PingDirectory API Reference

Get Password Quality Requirements

The Get Password Quality Requirements extended operation is applicable for user-facing applications that allow users to create accounts or change passwords. This operation enables applications to display a list of the requirements that the new password must satisfy at the initial password request.

The Get Password Quality Requirements extended operation is not a standard LDAP operation and has been developed internally for use within PingDirectory products. Its implementation in the Directory REST API is based on the following classes in the UnboundID LDAP SDK:

The API method exists to serves as a translation layer between the client’s HTTP request and Directory’s internal LDAP operations. For more information on the LDAP Get Password Quality Requirements extended operation, refer to the LDAP GetPasswordQualityRequirementsExtendedRequest documentation. The LDAP get password quality requirements extended request has an OID of "1.3.6.1.4.1.30221.2.6.43".