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Akamai APIs API Documentation

Reset a user's password

POST https://{{host}}/identity-management/v3/user-admin/ui-identities/:uiIdentityId/reset-password

This operation sends a one-time use password to the user. If you send the email with the password directly to the user, the response for this operation doesn't include that password. If you don't send the password to the user through email, the password is included in the response.

 

Body PARAM

Key Datatype Required Description 
sendEmail
string (Optional) Sends a one-time password to the new user, `true` by default.
accountSwitchKey
string (Optional) For customers who manage more than one account, this [runs the operation from another account](https://techdocs.akamai.com/developer/docs/manage-many-accounts-with-one-api-client). The Identity and Access Management API provides a [list of available account switch keys](https://techdocs.akamai.com/iam-api/reference/get-client-account-switch-keys).



HEADERS

Key Datatype Required Description 
Accept
string




RESPONSES

status OK

{ "newPassword": "CompanyLogin!3" }



Curl
curl -X POST 'https://host/identity-management/v3/user-admin/ui-identities/:uiIdentityId/reset-password?sendEmail=&accountSwitchKey=' -H 'Accept: application/json'

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