If you wish to update reset the password for an existing user in the MyAlerts database you will need to call the SetUserPassword method. You would then normally use the SendForgotPassword method to send an email to the user.
SetUserPassword
Input Parameters
The SetUserPassword method needs the following parameters:
ClientId
This is the id for the client that was returned by the CreateSessionKey method.
SessionKey
This is the SessionKey for the client that was returned by the CreateSessionKey method.
Authentication
This is t????no longer used and may be ignored.
The user’s email address – this entry is required.
NewPassword
The new password for the user.
Returned Parameters
The following parameters will be returned:
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<SetUserPasswordResult>
<Error>
<Code>string</Code>
<Description>string</Description>
</Error>
<Success>boolean</Success
</SetUserPasswordResult> |
Error- Code / Description
An error code and description if the call to the web service is unsuccessful and the Success if False.
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1005 – Email address already exists
Success
This will be either True or False. If False an error message will be provided in the Error result, if True the the user's password will be updated.