PingOne Platform APIs

Step 8: Set user password

   

PUT {{apiPath}}/environments/{{envID}}/users/{{offlineAccessUserID}}/password

The POST {{apiPath}}/environments/{{envID}}/users/{{userID}}/password operation sets a new password for the user you created in Step 7. The request requires the application/vnd.pingidentity.password.set+json custom content type to be set in the Content-Type HTTP header.

The request body sets the new password in the value property. In this use case, the forceChange property is set to false.

Headers

Authorization      Bearer {{accessToken}}

Content-Type      application/vnd.pingidentity.password.set+json

Body

raw ( application/vnd.pingidentity.password.set+json )

{
    "value": "{{userPassword}}",
    "forceChange": false
}

Example Request

  • cURL

  • C#

  • Go

  • HTTP

  • Java

  • jQuery

  • NodeJS

  • Python

  • PHP

  • Ruby

  • Swift

curl --location --globoff --request PUT '{{apiPath}}/environments/{{envID}}/users/{{offlineAccessUserID}}/password' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/vnd.pingidentity.password.set+json' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer {{accessToken}}' \
--data '{
    "value": "{{userPassword}}",
    "forceChange": false
}'
var options = new RestClientOptions("{{apiPath}}/environments/{{envID}}/users/{{offlineAccessUserID}}/password")
{
  MaxTimeout = -1,
};
var client = new RestClient(options);
var request = new RestRequest("", Method.Put);
request.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/vnd.pingidentity.password.set+json");
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Bearer {{accessToken}}");
var body = @"{" + "\n" +
@"    ""value"": ""{{userPassword}}""," + "\n" +
@"    ""forceChange"": false" + "\n" +
@"}";
request.AddStringBody(body, DataFormat.Json);
RestResponse response = await client.ExecuteAsync(request);
Console.WriteLine(response.Content);
package main

import (
  "fmt"
  "strings"
  "net/http"
  "io"
)

func main() {

  url := "{{apiPath}}/environments/{{envID}}/users/{{offlineAccessUserID}}/password"
  method := "PUT"

  payload := strings.NewReader(`{
    "value": "{{userPassword}}",
    "forceChange": false
}`)

  client := &http.Client {
  }
  req, err := http.NewRequest(method, url, payload)

  if err != nil {
    fmt.Println(err)
    return
  }
  req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/vnd.pingidentity.password.set+json")
  req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer {{accessToken}}")

  res, err := client.Do(req)
  if err != nil {
    fmt.Println(err)
    return
  }
  defer res.Body.Close()

  body, err := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
  if err != nil {
    fmt.Println(err)
    return
  }
  fmt.Println(string(body))
}
PUT /environments/{{envID}}/users/{{offlineAccessUserID}}/password HTTP/1.1
Host: {{apiPath}}
Content-Type: application/vnd.pingidentity.password.set+json
Authorization: Bearer {{accessToken}}

{
    "value": "{{userPassword}}",
    "forceChange": false
}
OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient().newBuilder()
  .build();
MediaType mediaType = MediaType.parse("application/vnd.pingidentity.password.set+json");
RequestBody body = RequestBody.create(mediaType, "{\n    \"value\": \"{{userPassword}}\",\n    \"forceChange\": false\n}");
Request request = new Request.Builder()
  .url("{{apiPath}}/environments/{{envID}}/users/{{offlineAccessUserID}}/password")
  .method("PUT", body)
  .addHeader("Content-Type", "application/vnd.pingidentity.password.set+json")
  .addHeader("Authorization", "Bearer {{accessToken}}")
  .build();
Response response = client.newCall(request).execute();
var settings = {
  "url": "{{apiPath}}/environments/{{envID}}/users/{{offlineAccessUserID}}/password",
  "method": "PUT",
  "timeout": 0,
  "headers": {
    "Content-Type": "application/vnd.pingidentity.password.set+json",
    "Authorization": "Bearer {{accessToken}}"
  },
  "data": JSON.stringify({
    "value": "{{userPassword}}",
    "forceChange": false
  }),
};

$.ajax(settings).done(function (response) {
  console.log(response);
});
var request = require('request');
var options = {
  'method': 'PUT',
  'url': '{{apiPath}}/environments/{{envID}}/users/{{offlineAccessUserID}}/password',
  'headers': {
    'Content-Type': 'application/vnd.pingidentity.password.set+json',
    'Authorization': 'Bearer {{accessToken}}'
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "value": "{{userPassword}}",
    "forceChange": false
  })

