Header Authentication,the GET [Authentication:login method](https://developers.docusign.com/esign-rest-api/reference/Authentication/Authentication/login) allows you to determine whether a user is authenticated and provides the information you will need to make subsequent API requests.
Docusign Authentication API is one of 134 APIs that Docusign publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification and an AsyncAPI event-driven specification.
This API exposes 1 JSON Schema definition.
Tagged areas include Authentication. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, an AsyncAPI specification, a JSON-LD context, a getting-started guide, rate-limit docs, and 1 JSON Schema.
This API exposes 4 operations across 4 paths, and defines 7 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version v2.
Requests are made against a single base URL, https://www.docusign.net/restapi.
Metadata
The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.
Paths & Operations 4
Across 4 paths, the API surfaces 4 operations — 1 GET, 2 POST, 1 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.
Note: This information is provided for legacy reference only. Please see our supported forms of authentication referenced below and use our [REST API Authentication Guides](https:…
Schemas 7
The contract defines 7 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are loginAccount (11 properties), forgottenPasswordInformation (8 properties), oauthAccess (6 properties), userPasswordInformation (4 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.
Specification
The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.
Source
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