If you wish to update the password for an existing user in the MyAlerts database If a user wishes to change their password you will need to call the UpdatePassword method.
UpdatePassword
Input Parameters
The UpdatePassword method needs the following parameters:
ClientId. This method is available to developers from the UserManager.asmx Web Service.
Parameters
ClientId | mandatory | This is the id for the client that was returned by the CreateSessionKey method. |
SessionKey | mandatory | This is the SessionKey for the client that was returned by the CreateSessionKey method. |
UserId | mandatory | This is the unique user id for the user as stored in the |
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My Alerts database. | ||
| OldPassword | mandatory | The user’s original password. |
| NewPassword | mandatory | The new password for the user. |
Returned Parameters
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Name | Requirement | Description |
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Returns
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<UpdatePasswordResult>
<Error>
<Code>string</Code>
<Description>string</Description>
</Error>
<Success>boolean</Success
</UpdatePasswordResult> |
Error- Code / Description
An error code and description if the call to the web service is unsuccessful and the Success if False.
1001 – Invalid Session key provided
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.