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Resetting a Random Password for a User

Resets the password for a user.

You can debug this API through automatic authentication in API Explorer or use the SDK sample code generated by API Explorer.

Each account has all the permissions required to call all APIs, but IAM users must be assigned the required permissions.

If you are using role/policy-based authorization, see Permissions Policies and Supported Actions for details on the required permissions.

If you are using identity policy-based authorization, the following identity policy-based permissions are required.

Action	Access Level	Resource Type (*: required)	Condition Key	Alias	Dependencies
workspace:users:randomPassword	Write	user *	-	-	-

GET /v2/{project_id}/users/{user_id}/random-password

**Table 1** Path Parameters
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
project_id	Yes	String	Project ID.
user_id	Yes	String	User ID.

**Table 2** Query Parameters
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
notification_type	No	String	User notification method. The options are email and phone, which are separated by commas (,). When activation by users is used, the notification method must be contained so that the user can receive password notifications.

None

Status code: 200

**Table 3** Response body parameters
Parameter	Type	Description
password	String	Password.

Status code: 400

**Table 4** Response body parameters
Parameter	Type	Description
error_code	String	Error code.
error_msg	String	Error message.
encoded_authorization_message	String	Encrypted detailed reason for rejection. You can call the API decode-authorization-message of STS to decrypt the reason.

Status code: 401

**Table 5** Response body parameters
Parameter	Type	Description
error_code	String	Error code.
error_msg	String	Error message.
encoded_authorization_message	String	Encrypted detailed reason for rejection. You can call the API decode-authorization-message of STS to decrypt the reason.

Status code: 403

**Table 6** Response body parameters
Parameter	Type	Description
error_code	String	Error code.
error_msg	String	Error message.
encoded_authorization_message	String	Encrypted detailed reason for rejection. You can call the API decode-authorization-message of STS to decrypt the reason.

Status code: 404

**Table 7** Response body parameters
Parameter	Type	Description
error_code	String	Error code.
error_msg	String	Error message.
encoded_authorization_message	String	Encrypted detailed reason for rejection. You can call the API decode-authorization-message of STS to decrypt the reason.

Status code: 405

**Table 8** Response body parameters
Parameter	Type	Description
error_code	String	Error code.
error_msg	String	Error message.
encoded_authorization_message	String	Encrypted detailed reason for rejection. You can call the API decode-authorization-message of STS to decrypt the reason.

Status code: 500

**Table 9** Response body parameters
Parameter	Type	Description
error_code	String	Error code.
error_msg	String	Error message.
encoded_authorization_message	String	Encrypted detailed reason for rejection. You can call the API decode-authorization-message of STS to decrypt the reason.

Status code: 503

**Table 10** Response body parameters
Parameter	Type	Description
error_code	String	Error code.
error_msg	String	Error message.
encoded_authorization_message	String	Encrypted detailed reason for rejection. You can call the API decode-authorization-message of STS to decrypt the reason.

GET /v2/0bec5db98280d2d02fd6c00c2de791ce/users/8a2c3f9579d240820179d51e6caf0001/random-password

Status code: 200

Normal.

{
  "password" : "xxcsafxxA%"
}

Status Code	Description
200	Normal.
400	The request cannot be understood by the server due to malformed syntax.
401	Authentication failed.
403	No operation permissions.
404	No resources found.
405	The method specified in the request is not allowed.
500	An internal service error occurred. For details about the error code, see the error code description.
503	Service unavailable.