sObject User Password

Set, reset, or get information about a user password. This resource is available in REST API version 24.0 and later.

URI

/services/data/vXX.X/sobjects/User/user ID/password

For managing passwords for self-service users, the URI is:

/services/data/vXX.X/sobjects/SelfServiceUser/self service user ID/password

Formats

JSON, XML

HTTP Method

HEAD, GET, POST, DELETE

Authentication

Authorization: Bearer token

Parameters

None required

Example

For examples of getting password information, setting a password, and resetting a password, see Manage User Passwords.

Considerations

• If the session does not have permission to access the user information, an INSUFFICIENT_ACCESS error will be returned.
• When using this resource to set a new password, the new password must conform to the password policies for the organization, otherwise you will get an INVALID_NEW_PASSWORD error response.
• You can only set one password per request.
• When you use the DELETE method of this resource, Salesforce will reset the user password to an auto-generated password, which will be returned in the response.