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According to the API docs for "Post Recipient View", the attributes mean:

authenticationMethod: A sender created value that indicates the convention used to authenticate the signer. This information is included in the Certificate of Completion.

authenticationInstant: A sender generation[sic] value that indicates the date/time that the signer was authenticated.

I'm not sure what is meant by "the convention used to authenticate the signer". My users are authenticated via Email/Password, as is fairly common. What are the valid values for these attributes ("EmailWithPassword" was not accepted by the API)? What value corresponds to "authentication via password"?

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The authenticationMethod is a required field/metadata that is added to the Certificate of Completion. It is in your best interest to supply a value that best describes how your application authenticated the signer so you have an accurate replay/history when reviewing the certificate of completion. Accepted values listed below:

  • "Password"
  • "Email"
  • "PaperDocuments"
  • "HTTPBasicAuth"
  • "SSLMutualAuth"
  • "X509Certificate"
  • "Kerberos"
  • "SingleSignOn_CASiteminder"
  • "SingleSignOn_InfoCard"
  • "SingleSignOn_MicrosoftActiveDirectory"
  • "SingleSignOn_Passport"
  • "SingleSignOn_SAML"
  • "SingleSignOn_Other"
  • "Smartcard"
  • "RSASecureID"
  • "Biometric"
  • "None"
  • "KnowledgeBasedAuth"
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    Awesome! Do you have a source for this? Not that I don't believe you; I just want to know what I missed in my research. – Simon Lepkin Jun 18 '15 at 22:01
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    : ) understood. I grabbed it from one of the API schemas: https://www.docusign.net/api/3.0/schema/dsx.xsd – Luis Jun 18 '15 at 23:34
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    Note that "Email" in this case means you validated their email address (similar to normal DocuSign emails) whereas "Password" is what you'd use in this case. – Jeff Kyllo Jun 19 '15 at 08:36