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.. _to-api-user-reset_password:

***********************
``user/reset_password``
***********************

``POST``
========
Sends an email to reset a user's password.

:Auth. Required: No
:Roles Required: None
:Response Type:  ``undefined``

Request Structure
-----------------
:email: The email address of the user to initiate password reset

.. code-block:: http
	:caption: Request Example

	POST /api/3.0/user/reset_password HTTP/1.1
	Host: trafficops.infra.ciab.test
	User-Agent: curl/7.47.0
	Accept: */*
	Cookie: mojolicious=...
	Content-Length: 35
	Content-Type: application/json

	{
		"email": "test@example.com"
	}

Response Structure
------------------
.. code-block:: http
	:caption: Response Example

	HTTP/1.1 200 OK
	Access-Control-Allow-Credentials: true
	Access-Control-Allow-Headers: Origin, X-Requested-With, Content-Type, Accept
	Access-Control-Allow-Methods: POST,GET,OPTIONS,PUT,DELETE
	Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *
	Cache-Control: no-cache, no-store, max-age=0, must-revalidate
	Content-Type: application/json
	Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2018 22:11:53 GMT
	X-Server-Name: traffic_ops_golang/
	Set-Cookie: mojolicious=...; Path=/; Expires=Mon, 18 Nov 2019 17:40:54 GMT; Max-Age=3600; HttpOnly
	Vary: Accept-Encoding
	Whole-Content-Sha512: lKWwVYbgKklk7bljnQJZwWV5bljIk+GkooD6SAc3CSexVKvfbL9dgL5iBc/BNNRk2pIU5I/1GgldcDLrXsF1ZA==
	Content-Length: 109

	{ "alerts": [
		{
			"level": "success",
			"text": "Successfully sent password reset to email 'test@example.com'"
		}
	]}
