`user/reset_password`

`POST`

Sends an email to reset a user’s password.

Auth. Required:: No
Roles Required:: None
Permissions Required:: None
Response Type:: undefined

Request Structure

email:: The email address of the user to initiate password reset

#1086 Request Example

POST /api/4.0/user/reset_password HTTP/1.1
Host: trafficops.infra.ciab.test
User-Agent: curl/7.47.0
Accept: */*
Cookie: mojolicious=...
Content-Length: 35
Content-Type: application/json

{
    "email": "test@example.com"
}

Response Structure

#1087 Response Example

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Access-Control-Allow-Credentials: true
Access-Control-Allow-Headers: Origin, X-Requested-With, Content-Type, Accept
Access-Control-Allow-Methods: POST,GET,OPTIONS,PUT,DELETE
Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *
Cache-Control: no-cache, no-store, max-age=0, must-revalidate
Content-Type: application/json
Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2018 22:11:53 GMT
X-Server-Name: traffic_ops_golang/
Set-Cookie: mojolicious=...; Path=/; Expires=Mon, 18 Nov 2019 17:40:54 GMT; Max-Age=3600; HttpOnly
Vary: Accept-Encoding
Whole-Content-Sha512: lKWwVYbgKklk7bljnQJZwWV5bljIk+GkooD6SAc3CSexVKvfbL9dgL5iBc/BNNRk2pIU5I/1GgldcDLrXsF1ZA==
Content-Length: 109

{ "alerts": [
    {
        "level": "success",
        "text": "Successfully sent password reset to email 'test@example.com'"
    }
]}