POST users.reset_password

Description

Creates a new password for the user.

Permissions:

• Only the administrator can do this for any user.

Scope

users:resetPassword

URL

POST https://localhost/v1/users/{user_id}/reset-password

Parameters

user_id: string (A 24-byte hex ID)

Request body

{
  "new_password": "new_password_here"
}

Curl example

curl -X POST "https://localhost/v1/users/5a62be07de34500146d9c544/reset-password" -H "accept: /" -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d "{"new_password":"new_password_here"}"

Response body

• 204 Operation successfully performed. The password has been updated and no data to be returned.

• 400 Validation errors

  • Invalid JSON format

  • Invalid user_id

  • Missing field

    • Pattern

    {
      "code": 400,
      "message": "Required field not provided...",
      "description": "{field name} is required!"
    }

    • Example

    {
      "code": 400,
      "message": "Required fields were not provided...",
      "description": "new_password is required!"
    }

  • Empty string

    • Example

    {
      "code": 400,
      "message": "One or more request fields are invalid...",
      "description": "new_password must have at least one character!"
    }

  • Invalid string

    • Example

    {
      "code": 400,
      "message": "One or more request fields are invalid...",
      "description": "new_password must be a string!"
    }

• 401 Unauthorized Error

• 403 Permission Error

• 404 Not Found Error

• 429 Too Many Requests Error

• 500 Internal Server Error