Reset Password for a User

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. This method is available to developers from the UserManager.asmx Web Service.

Parameters

Name	Requirement	Description
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.
Email	mandatory	The user’s email address.
NewPassword	mandatory	The new password for the user.

Returns

Syntax

<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.

1001 – Invalid Session key provided

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.