Reset a user account password
post
/hcmRestApi/resources/11.13.18.05/userAccounts/{GUID}/action/resetPassword
Resets the password to a user account. Initiating this custom action on the selected user account must trigger the password reset flow.
Request
Path Parameters
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GUID(required): string
The value of this parameter could be a hash of the key that is used to uniquely identify the resource item. The client should not generate the hash key value. Instead, the client should query on the collection resource with a filter to navigate to a specific resource item. For example: products?q=InventoryItemId=
Header Parameters
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Metadata-Context:
If the REST API supports runtime customizations, the shape of the service may change during runtime. The REST client may isolate itself from these changes or choose to interact with the latest version of the API by specifying this header. For example: Metadata-Context:sandbox="TrackEmployeeFeature".
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REST-Framework-Version:
The protocol version between a REST client and service. If the client does not specify this header in the request the server will pick a default version for the API.
Supported Media Types
- application/vnd.oracle.adf.action+json
Root Schema : schema
Type:
object
Response
Supported Media Types
- application/json
- application/vnd.oracle.adf.actionresult+json
Default Response
The following table describes the default response for this task.
Examples
The following example shows how to reset a user account password by submitting a POST request on the REST resource using cURL.
curl -i -u "<username>:<password>" -H "Content-Type: application/vnd.oracle.adf.action+json" -X POST "https://<host>:<port>/hcmRestApi/resources/11.13.18.05/userAccounts/8A8D68E5E062BAFCE050F50A9C4E9A63/action/resetPassword"
Example of Response Header
The following is an example of the response header.
Status: HTTP/1.1 200 OK Content-Type: application/vnd.oracle.adf.action+json
Example of Response Body
The following example shows the contents of the response body in JSON format.
{ "result" : "Success" }