};
request(options, function (error, response) {
  if (error) throw new Error(error);
  console.log(response.body);
});
import requests
import json

url = "{{apiPath}}/environments/{{envID}}/users/{{offlineAccessUserID}}/password"

payload = json.dumps({
  "value": "{{userPassword}}",
  "forceChange": False
})
headers = {
  'Content-Type': 'application/vnd.pingidentity.password.set+json',
  'Authorization': 'Bearer {{accessToken}}'
}

response = requests.request("PUT", url, headers=headers, data=payload)

print(response.text)
<?php
require_once 'HTTP/Request2.php';
$request = new HTTP_Request2();
$request->setUrl('{{apiPath}}/environments/{{envID}}/users/{{offlineAccessUserID}}/password');
$request->setMethod(HTTP_Request2::METHOD_PUT);
$request->setConfig(array(
  'follow_redirects' => TRUE
));
$request->setHeader(array(
  'Content-Type' => 'application/vnd.pingidentity.password.set+json',
  'Authorization' => 'Bearer {{accessToken}}'
));
$request->setBody('{\n    "value": "{{userPassword}}",\n    "forceChange": false\n}');
try {
  $response = $request->send();
  if ($response->getStatus() == 200) {
    echo $response->getBody();
  }
  else {
    echo 'Unexpected HTTP status: ' . $response->getStatus() . ' ' .
    $response->getReasonPhrase();
  }
}
catch(HTTP_Request2_Exception $e) {
  echo 'Error: ' . $e->getMessage();
}
require "uri"
require "json"
require "net/http"

url = URI("{{apiPath}}/environments/{{envID}}/users/{{offlineAccessUserID}}/password")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port);
request = Net::HTTP::Put.new(url)
request["Content-Type"] = "application/vnd.pingidentity.password.set+json"
request["Authorization"] = "Bearer {{accessToken}}"
request.body = JSON.dump({
  "value": "{{userPassword}}",
  "forceChange": false
})

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
let parameters = "{\n    \"value\": \"{{userPassword}}\",\n    \"forceChange\": false\n}"
let postData = parameters.data(using: .utf8)

var request = URLRequest(url: URL(string: "{{apiPath}}/environments/{{envID}}/users/{{offlineAccessUserID}}/password")!,timeoutInterval: Double.infinity)
request.addValue("application/vnd.pingidentity.password.set+json", forHTTPHeaderField: "Content-Type")
request.addValue("Bearer {{accessToken}}", forHTTPHeaderField: "Authorization")

request.httpMethod = "PUT"
request.httpBody = postData

let task = URLSession.shared.dataTask(with: request) { data, response, error in
  guard let data = data else {
    print(String(describing: error))
    return
  }
  print(String(data: data, encoding: .utf8)!)
}

task.resume()

Example Response

200 OK

{
    "_links": {
        "self": {
            "href": "https://api.pingone.com/v1/environments/abfba8f6-49eb-49f5-a5d9-80ad5c98f9f6/users/46f500a3-95aa-4ee4-8cbc-99c3b40d41c2/password"
        },
        "environment": {
            "href": "https://api.pingone.com/v1/environments/abfba8f6-49eb-49f5-a5d9-80ad5c98f9f6"
        },
        "user": {
            "href": "https://api.pingone.com/v1/environments/abfba8f6-49eb-49f5-a5d9-80ad5c98f9f6/users/46f500a3-95aa-4ee4-8cbc-99c3b40d41c2"
        },
        "passwordPolicy": {
            "href": "https://api.pingone.com/v1/environments/abfba8f6-49eb-49f5-a5d9-80ad5c98f9f6/passwordPolicies/0e1e9881-f9b8-4243-91a6-0326708374fb"
        },
        "password.check": {
            "href": "https://api.pingone.com/v1/environments/abfba8f6-49eb-49f5-a5d9-80ad5c98f9f6/users/46f500a3-95aa-4ee4-8cbc-99c3b40d41c2/password"
        },
        "password.reset": {
            "href": "https://api.pingone.com/v1/environments/abfba8f6-49eb-49f5-a5d9-80ad5c98f9f6/users/46f500a3-95aa-4ee4-8cbc-99c3b40d41c2/password"
        },
        "password.set": {
            "href": "https://api.pingone.com/v1/environments/abfba8f6-49eb-49f5-a5d9-80ad5c98f9f6/users/46f500a3-95aa-4ee4-8cbc-99c3b40d41c2/password"
        },
        "password.recover": {
            "href": "https://api.pingone.com/v1/environments/abfba8f6-49eb-49f5-a5d9-80ad5c98f9f6/users/46f500a3-95aa-4ee4-8cbc-99c3b40d41c2/password"
        }
    },
    "environment": {
        "id": "abfba8f6-49eb-49f5-a5d9-80ad5c98f9f6"
    },
    "user": {
        "id": "46f500a3-95aa-4ee4-8cbc-99c3b40d41c2"
    },
    "passwordPolicy": {
        "id": "0e1e9881-f9b8-4243-91a6-0326708374fb"
    },
    "status": "OK",
    "lastChangedAt": "2025-04-11T16:02:03.217Z"
}