Forgot Password

openspecimen/rest/ng/users/forgot-password

Use this resource to get forgot password email link. Forgot password API sends application generated set password link through email to user. Use HTTP PUT method to call this API by passing the below details in JSON format.

Below are the attributes which need to be sent in the request body:

Parameter	Details
`loginName`	OpenSpecimen login name of user whose password is forgotten.

http[s]:<host>:<port>/openspecimen/rest/ng/users/forgot-password

Use this URL to forgot password in openSpecimen application.

Result:

The response of this request will contains the details of the forgotten password.

Below is the example of the forgot password:

URL	`http://<host>:<port>/`openspecimen/rest/ng/users/forgot-password
Method	PUT
Request	application /json
json	{ "loginName": "jon.snow@domain.com" }
Response	"true"

Error Cases :

code	Applies to	Status Message
200	All resources	Password link sent successfully
404	All requests	User not found, user with given details not present in the system
500	All requests	Internal server error, encountered server error while performing operations