Reset Password for a User

Owned by Kim Stimpson
Last updated: 22 Jan, 2015
1 min read

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

 

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.

EmailmandatoryThe user’s email address.
NewPasswordmandatoryThe new password for the user.

Name

Requirement

Description

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.