If you wish to 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 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. |
Authentication |
| This is no longer used and may be ignored. |
| mandatory | The user’s email address |
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| 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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<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.