Change password

This endpoint changes the user password based on the reset code that has been sent to the email.

METHOD : PUT

ENDPOINT : /simple-jwt-login/v1/users/reset_password

URL Example : https://{{yoursite}}/?rest_route=/simple-jwt-login/v1/users/reset_password&email={{email}}&code={{code}}&&new_password={{new_password}}&AUTH_KEY={{AUTH_KEY_VALUE}}

PARAMETERS:

Parameter	Type	Description
email	required string	The email address that wants to reset the password.
code	required string	The reset password code.
new_password	required string	The new user password.
AUTH_KEY	optional string	Required only when option "Reset password requires AUTH CODE".
JWT	optional string	In order to reset password with JWT, you need to check "Allow Reset password with JWT". If a JWT is provided, the code parameter is no loger required.

Request

{
  "email" : "test@simplejwtlogin.com",
  "code": "MY_CODE",
  "new_password": "YOUR_SECRET_PASSWORD",
  "AUTH_KEY" : "MY_SECRET_AUTH_KEY"
}

Response

200

{
  "success": true,
  "message": "User password has been changed."
}

400

{
  "success": false,
  "data": {
    "message": "string",
    "errorCode": 0
  }
}

Examples

SHELL

curl -X PUT https://simplejwtlogin.com/wp-json/simple-jwt-login/v1/users/reset_password \
  -H "Content-type: application/json" \
  -d '{"email":"test@simplejwtlogin.com", "code": "123", "new_password": "test"}'

PHP

$simpleJwtLogin = new \SimpleJwtLoginClient\SimpleJwtLoginClient(
    'https://simplejwtlogin.com',
    '/simple-jwt-login/v1'
);
$result = $simpleJwtLogin->changePassword('email@simplejwtlogin.com', 'new password', 'code', null, 'AUTH CODE');

JavaScript

var data = JSON.stringify({
    "email":"test@simplejwtlogin.com",
    "code": "123",
    "new_password": "test"
});

var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
xhr.withCredentials = true;

xhr.addEventListener("readystatechange", function() {
    if(this.readyState === 4) {
        console.log(this.responseText);
    }
});

xhr.open("PUT", "https://simplejwtlogin.com" + "/simple-jwt-login/v1/users/reset_password");
xhr.setRequestHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");

xhr.send(data);

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