GET user/generate-forgotten-password-url?login={login}&community_short_name={community_short_name}

Gets the URL to recover the password of a user

Request Information

Headers

HTTP_AUTHORIZATION: Required. OAuth 1.0 parameters with the OAuth signature of the url you are going to request. The consumer keys and access token can be obtained from the community administration.

Sample:
        HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:
            OAuth oauth_token="CObXqjfOisVh9%2F2GjC7NNd8BCzY%3D",
            oauth_consumer_key="clGACsiGaMp%2FD%2BUwkSvRBxA1k50%3D",
            oauth_nonce="VqKza6d5x1HpPQWFe08spbdOnkTQpfaLfD9Oeuyg",
            oauth_signature_method="HMAC-SHA1",
            oauth_timestamp="1462882011",
            oauth_signature="RH5aKKKJaEvK5cIsZZzXtFh7cCk%3D"
    

URI Parameters

NameDescriptionTypeAdditional information
login

Login o email of the user

string

Required

community_short_name

Community short name you want to get data

string

Required

Request Formats

application/x-www-form-urlencoded

Sample:
login=john-vander-var&community_short_name=developers

Response Information

Resource Description

DescriptionType

URL to recover the password of a user

String

Response Formats

application/json, text/json

Sample:
"http://www.gnoss.com/en/change-password/request/73538c0d-2663-4942-8a9c-cdba872d4c9c/user/c0682bd1-8e45-4d9f-ac78-e34f80c3ac07"

Response HTTP status code

On success, the response contains 200 code.

On fail, throws a WebException with code:

  • 401 Unauthorized if the OAuth signature is invalid
  • 400 Bad Request if the params are invalid
  • 500 Internal server error if something goes wrong...