Updated on 2025-08-18 GMT+08:00

Validating Password Strength

Function

This API is used to verify the security of user root password. Before calling this API:

Learn how to authenticate this API.

URI

POST https://{Endpoint}/v3/{project_id}/weak-password-verification

**Table 1** Parameter description
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
project_id	Yes	String	Explanation: Project ID of a tenant in a region. For details about how to obtain the project ID, see Obtaining a Project ID. Restrictions: None Value range: The value can contain 32 characters. Only letters and digits are allowed. Default value: None

Request Parameters

**Table 2** Parameter description
Name	Mandatory	Type	Description
password	Yes	String	Password of the database account.

Response Parameters

**Table 3** Parameter description
Parameter	Type	Description
is_weak_password	Boolean	Whether the password is weak. true: It is a weak password. false: It is not a weak password.

Example Request

Checking whether the password of a database account is weak

POST https://gaussdb-opengauss.eu-west-101.myhuaweicloud.eu/v3/0483b6b16e954cb88930a360d2c4e663/weak-password-verification
{ 
  "password" : "******" 
}

Example Response

Weak password verification succeeded.

{ 
  "is_weak_password" : false 
}

Status Code

Normal
200
Abnormal
For details, see Status Codes.

Error Code

For details, see Error Codes.

Parent topic: Instance Management