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# GetEncryptedPassword

This method requests the encrypted form of the user’s password. This encrypted password may be used for authentication in other API function calls along with a user name or user ID and an integration key.

**`C#`**

```csharp title="C#"
DSAPI_AcctMgmtWebService.GetEncryptedPasswordResponseGetEncryptedPasswordResult result = dsAcctMgmtApi.GetEncryptedPassword();
if (result.Success)
{
    txtEncryptedPW.Text = result.EncryptedPassword;
    txtResults.Text = "Encrypted Password successfully retrieved.";
    return;
}
txtResults.Text = "Encrypted Password request failed: " + result.Error.Description;
```

## Sample Request XML

```

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<soap:Envelope
	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
    <soap:Body>
        <GetEncryptedPassword xmlns="http://www.docusign.net/API/AccountManagement" />
    </soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>

```

The function returns encrypted password for the authenticated user that can be used in successive API calls. The call returns either a success or failure. If the call fails an error code is provided.

| Name              | Schema Type | Description                                        |
| ----------------- | ----------- | -------------------------------------------------- |
| EncryptedPassword | String      | The encrypted password for the authenticated user. |

## Sample Response XML

```

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<soap:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
    <soap:Body>
        <GetEncryptedPasswordResponse xmlns="http://www.docusign.net/API/AccountManagement">
            <GetEncryptedPasswordResult>
            <EncryptedPassword>string</EncryptedPassword>
            <Success>boolean</Success>
            <Error>
                <ErrorCode>Unspecified_Error or Invalid_Account_ID or Account_Requires_User_Name_And_Password_For_Activation or Account_Is_Already_Activated_For_Salesforce or Invalid_Distributor_For_Account or Invalid_User_ID or Invalid_Account or User_Is_Not_An_Account_Manager or Invalid_Login or Invalid_Member_User_Name or Invalid_Member_Email or Member_Email_Not_Allowed or Member_Email_And_User_Name_Awaiting_Activation or Member_Email_And_User_Name_Already_Exists_For_This_Account or Member_Password_Blank or Member_Forgotten_Password_Question_Blank or Member_Forgotten_Password_Answer_Blank or Invalid_Password_Format or Invalid_Member_Data or Member_Email_And_User_Name_Already_Exists or Not_Authorized or Invalid_Distributor_Selected or Invalid_PGP_For_Distributor or Invalid_Credit_Card_Type or CreditCard_Auth_Failed or Invalid_PGP or Invalid_Plan_Retired or Invalid_Successor_Plan or Invalid_Credit_Card or Credit_Card_Expiration or Invalid_AppToken or Distributor_Not_Enabled_For_AppToken or Plan_Group_Not_Enabled_For_Distributor or Invalid_Configuration_Number or Invalid_Salesforce_Credentials or Invalid_Salesforce_External_Instance_ID or Invalid_Docusign_Connect_Configuration_For_Account or Invalid_User or Invalid_Membership or Invalid_Account_Member or Invalid_Edit_User or Invalid_Edit_Membership or Invalid_CanEditSharedAddressBook_Value or Invalid_CanManageTemplates_Value or Invalid_Membership_ID or Invalid_Request</ErrorCode>
                <Description>string</Description>
            </Error>
            </GetEncryptedPasswordResult>
        </GetEncryptedPasswordResponse>
    </soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>

```