Change Password

openspecimen/rest/ng/users/password

Use this API to change the user passwords.

The following table lists the attributes that need to be sent in the API request body.

Parameter

Details

userId User identifier

oldPassword

Old password of the user.

This is not mandatory if

a) the super-admin user is invoking this API and

b) the super-admin user is not changing his/her own password!

newPassword New user password

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

Use this URL to change the user password

Below is an example of the change password API request/resposne.

Method	URL
Method	PUT
URL	/openspecimen/rest/ng/users/password
Content type	application/json
Body	{ "userId": 134, "oldPassword": "Login!@3", "newPassword": "Admin!@3" }
Response	"true"

Error Cases :

HTTP Response Code	Description
200	Password has been updated successfully
400	Invalid parameters - empty new password, userId not specified User doesn't have rights to change the password User (userId) does not exist Input old password does not match etc
500	Unknown, unhandled system errors.