Resource: User Password ( /api/user/{id}/password )

Allows the setting of a password for a user.

This resource supports the following methods: PUT

Methods

PUT

Sets or updates the password for a user (you do not require any permissions to set the password for the currently authenticated user)

Required Permissions

Administration/Organisation/ManageUserAndGroupSecurity

Status Codes

These are the expected status codes returned by the service. In addition, some other status codes may be returned if either an internal error occurs or there is an authentication issue (such as an expired OAuth token).

Status	Description
200 - OK	Returned if the request was completed successfully.
403 - Forbidden	Returned if password did not meet complexity requirements, or you do not have permission to update the password for this user.
404 - NotFound	Returned if user does not exists.

Example - Set password

Set password for a user to 'Password123'

Request Headers

Key	Value	Description
Accept	application/json

Request Parameters

Key	Value	Description
{id}	D23CFEE1-7294-4DAE-ACD0-248DCD6E4863	ID of the user to set password for

Request Body

{
  "Password": "Password123"
}

Response Headers

Key	Value	Description
Content-Type	application/json; charset=utf-8

Status Code

200 - OK