POST api/Account/ResetPassword

Reset user's password.

Request Information

URI Parameters

None.

Body Parameters

Name	Description	Type	Additional information
UserName	username	string	None.
NewPassword	New password satisfying Requestor password policy.	string	None.
SendEmail	Send an email to the user with a new password.	boolean	None.

Request Formats

application/json, text/json

Sample:

{
  "UserName": "user1",
  "NewPassword": "NewSecretPassword",
  "SendEmail": true
}

application/xml, text/xml

Sample:

<ResetPasswordPost xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/RequestorApiDataStructures.Posts">
  <NewPassword>NewSecretPassword</NewPassword>
  <SendEmail>true</SendEmail>
  <UserName>user1</UserName>
</ResetPasswordPost>

Response Information

Resource Description

HttpStatusCode 200 OK or 400 BadRequest with Message.

IHttpActionResult

None.