Step 5: Set user password
PUT {{apiPath}}/environments/{{envID}}/users/{{appJwtUserID}}/password
The POST {{apiPath}}/environments/{{envID}}/users/{{userID}}/password operation sets a new password for the user you created in Step 4. 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.
Example Request
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curl --location --globoff --request PUT '{{apiPath}}/environments/{{envID}}/users/{{appJwtUserID}}/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/{{appJwtUserID}}/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/{{appJwtUserID}}/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/{{appJwtUserID}}/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/{{appJwtUserID}}/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/{{appJwtUserID}}/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/{{appJwtUserID}}/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/{{appJwtUserID}}/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/{{appJwtUserID}}/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/{{appJwtUserID}}/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/{{appJwtUserID}}/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/13fa33d7-73d7-46d9-8bc8-2939fef7b8b7/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/13fa33d7-73d7-46d9-8bc8-2939fef7b8b7"
},
"passwordPolicy": {
"href": "https://api.pingone.com/v1/environments/abfba8f6-49eb-49f5-a5d9-80ad5c98f9f6/passwordPolicies/5d3ae7f1-808c-4dc3-9b5e-3b63f455aec2"
},
"password.check": {
"href": "https://api.pingone.com/v1/environments/abfba8f6-49eb-49f5-a5d9-80ad5c98f9f6/users/13fa33d7-73d7-46d9-8bc8-2939fef7b8b7/password"
},
"password.reset": {
"href": "https://api.pingone.com/v1/environments/abfba8f6-49eb-49f5-a5d9-80ad5c98f9f6/users/13fa33d7-73d7-46d9-8bc8-2939fef7b8b7/password"
},
"password.set": {
"href": "https://api.pingone.com/v1/environments/abfba8f6-49eb-49f5-a5d9-80ad5c98f9f6/users/13fa33d7-73d7-46d9-8bc8-2939fef7b8b7/password"
},
"password.recover": {
"href": "https://api.pingone.com/v1/environments/abfba8f6-49eb-49f5-a5d9-80ad5c98f9f6/users/13fa33d7-73d7-46d9-8bc8-2939fef7b8b7/password"
}
},
"environment": {
"id": "abfba8f6-49eb-49f5-a5d9-80ad5c98f9f6"
},
"user": {
"id": "13fa33d7-73d7-46d9-8bc8-2939fef7b8b7"
},
"passwordPolicy": {
"id": "5d3ae7f1-808c-4dc3-9b5e-3b63f455aec2"
},
"status": "OK",
"lastChangedAt": "2023-10-17T17:03:26.801Z"
}