PUT_users_password.md

Users Resources

PUT users/password

Description

Update the password of the user.

Requires authentication

• A valid access token must be provided in access_token parameter.

The access_token should be sent using an HTTP header like so:

 Authorization: Bearer access_token

An example call with CURL:

 curl --header "Authorization: Bearer jLJeOz8aEIsKtGSdXsqTDGxmtEduUGkZTVJBo3We" https://api.teen-quotes.com/v1/users/password

Parameters

All parameters are required.

• password - The new password of the user. Must be at least 6 characters.
• password_confirmation - Must be the same as the password field.

Example request:

curl -X PUT --header "Authorization: Bearer jLJeOz8aEIsKtGSdXsqTDGxmtEduUGkZTVJBo3We" --data "password=azerty&password_confirmation=azerty" https://api.teen-quotes.com/v1/users/password

Return format

A JSON object containing keys status and success.

• status value: password_updated
• success value: The new password has been set.

Errors

All known errors cause the resource to return HTTP error code header together with a JSON array containing at least status and error keys describing the source of error.

• 400 Bad Request — When the status key is wrong_password.

error messages

• If status is wrong_password: The password must be at least 6 characters., The password confirmation does not match.

Example

Request

PUT https://api.teen-quotes.com/v1/users/password

Success

With HTTP code 200:

{
   "status":"password_updated",
   "success":"The new password has been set."
}

Error

For an error with HTTP code 400:

{
   "status":"wrong_password",
   "error":"The password confirmation does not match."
}